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Maximize Your Presence
About AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo Exhibitor University: • Free resource for you and your exhibiting staff • Focused on expanding exhibiting know-how and providing sales and marketing tips • Improve your company's exhibiting performance and ROI. Delivered: • E-newsletters • Social media posts • Live and re-playable exhibitor webinars
Access Exhibitor University on website
Maximize Your Presence
TODAY’S PRESENTERS
Theresa Ronk Marketing and Exhibitor University
J. Spargo & Associates, Inc.
Dennis Tharp Exhibit Sales/Sponsorships J. Spargo & Associates, Inc.
M-Z Companies
June LaMountain Exhibit Sales/Sponsorships J. Spargo & Associates, Inc.
A-L Companies
Maximize Your Presence
Today we’ll cover
Determining metrics and ROI/T for the show Linking sales and marketing efforts to your show objectives Preparing and training your booth staff for the show Setting your sights for the next step – working the booth
• Company Profile Listing (basic, extended and premium) and instruction on how to access and update your online exhibitor profile to draw attention to your listing
• Enhancing your company's presence through sponsorship, New Product Showcase, and OEM Lecture Theater/Workshops
• Overview of free exhibitor marketing tools/Exhibitor Marketing Toolkit
• Incorporating your marketing initiatives into the Strategic Sales and Marketing Planner
More info basic, extended and premium listings
Basic Online Listing – included with Booth
• Company name
• Booth number
• Corporate Address & Phone
• Corporate URL
• Company Logo
• Product & Service Categories
• 500 Character Description
• Links to Social Media Platforms
More info basic, extended and premium listings
Extended Online Listing – $600
• Includes Basic Online listing
• Expanded company description
up to 1,000 characters
• Upload up to 5 press releases
• Highlighted on floor plan icon
More info basic, extended and premium listings
Premium Online Listing – $1,950
• Includes Basic and Extended
Online listing
• Up to 3 Product Photos
• Multimedia Flash Video
• Rotating Banner on home page
Updating Company Profile
Update company profile
• Visit the website
• Click on the Exhibitor Resource Center tab • Click on Exhibitor Login subtab
Updating Company Profile
• Upload 3 products – description and logos
• If participating in New Product Showcase check “New”
•Available to extended and premium only
Manage Products
Updating Your Company Profile
Printed Onsite Exhibit Guide • Company Name
• Booth Number
• Corporate Address and phone
• Corporate URL
• 500 Character Description Additional with Extended and Premium: • Company Logo
• Expanded company description up to 1,000 characters
Sponsorship Opportunities
What are the benefits of sponsorship?
• Maximize your investment • Enhance your visibility • Stand out from the competition
Sponsorship Opportunities
What’s the value of sponsorship?
Booth efficiency increases 104% when sponsorship is included in a marketing plan (ceir report, G16.05)
Use sponsorships to achieve marketing/sales goals: • New product launch or branding • Differentiate from the competition • Brand yourself as a “solutions provider”
Sponsorship Opportunities
Other Sponsorship Opportunities
Shuttle Buses: Bus External Branding: • 20 buses for $40,000
• 2'x39' Ribbon
• External Branding on Passenger Side of Bus
More info New Product Showcase Brochure
New Product Showcase • Products just released from R&D • Product enhancements • Products launched since the 2013 Clinical Lab Expo • Products that have received or are pending FDA clearance • Products for research use only • Products for sale within and outside the U.S. • Services related to or for clinical laboratories
More info New Product Showcase Brochure
New Product Showcase
• Product photo, product name, company name and booth number displayed on the electronic billboard. • New product listings included in the Clinical Lab Expo Exhibit Guide and the New Products Showcase Directory, interactive directory at kiosks located in the convention center, on the website, and the event mobile app
More info New Product Showcase Brochure
Educational Opportunities – Industry Workshops Hotel Industry workshops (Hyatt on Wacker): • Held at Hyatt Hotel at the beginning and end of day • $2,900 as an opportunity fee
Industry Workshop Theater in the exhibit hall: • 6 slots – 60 minutes • $12,500 per slot. The theater has hard walls and is located in the front of the exhibit hall • Basic AV (screen, projector, microphone) and signage is included in the on floor theater
More info New Product Showcase Brochure
Educational Opportunities – Industry Workshops
More info New Product Showcase Brochure
OEM Lecture
• 20 minute time slots with 10 minutes between slots (2 per hour)
• Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00 a.m. through 2:20 p.m. (9 slots per day) • Microphone, projector, screen included
More info New Product Showcase Brochure
Marketing Tools/Exhibitor Toolkit
Banner Ads A banner ad containing your booth number can be included on your website or in your email signature line to highlight your participation. Banner ads should be hyperlinked to the 2014 AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo website. The files can be downloaded from the Exhibitor Toolkit web page and are the approved banners that can be customized to include your booth number.
Marketing Tools/Exhibitor Toolkit
• A free, pre-show marketing campaign • Send three personalized emails to all your customers and prospects • Let them know you’ll be at the show, and what you’ll be displaying • Invite all your customers and prospects in a professional html email that comes from your company • Your data stays your data…and yours alone. 100% confidentiality • 100% free for exhibitors • Your list is secure with Exhibitor Invites. No exhibitor list will be rented, sold, or used for any other purpose, even by show management.
Marketing Tools/Exhibitor Toolkit
Free Expo Only Coupons – Invite Key Customers –
We are also offering you the option to invite your key customers to the Clinical Lab Expo with a free expo only pass. Registration link provided and on the customer guest pass tab, enter those key customers that you would like to have invitations sent to Or Print a hard copy of the coupon to use by your sales personnel to give to your key customers
Marketing Tools/Exhibitor Toolkit
Export Interest Directory The AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo attracts lab
professionals from around the globe and you need to let them know that you are ready to do business! Exhibitors are invited to participate in the complimentary Export Interest Directory—a directory of exhibitors with a summary of their product lines and where they are seeking international representation (product must be at least 51% US content). Exhibiting companies interested in exporting products will be listed in both the online (searchable) and print versions of the Export Interest Directory. The directory will be available to global distributors prior to, during and after the exposition.
Marketing Tools/Exhibitor Toolkit
Next month’s Webinar
Expanding into Global Markets Date: February 18, 2014 Learning Objectives: In this session, the exhibitor will learn: • How to the Department of Commerce can assist in selling outside of the United States • What onsite services are offered at the AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo as part of the International Buyers Program • How to complete a profile in the Export Interest Directory
• What programming will be offered in the International Market Briefing that will be held in Chicago
Marketing Tools/Exhibitor Toolkit
Social Media
Looking for some ideas on how you can promote AACC’s Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago through social media? Check out these sample posts and tweets on the website on the Exhibitor Tool Kit tab. Example: We’re going to #AACC2014 in Chicago, July 27-31! We’ll have our products on display in booth [INSERT BOOTH NUMBER] – make sure you swing by and say hello!
Use social media sites to promote your exhibit at the 2014 AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo. Follow and connect with the social media links:
Marketing Tools/Exhibitor Toolkit
In 2014, we will have 2 press conference rooms. This allows AACC to offer exhibitors more opportunities to hold press conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday, when they will get the most coverage from reporters As in 2013, these press conference rooms will consist of the following: • Seating for 36 people • A podium including a microphone and sound system • An LCD projector, and a projection screen • Speaker phone capability in each press conference room. Organizations holding press conferences will be responsible for providing call-in numbers for their event and for promoting call-in information to reporters who are covering it remotely. • Press conferences will begin each hour, on the hour, and will last no longer than 45 minutes
AACC Annual Meeting Press Program
Maximize Your Presence
Key Takeaways • Updating Company Profile – basic, extended and premium • Enhancing presence through Sponsorship • Free Marketing Tools / Exhibitor Toolkit • Incorporate marketing initiatives into Strategic Sales and Marketing Planner
View Exhibitor University Schedule
Creating Your Sales & Marketing Strategic Approach
We are here to help!
EXHIBIT SALES/ SPONSORSHIP J. Spargo & Associates, Inc. Attn: June LaMountain (Companies A-L) Dennis Tharp, CEM (Companies M-Z) Phone: 703-631-6200 E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected] EXPOSITION MANAGEMENT J. Spargo & Associates, Inc. Attn: Steve Marshall Phone: 703-631-6200 E-Mail: [email protected] MARKETING/EXHIBITOR UNIVERSITY J. Spargo & Associates, Inc. Attn: Theresa Ronk Phone: 703-631-6200 E-Mail: [email protected]