A lot of trade fair invest\u00adment in, too litt\u00adle tur\u00adno\u00adver out: three pha\u00adses, three losses.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>3. Before the trade fair: activate the market instead of waiting<\/h3>\n
If you wait for you to pass by the stand, you are giving away the most pro\u00adfi\u00adta\u00adble pha\u00adse. Befo\u00adre the trade fair, the rele\u00advant mar\u00adket can be acti\u00adva\u00adted in a tar\u00adge\u00adted man\u00adner: mul\u00adti-stage mul\u00adtich\u00adan\u00adnel cam\u00adpaigns with VIP invi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons, per\u00adso\u00adnal pho\u00adne calls, e\u2011mail rou\u00adtes, remin\u00adders, social media and landing pages, as well as appoint\u00adments, the reac\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon of exis\u00adting leads and the acti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon of exis\u00adting cus\u00adto\u00admers, for\u00admer cus\u00adto\u00admers and ongo\u00ading opportunities. <\/p>\n
One thought that is often lost is par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly effec\u00adti\u00adve: It\u2019s not just about actu\u00adal trade fair visi\u00adtors. The upco\u00adming trade fair is an excel\u00adlent con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon star\u00adter for your enti\u00adre rele\u00advant net\u00adwork. If a pro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adti\u00adve cus\u00adto\u00admer says \u201cI\u2019m not coming to the trade fair at all\u201d, tha\u00adt\u2019s not a no \u2013 then per\u00adhaps a team appoint\u00adment or a per\u00adso\u00adnal sales mee\u00adting will ari\u00adse ins\u00adtead. This is also a suc\u00adcess of the trade fair campaign. <\/p>\n
The cla\u00adim is the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre clear: Acti\u00adva\u00adte A\u2011customers per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly, address rele\u00advant B\u2011potentials, inform C\u2011contacts in a struc\u00adtu\u00adred way, prio\u00adri\u00adti\u00adze cont\u00adacts and cla\u00adri\u00adfy respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties such as pre\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon time at an ear\u00adly stage.<\/p>\n
But now, of all times, the mar\u00adke\u00adting depart\u00adment is up to its ears busy with the trade fair stand \u2013 stand con\u00ads\u00adtruc\u00adtion, gra\u00adphics, exhi\u00adbits, ser\u00advice pro\u00advi\u00adders, logi\u00adstics, pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons, hotel, mate\u00adri\u00adals. And the sales depart\u00adment still has cus\u00adto\u00admers, offers, appoint\u00adments and fore\u00adcasts. On top of that, it is sup\u00adpo\u00adsed to invi\u00adte hundreds of cont\u00adacts indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly. This is not a ques\u00adti\u00adon of will, but of capacity. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
4. During the trade fair: not all full halls are the same<\/h3>\n
Many com\u00adpa\u00adnies switch off com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtively as soon as the trade fair beg\u00adins. But you can con\u00adti\u00adnue working right now: Address cont\u00adacts again, remind invi\u00adted VIPs, fill free call slots, acti\u00adva\u00adte cont\u00adacts who have not yet appeared by pho\u00adne or digi\u00adtal\u00adly, have social media and e\u2011mail paid into the ongo\u00ading trade fair operations. <\/p>\n
And then the\u00adre\u2019s the qua\u00adli\u00adty of the leads. A badge scan is not a qua\u00adli\u00adfied lead. Neither is a busi\u00adness card. What is decisi\u00adve is what is docu\u00admen\u00adted from the conversation. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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\n From cont\u00adact to qua\u00adli\u00adfied lead<\/div>\n
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01<\/div>\n
Who is the human being \u2013 and what con\u00adcerns him?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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02<\/div>\n
What spe\u00adci\u00adfic needs are there?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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03<\/div>\n
How rele\u00advant is the opportunity?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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04<\/div>\n
What was agreed?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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05<\/div>\n
What hap\u00adpens next?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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06<\/div>\n
Who will take over \u2013 and until when?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
This requi\u00adres uni\u00adform con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon starts, digi\u00adtal cont\u00adact recor\u00adding, real-time trans\u00adpa\u00adren\u00adcy and a clear defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adon of the infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon that must be recorded.<\/p>\n
The trade fair can also do more than pro\u00addu\u00adce leads. It brings cus\u00adto\u00admers, pro\u00ads\u00adpects, part\u00adners, experts and employees phy\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly in one place for a short time \u2013 an enorm\u00adous oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty for con\u00adtent and trust: cus\u00adto\u00admer tes\u00adti\u00admo\u00adni\u00adals, short inter\u00adviews, vide\u00ados, pho\u00adtos, expert voices, ques\u00adti\u00adons from real cus\u00adto\u00admer con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons. Becau\u00adse peo\u00adp\u00adle buy from peo\u00adp\u00adle. Modern tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy is not the oppo\u00adsi\u00adte of this: the bet\u00adter docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, sort\u00ading and enrich\u00adment work in the back\u00adground, the more time the\u00adre is for real conversations. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
4. During the trade fair: not all full halls are the same<\/h3>\n
Many com\u00adpa\u00adnies switch off com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtively as soon as the trade fair beg\u00adins. But you can con\u00adti\u00adnue working right now: Address cont\u00adacts again, remind invi\u00adted VIPs, fill free call slots, acti\u00adva\u00adte cont\u00adacts who have not yet appeared by pho\u00adne or digi\u00adtal\u00adly, have social media and e\u2011mail paid into the ongo\u00ading trade fair operations. <\/p>\n
And then the\u00adre\u2019s the qua\u00adli\u00adty of the leads. A badge scan is not a qua\u00adli\u00adfied lead. Neither is a busi\u00adness card. What is decisi\u00adve is what is docu\u00admen\u00adted from the conversation. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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\n From cont\u00adact to qua\u00adli\u00adfied lead<\/div>\n
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01<\/div>\n
Who is the human being \u2013 and what con\u00adcerns him?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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02<\/div>\n
What spe\u00adci\u00adfic needs are there?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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03<\/div>\n
How rele\u00advant is the opportunity?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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04<\/div>\n
What was agreed?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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05<\/div>\n
What hap\u00adpens next?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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06<\/div>\n
Who will take over \u2013 and until when?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
This requi\u00adres uni\u00adform con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon starts, digi\u00adtal cont\u00adact recor\u00adding, real-time trans\u00adpa\u00adren\u00adcy and a clear defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adon of the infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon that must be recorded.<\/p>\n
The trade fair can also do more than pro\u00addu\u00adce leads. It brings cus\u00adto\u00admers, pro\u00ads\u00adpects, part\u00adners, experts and employees phy\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly in one place for a short time \u2013 an enorm\u00adous oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty for con\u00adtent and trust: cus\u00adto\u00admer tes\u00adti\u00admo\u00adni\u00adals, short inter\u00adviews, vide\u00ados, pho\u00adtos, expert voices, ques\u00adti\u00adons from real cus\u00adto\u00admer con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons. Becau\u00adse peo\u00adp\u00adle buy from peo\u00adp\u00adle. Modern tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy is not the oppo\u00adsi\u00adte of this: the bet\u00adter docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, sort\u00ading and enrich\u00adment work in the back\u00adground, the more time the\u00adre is for real conversations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
5. The technological bracket: CRM, automation, integrated AI<\/h3>\n
A pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal trade fair pro\u00adcess needs a strong CRM and marketing\/sales sys\u00adtem as the back\u00adbone. But a CRM can\u2019t be a data gra\u00advey\u00adard. It is not enough to upload a few new data sets at some point after the trade fair. The sys\u00adtem should alre\u00ada\u00addy know in advan\u00adce who is a cus\u00adto\u00admer and who is a pro\u00ads\u00adpect, whe\u00adre an ongo\u00ading oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty exists, who has alre\u00ada\u00addy been cont\u00adac\u00adted and what inte\u00adrests are known. During and after the fair, new infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon must flow direct\u00adly into this picture. <\/p>\n
And this is exact\u00adly whe\u00adre AI beco\u00admes inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading \u2013 not as a copy-and-pas\u00adte exer\u00adcise with an open chat win\u00addow, but deep\u00adly inte\u00adgra\u00adted into pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal mar\u00adke\u00adting, sales and CRM solu\u00adti\u00adons. The\u00adre, she helps struc\u00adtu\u00adre and enrich data, seg\u00adment cont\u00adacts, sup\u00adport cam\u00adpaigns, prio\u00adri\u00adti\u00adze leads, sum\u00adma\u00adri\u00adze con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon con\u00adtent, and trig\u00adger fol\u00adlow-up acti\u00advi\u00adties faster. <\/p>\n
The goal always remains the same: more valuable time from per\u00adson to per\u00adson. Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy should\u00adn\u2019t push peo\u00adp\u00adle out of the sales pro\u00adcess, but rather reli\u00ade\u00adve them of the work for which you don\u2019t need a human \u2013 so that the\u00adre is more time for the work for which you abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly need people. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div>The trade fair stand is visi\u00adble. The infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre under\u00adneath is decisive. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>6. After the trade fair: this is where it is decided whether contacts become sales<\/h3>\n
Fol\u00adlow-up remains the Achil\u00adles\u2019 heel. Becau\u00adse now, figu\u00adra\u00adtively spea\u00adking, the\u00adre are two piles in sales: the day-to-day busi\u00adness that was left behind during the trade fair \u2013 and the new leads, which would have to be pro\u00adces\u00adsed par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly quick\u00adly right now. <\/p>\n
In addi\u00adti\u00adon, the\u00adre is the human fac\u00adtor. Trade fairs are exhaus\u00adting: tra\u00advel, long days, hundreds of con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons, evening events, litt\u00adle rela\u00adxa\u00adti\u00adon. Rely\u00ading on sales to \u201creal\u00adly step on the gas\u201d after\u00adwards is not a stra\u00adtegy. This is not a sales pro\u00adblem, but a struc\u00adtu\u00adral capa\u00adci\u00adty conflict. <\/p>\n
The con\u00adse\u00adquence: the fol\u00adlow-up is pre\u00adpared befo\u00adre the trade fair. How quick\u00adly is it fol\u00adlo\u00adwed up? Is the\u00adre an auto\u00adma\u00adted or semi-auto\u00adma\u00adted fol\u00adlow-up? Which cont\u00adacts are hand\u00adled per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly? Is the\u00adre trans\u00adpa\u00adren\u00adcy about all trade fair cont\u00adacts? And is suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent capa\u00adci\u00adty plan\u00adned at all? Tele\u00adpho\u00adne fol\u00adlow-up, qua\u00adli\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, appoint\u00adments, mul\u00adti-stage fol\u00adlow-up cam\u00adpaigns, the pro\u00adces\u00adsing of B and C poten\u00adti\u00adals as well as clean CRM docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon can be plan\u00adned \u2013 pro\u00advi\u00added you plan them. <\/p>\n
If you alre\u00ada\u00addy think about the fol\u00adlow-up in the cam\u00adpaign plan\u00adning, you deter\u00admi\u00adne in advan\u00adce which cont\u00adact will be cal\u00adled per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly within 48 hours, which will run into an auto\u00adma\u00adted rou\u00adte and which will initi\u00adal\u00adly only be infor\u00admed. This sort\u00ading cos\u00adts an hour of coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon befo\u00adre the trade fair \u2013 and then deci\u00addes on a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant part of the result. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
7. The foundation under all three phases<\/h3>\n
The three pha\u00adses only work if a few basic ques\u00adti\u00adons have been ans\u00adwe\u00adred before\u00adhand: What is the goal of the trade fair? How do we prio\u00adri\u00adti\u00adze? What exact\u00adly is a qua\u00adli\u00adfied lead for us? Do sales, mar\u00adke\u00adting and manage\u00adment have the same expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons? Who is respon\u00adsi\u00adble for what? If no one can cle\u00adar\u00adly say intern\u00adal\u00adly what should come out of this trade fair, it will be dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to mea\u00adsu\u00adre per\u00adfor\u00admance afterwards. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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