http://xporentals.com Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:11:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HOW TO UTILIZE YOUR SKILLS DIFFERENTLY In the face of a historic downturn in our business, what can we do to not only survive but thrive? Reading Exhibit City News could be depressing, however having just done graphics for different uses other than trade shows, I am heartened that it is ... http://xporentals.com/?p=181 I have to say as a small business owner I don't have a clue about the complexities of this bill.  Does anyone out there truly understand? Just the other day I heard a commentary on NPR about the bill that passed the house.  There is absolutely no language in there ... http://xporentals.com/?p=175 Just recently I read a piece by Dan Cantor, President of EDPA.  He is so spot on.  We have to simplify and make the lives of our exhibitors simpler.  We need to make their booth and show costs less and we have to provide better service and value for their ... http://xporentals.com/?p=173 I recently worked a large trade show and during the tear down, walked through the hall with a coworker and large trash bags picking up bottles and cans in order to recycle.  Lets not even talk about wood, fabric, graphics, paper that was going to end up in our island ... http://xporentals.com/?p=171 The BIG question is what do you do on the night before the show?  You have prepared and you have checked your list not once but twice.  Your clients are probably already in and exhausted in their hotel rooms or out for a drink!  Everyone loves to come to Hawai`i. ... http://xporentals.com/?p=169 I recently attended an MPI- Aloha chapter luncheon and it was a training on social networks and their value to us as people and as business owners and employees.  It was an excellent presentation and I love the excitement that these networks generate. Now that I am on twitter,Llinkedin, Plaxo and ... http://xporentals.com/?p=166 I was very happy to see the response to this article from the Executive Director of the EDPA.  The points are well made in his letter.  Lets look at the bigger picture of what is happening to the trade show industry in the US vs. the rest of the world. ... http://xporentals.com/?p=163 Now that the fall season for trade shows is in full swing.  Lets talk about what if?  What if my booth doesn't make it to the show?  I know that situation is hard to fathom, however it happens to the nicest people every day around the world! In the trade show ... http://xporentals.com/?p=161 There are some strategies for success when the economy is chugging along at a glacial pace! 1- Reinvent your business.  Look at your products and your customer needs differently.  Lets face it as long as everything is going well there is not a huge impetus to make changes and innovate or ... http://xporentals.com/?p=159 Today is a good day for reflection.  It is my birthday and the start of a New Year.  Let's just say that this upcoming year is a much more positive and good year for trade shows and subsequently for the trade show business as a whole.  I am looking forward ... http://xporentals.com/?p=157