Social Media Examiner | At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/feed/ At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Fri, 24 May 2013 19:33:23 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-46126<![CDATA[Preston Odenbrett replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-46126 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:21:54 +0000 Preston Odenbrett replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business I hope I am not too late on this thread- I have a great story, was typing it all on here and I hit one button, not sure what it was with my laptop keyboard and everything got deleted. I will share something on […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-46068<![CDATA[Saskia Wijngaard replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-46068 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:04:47 +0000 Saskia Wijngaard replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Here is a suggestion that works for every industry.  Buy some good wines or other prizes.  Then on 2 of your business cards take a black light pen and write " you won" on it. Buy a $25.00 black light and now […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45758<![CDATA[Leila Jones replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45758 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:42:49 +0000 Leila Jones replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Here is a completely different approach and I know that it's late to the initial thread, but still relevant if someone is looking for a unique memorable idea for "handouts" 
I am an artist/photographer and […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45759<![CDATA[Leila Jones replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45759 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:42:49 +0000 Leila Jones replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Here is a completely different approach and I know that it's late to the initial thread, but still relevant if someone is looking for a unique memorable idea for "handouts" 
I am an artist/photographer and […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45757<![CDATA[Leila Jones replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45757 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:42:45 +0000 Leila Jones replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Here is a completely different approach and I know that it's late to the initial thread, but still relevant if someone is looking for a unique memorable idea for "handouts" 
I am an artist/photographer and […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45733<![CDATA[kumphu replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45733 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:04:48 +0000 kumphu replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business I run one website which sell all kind of sexy costume and sexy nightwear (ชุดนอนซีทรู). Our shop base in Thialand. Actually I will donate 5% from any purchases. that 5% go to particular causes like cancer hospital […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45420<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45420 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:20:10 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Since I use grocery bags that I have purchased that seems like a great idea. 
Yes, I've seen them before as giveaways and have used paper and plastic bags with my companies logos etc on them at a show or two. 
The […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45408<![CDATA[erica insley replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-45408 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:58:23 +0000 erica insley replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business I agree with quality information about your product/service.  If you want to do giveaways make sure its usable and applicable to your business - pens, notepads and highlighters are a good start.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40354<![CDATA[Phil Mershon replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40354 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:32:23 +0000 Phil Mershon replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business The quality of the pen makes all the difference. My brother is in pharmaceutical sales. Before self-regulation prevented pharmas from having dozens of handouts per product, they landed on a type of pen that all […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40333<![CDATA[Melissa Holmes replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40333 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:34:11 +0000 Melissa Holmes replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business I'm liking the QR, mobile & app ideas!  We started collecting mobile web surveys at the event to help develop our mobile services and now as you can see, not only are consumers turning to the smartphones, but so […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40199<![CDATA[Jason Reilly replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40199 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:36:03 +0000 Jason Reilly replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business We try to avoid pens for event marketing. The reason is that pens are really a commodity. If you're at an event, you might grab pens, but it is highly unlikely you'll remember anything significant about the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40189<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40189 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:19:48 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Hello - I've been looking into adding QR codes to add some of our items.  Awhile back we were giving out packets to our clients at Christmas (around the holidays in general) that included a mouse pad, a few pens […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40172<![CDATA[Cynthia Hernandez replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40172 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:06:09 +0000 Cynthia Hernandez replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Regardless of the item, when possible, I've had good results when adding a QR code that either allows for the contact info to be quickly and easily saved on their mobile phone (i.e. business cards) or leads to […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40056<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40056 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:26:46 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Let me explain, lol. People may not want MY service... the press releases. But I always worked for clients with products that EVERY business needed. So I pulled prospects into their booth, no matter what. THAT's […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40055<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-40055 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:23:01 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business Companies use to hire me to set up a Hometown News Service at their tradeshow booth. Everyone at the show would stop by to give me their info so I could send a press release to their local newspaper and radio […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39289<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39289 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:41:31 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business great question and a number of good ideas, wanting to hear how things turned out @melissaholmes

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39249<![CDATA[Laura Christianson, Blogging Bistro replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39249 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:40:36 +0000 Laura Christianson, Blogging Bistro replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business I would give away something that somehow ties in with the theme of your business, if possible. One time I picked up an emery board with a plastic cover over it from an author (?!). I kept it in my handbag and the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39105<![CDATA[Melissa Holmes replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39105 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:06:12 +0000 Melissa Holmes replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business All of this is good information.  Our event is at a local mall, so I am looking to grab some local small business attention.  Everyone knows someone that has a small business these days.  I am thinking that we […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39084<![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39084 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:15:49 +0000 Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business @melissaholmes
As you can see by these responses, it doesn't seem like there's any one giveaway that any of us can agree upon!
(Personally, I already have too many t-shirts, and I never gave a company business […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39074<![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/at-event-or-trade-show-what-is-the-best-handout-giveaways/#post-39074 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:24:37 +0000 Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic At Event or Trade Show - what is the best handout & giveaways? in the club Small Business @melissaholmes Remembering back to a couple of Kentucky State Fairs, one year the hot item was branded yard sticks and another year, our own LG&E plastic (hand-waving) fans went like hotcakes (we ran out!). 
While […]
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