Tradeshowguy Monday Morning Coffee

Okay, not a real rant, just a point by point concern over where we are, compared to where we started with social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. Tim Patterson presents this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee. TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

On this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, Tim Patterson sits down with EVP Kevin Carty of Classic Exhibits to talk about virtual exhibits: how they made the move into designing and offering virtual exhibits; what exhibitors should understand about the investment and much more. http://classicexhibits.com TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

On this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, Tim Patterson talks with former client, Jason Graham-Nye, CEO of gDiapers. The discussion goes far and wide, covering the pandemic, supply-chain disruption, even a COVID-related scandal in Australia! http://gdiapers.com TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

How do you get perspective on your life? How do you step back and look at the scope of time that exist in and determine how to live your life? TradeshowGuy Tim Patterson ponders that question on this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee. TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

In these days of almost no events, how does a staffing agency keep its workers busy? I spoke with Jane Gentry of Fusion, an Atlanta-based nationwide staff agency that provides experienced personnel for retail, tradeshows and other events. Jane also shared three critical points about how to keep making sales during the pandemic. https://www.experiencefusion.live/ TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

It's been several months since we caught up with John Pugh and Marcus Vahle of Share Experience, a company they launched less than a year ago. With the pandemic affecting the events industry, every company in the space is looking for ways to offer value to their clients. Share Experience has moved into virtual production and making sets for virtual presentations - and much more, as you'll learn on this wide-ranging discussion with Tim Patterson on this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee. https://www.shareexperience.co/ TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

Sales trainer and leadership coach Jeff Bajorek and I first spoke almost two years ago. We decided to catch up and talk about how he's working with clients during a pandemic, and what advice he gives them during tough times like what we're going through. After all, nothing happens until a sale is made. https://www.jeffbajorek.com/ TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

Kevin Carty of Classic Exhibits updates on how the Together Again Expo unfolded in Orlando, Florida on July 24th. The one day tradeshow-industry event was put on to show how the industry can navigate the new coronavirus world. Kevin gives his insight and describes in detail the logistical work that was done to pull it off. http://classicexhibits.com TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

What challenges do companies face in the digital world when it comes to face-to-face meetings? Zoom fatigue, anyone? Lisa Apolinski, CEO of Three Dog Write, Inc., talks with TradeshowGuy Tim Patterson about letting go of your fear of trying to have the perfect Zoom call or webinar and embrace the imperfection. Don't worry about getting it perfect; focus on being personal. http://3dogwrite.com TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

Kevin Carty, Executive VP of Classic Exhibits, a tradeshow exhibit manufacturer in Portland, Oregon, discusses how they're shifting to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee is hosted weekly by TradeshowGuy Exhibits owner Tim Patterson http://classicexhibits.com TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

Being creative doesn't mean waiting for the muse or inspiration to hit. It means plowing through moments of uninspired writing, or music playing, or whatever it is you do to create. It means being disciplined about how you approach creativity. TradeshowGuy Tim Patterson riffs on Creativity and Discipline in this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee. TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

A quick tour of my backyard as I test a new Kimafun wireless microphone, and an interview with Marlys Arnold of Exhibit Marketer's Cafe, where we discuss, among other things, how exhibits will likely have to change to accommodate the new world. https://www.exhibitmarketerscafe.com/ TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

Music is a big deal. It's been a part of my life since a very young age. In this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee I spend a few moments talking about my involvement in music. TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

Sales trainer and leadership coach Brad Kleiner of Grounded by Cedar Root talks about transitioning, leadership, coaching and more in this edition of TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, a personal/business diary of Tim Patterson of TradeshowGuy Exhibits. https://www.groundedbycedarroot.com/ TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

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A dive into one exhibitor's experiences in and around Natural Products Expo West as Micheal McNeeley and Gail Chester of Lively Up Your Breath share their experiences starting and growing their company through the use of tradeshows and face-to-face marketing. https://livelyupyourbreath.com/ TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

On this week's TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, a visit with Jonathan Tavss of Kaleidoko. In this day and age of covid-19 pandemic, tradeshows are not coming back for quite a while. Which means virtual events may come to the fore. Jonathan Tavss discusses a recent virtual event he helped facilitate, and looks at the future of events in a discussion with Tim Patterson https://kaleidoko.com TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee is both a personal and business diary of sorts from Tim Patterson, owner of TradeshowGuy Exhibits. This week, it's a bit of a reflection as we celebrate Memorial Day Weekend. TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

We've had Jay Gilbert of Label Logic on TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee before, talking about the music and recording industry. This time, we catch up to see how his company and clients are faring in the age of COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.label-logic.net/ TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO

How is the COVID-19 Pandemic affecting the world of corporate and tradeshow entertainment? We caught up with Dale Obrochta of PutATwistOnIt.com to see. http://PutATwistOnIt.com TradeshowGuy's main online hub: https://tradeshowguy.net Check out TradeshowGuy Blog at https://tradeshowguyblog.com https://tradeshowguyexhibits.com http://tradeshowexhibitbuyerskit.com https://tradeshowsuccessbook.com - get your free copy of my book! New book: https://tradeshowsuperheroes.com Tim's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CHQ99XO