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Find Marketing Trade Shows, Conferences and Events

In this area provides resources for locating marketing trade shows and other marketing conferences through searchable databases from several leading web sites.

Marketing Stories for Topic Area

The 12 Dumbest Things to do With Giveaways (promotion mistakes at tradeshows Exhibitor Magazine
10 Tips for Tabletops (using table top displays at trade shows) Exhibitor Magazine
Remember Me? (what makes for a great trade show display) Exhibitor Magazine
Cyberspace Trade Shows Bring Action to the Desktop (virtual trade shows) New York Times
Avoiding Trade Show Faux Pas (tips for better trade shows) Inc. Magazine
27 Low- or No-Cost Ways to Improve Your Next Tradeshow Sales & Marketing Management

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The Weblinks Collection

Franchise Shows *Listing of upcoming trade shows for those interested in a franchise operation.
TechCalendar *A search engine for finding tech-related shows, conferences and events.
The Trade Show News Network *This site has been around for some time and has evolved to be mostly a search engine for the trade show industry including locating trade shows. Search filtering includes options to search by industry, state, country and more. Accessing detailed information though requires registration (free).
Tradeshow Week *This website for a trade show industry magazine offers several features including a good search option for locating shows and also for locating information on exhibit space. It also has a good selection of articles dealing with selling at trade shows found under its Archives section. Unfortunately these are very expensive ($15 per article!).