B-to-B Events

  • Is Your Exhibit Strategy Ready for the Buyer-First Trade Show Floor?

    When US Foods realized that its 15-year-old Food Fanatics show was starting to get too “vanilla,” the food distributor decided to change its approach. For the 2025 event, it completely reimagined its show floor and invited more than 5,000 food service operators, culinary professionals and industry experts to an experience designed around the customer journey, […]

  • Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Delivery Design

    Experiential marketers are the bosses of the attendee journey, but this summer, we’re seeing a burst of creative attention around delivery mechanisms. Think: Content that is handpicked (literally), whirly entrances for contestants, and behind-the-curtain serves. Contactless delivery is a present-day phenomenon, and experiential marketers are kicking it up a notch—leaning into an impersonal delivery with […]

  • Guest Column: The Fee You Didn’t Know You Were Paying

    Many exhibitor service manuals contain an EAC fee. Most exhibit and event marketers have never been told what it is, what it covers, or why it keeps showing up. Open the exhibitor services manual for your next show and scroll past the carpet and the electrical order forms. Somewhere in the labor section sits a […]

  • Paycom Makes a Loyalty Play at SHRM26

    Paycom has been part of the SHRM show for more than a decade, but this year, the brand hedged its bets on a decidedly experiential strategy, and scored a record number of leads.

  • Swag That Works: The New Rules for Trade Show Giveaways

    When Middesk set out to build trust with Money20/20 attendees, it transformed its booth into “The Trust Club” filled with custom-designed merchandise created specifically for the trade show experience. From heavyweight crewnecks to limited-edition duffles, the brand designed exclusive items to drive engagement at different levels, all leading back to the overarching message. “Trust is […]