Primex Field Days at its core is a agribusiness trade exhibitions and for the North Coast Region and beyond has the objectives of providing support and opportunities to enhance and increase their marketing, brand awareness, customer enquiry and generate sales. Over the past 5 years, Primex exhibitors have indicated approximately $60million per annum for sales generated from the event, with the region having a farm gate production value of $ billion+.
Building awareness prior to the event is critical and now-one knows your products / services better than you, what you have that your showcasing and building customer loyalty through pre-event communications, new products and what will be on display to see, EOFY deals, competitions to attract customers to engage, action and activity, demonstrations, new releases, exciting features and programs that provide additional reasons you can communicate with reasons your customers should attend and see you, special giveaways, social media, email and text messaging and much more.
The following information is designed to offer a guide and ideas for exhibitors using one of the most proven and most powerful, versatile and cost-effective marketing tools available, especially if you pre-plan and execute all the opportunities available, to get the most from your investment, with some of the top tips on effective exhibiting, covering everything from setting objectives and designing your stand, building excitement and engagement leading into and at Primex Field Days and the means to following up and qualifying enquiries while ultimately measuring effectiveness and ROI.
Please contact Primex Field Days to discuss any of these items and the value-adds that are cost effective for your promotion pre-event and during.
Exhibitions are one of the most powerful, versatile and cost-effective tools available. To get the most out of them, check out our top tips on effective exhibiting, covering everything from setting objectives and designing your stand, to following up and measuring effectiveness.
Exhibitions, like advertising, direct mail, PR and direct selling, are a strategic sales and marketing tool. They should be used as part of an overall marketing strategy, not in isolation.
To make the most of your participation, you need to understand exactly what benefits exhibitions offer:
Costs vary enormously depending on the type of presence you want to have. There are some great value sites at Primex, but explore the most cost-effective way of displaying your site.
Exhibitions generate millions of dollars worth of business every year – but it is unusual for exhibitors to do so during the event. For most companies, the orders will come in the weeks and months after the show. You must be prepared to pursue your leads vigorously, and to track them on an on-going basis.
Stands featuring new products are a major attraction for buyers and the media, the vast majority of whom attend exhibitions ‘to see what’s new’.
Exhibiting is one of the quickest and most cost-effective means of exploring and entering a new market, providing mass exposure and an instant database of qualified sales prospects.
Regular contact with customers shows that you care and exhibitions are an extremely time and cost-efficient means of keeping in touch.
Exhibitions can be used to quickly establish a new identity or change market perceptions about a company and its capabilities.
Exhibitions bring together a complete cross-section of a market, making them ideal for customer research and offering instant feedback.
Agents and distributors use trade exhibitions to find new companies to represent.
Exhibitions are an excellent place to observe competitors and assess their products and marketing messages.