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How to Create Show-Stopping
Tradeshow Graphic Design

That old adage, Less is More, is more compelling than ever when creating your tradeshow graphic design. Resisting the urge to put too many words on your display panels and refraining from using a bevy of visuals and photography will serve you well.

Your tradeshow graphic design approach needs to be similar to strategies used on highway billboards. Outdoor advertisers use a carefully executed approach designed to communicate a single sales message in a matter of seconds as cars are whizzing by at speeds in excess of 55 miles per hour.

Like billboards, you only have a few seconds to capture the attention of show attendees who are cruising by your booth. Delivering a convincing, meaningful message to potential customers with your tradeshow graphic design requires you to keep your message short and direct… and your graphics simple and strong.

Thomas E. Fitzgerald, CME, past president of Trade Show Exhibitors Association (when it was IEA) and a retired corporate exhibit manager, detailed in an article he wrote for Exhibit Builder Magazine a show-stopping formula for effective tradeshow graphic design.

After extensive research and examining best demonstrated practices in the industry, he came up with three simple questions that people might ask when walking past your booth. If your booth design, graphics and verbiage answer these questions, you have an effective and competitive exhibit display.

  • Who Are You? That question should be quickly and easily answered from the header or the top graphic in the booth where you promote your corporate identity.

  • What Are You Selling? In other words, what product or service does your company have to show at this conference?

  • Why Would I Want to Buy It? Prospects are going to ask themselves, “What's in it for me?” Does your product have a feature or benefit that is superior to others in the market? It is better, faster, cheaper or the next industry standard?
  • When you develop your tradeshow exhibit design to address these questions (and only these questions), the outcome will be a high-impact exhibit that delivers results.







    Click on the articles below for additional tips and information to maximize your trade show results.

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