Effective Use of Catalogs In Trade Shows

Do you think you're not getting enough attention andof your products and services, as well as keep your
profits even with sensational trade show giveawayscompany's name and logo in plain sight.
every year? Are you throwing away your budgetWith its size, a booklet can fit anywhere even as
every time you join a trade show, only to end up withsomething as small as a purse or a pocket. With lots
more rejected tokens instead of your clients keepingof how-to information and product details and
them?techniques, this little marketing piece can be easily kept
You've used up all the items listed on the catalogor passed on to other business associates.
printing piece you've got from another supplier. So howBooklets are also very strong educators and
come you still don't get the response you expect fromreminders of what your business is all about. With this
your trade show trinkets?marketing tool, you are able to provide your target
Let's take stock of the giveaways you've developed,audience with a marketing tool to help them remember
shall we.you every time they need to buy something.
Custom printed pens - They only get jammed in withWith the valuable information printed in your booklet,
the other pens on someone's desk organizer, gottenyou are given the opportunity to stand out as a
from other trade show exhibits from previous years.credible expert in your industry. In fact, every time your
Paper post-its and mousepads - Both become regularprospects read what you have to say, they recognize
residents of most general office supply, along with theit as expert knowledge of a subject.
pens and other notepads.Booklets also give out the perception that you are
Tote bags - Either you use them in the office to carryclearly interested in building a business relationship with
all those pens and post-its and mousepads, or theyyour prospective clients. You don't beat around the
become items for household use.bush with say, a coffee mug that signals that you just
Key chains - The office drivers snapped them up forwant your client to enjoy his morning coffee. With a
their own use.booklet printing item, you tell your prospects directly
Electronic devices - They were given to teenage sonswhat you want from them.
and daughters who are more hi-tech than you are.In every trade show, a booklet will definitely create a
Coffee mugs - Well, everybody's using them as penbig hit among your prospects. As a promotional tool,
holders and paper clip containers.not only are they cost effective (because your
But this year, one item caught your eye amongst thecompany can create your own booklet), they also
many giveaway items another company hashave a much longer life span. In fact, your booklet
distributed during one exhibit.doesn't have an expiration date so that your clients
A booklet. A small, 3 ½ by 8 ½ inches ofcan use them again and again.
paper, with 16 to 24 pages of information produced bySo the next time you're thinking of joining another trade
effective and efficient booklet printing process.show, produce booklets for your corporate
Of all the trade show trinkets you've seen, a booklet isgiveaways. Your booklet printing piece can definitely
the only material that has the potential to do its job -be used for the rest of the trade show season and be
that of convincing your target audience of the benefitsadded to your list of most effective sales tools.