Exhibitor Information - Marketing/PR
Recognizing that spring and summer become insanely busy with tradeshows and specific marketing events, we’re sending promotional opportunities
for you to make the most of the fantastic educational and networking event that is GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management 2007.
September is a far distant thought for you but take a moment to peruse the easy opportunities we’re presenting you to keep you top of mind to our attendees while they’re in Cleveland.
You’ve picked your booth, signed the contract and sent in the check. Now what?
Pre-Show Publicity
GrowerTalks promotes Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management Conference with full page, 4 color ads in GrowerTalks, Green Profit and Greenhouse Growe.. With your early commitment to booth space, your logo will appear as a sponsor on all ads promoting Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management.
The GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management 2007 brochure reaches approximately 30,000 green industry professionals every year. With your early commitment, your logo will be featured on the Sponsors Page of the brochure.
Want to make sure that everyone knows you’ll be there? Take out an ad in the conference brochure for only $1800. That’s only 6 cents per impression! Include your booth number and contact information for the rep attending and special incentives to make sure you’re the most visited booth at the show.
Want to do more?
GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management Conference 2007 offers many opportunities for you to promote your presence at the conference above and beyond.
Send a Press Release to your email database. We’ll give you the text, logo and format it for you. All you have to do is cut/paste and hit send!
Use the Conference Logo. Let all of your customers and prospects know you’ll be at GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management 2007 by plastering the logo all over your invoices, letters and statement stuffers. Highlight your booth number and who specifically they should look for.
Web link. We’ll link to yours if you link to ours… Download a banner ad that links directly to our registration site for your customers and we’ll get your banner ad up on our Conference site.
Email Templates Take your e-presence a step further and send emails to your database using our attractive email template! It’s free!
Make Pre-Set Appointments – Approximately three weeks prior to the conference, we’ll send you a list of all the pre-registered attendees. Use this list to make the most of your networking time at the conference and schedule appointments with your must-see attendees.
At the Show!
Be the have-to-see company at GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management Conference 2007. They can’t miss you with these additional promotional opportunities.
Seminar Sponsorships – Have the hottest impatiens or pansies? Be the one growers think of first by sponsoring the specific variety seminar! Are you a greenhouse lighting god? Sponsor the ever popular lighting seminar and be recognized as the leader in lighting! Check out the updated seminar schedule on our Web site and pick the one that fits your business best! Sign up by April 9 and we’ll feature your logo in the conference brochure as the official sponsor for that seminar. On-site, you’ll receive signage both inside and outside the seminar room, a table at the back of the room with a company representative present to distribute materials and answer questions after the seminar is complete. Seminar sponsorships are $495 each and limited to 2 non-competing companies
Partial Binder Sponsorship – You’ll be in front of all of the attendees with your ½ page ad on the back and logo on the spine of the official GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management Conference! Partial sponsorship is $3,000
Welcome Party Sponsor
Be the belle of the ball by sponsoring the annual welcome party for attendees and exhibitors at GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management Conference 2007. As our welcome party sponsor, your company will be recognized in the conference brochure (if committed by April 9, 2007) and on the official Ball Publishing Conferences Website prior to and during the conference. On site, your logo will be included in the pocket guide, signage at the reception, at registration and on directional signage to the Welcome Party. At the Party, you’ll be able to distribute materials, your company logo will appear on tent cards at the bars and appetizer tables and you’ll receive 10 free drink vouchers to give to your top customers. Open to multiple sponsors.
Cost: $5,000
Name Badge Holder
What better way to get great exposure than with your company name or logo hanging from everyone’s neck? Name badge holders have a front pocket with Velcro-secured flap good for keeping room keys, cash and credit cards above the nametag itself. The back has 2 pockets for pens, and a pocket that fits business cards. Sponsor’s name/logo is placed on the flap above the nametag. Exclusive sponsorship.
Cost: $5,000*
Ball Bookshelf Bags
Ball Publishing has partnered with 11 trade shows for 2007 to be the official bookstore of the show. Increase your visibility at these shows and at GrowerTalks Greenhouse Experience/Pest Management Conference 2007 by being the sponsor of the bookstore bags. We have two options available for bag sponsorship. The first option is a 1 color logo on one side of the bag. The second option, which would be perfect for new product launch, is a 4 color logo or image on one side of the bag.
Additional Trade Shows Include: Southeast Greenhouse Conference, OFA Short Course, Ball Field Days, SNA, TNLA, and FNATS.
Total cost for 5,000 bags, 1 color logo: $5,200
Total cost for 5,000 bags, 4 color logo: $7,500
Additional Promotional Opportunities
Special promotional opportunities such as notepads, pens, and concession cups are available to suit your specific marketing objectives. Please let us know how we can customize these sponsorships for you.
After the Show!
Don’t let those great contacts slip away!
Final Registrant List After the show, we’ll send you a complimentary electronic list of all the attendees from the show. Use it to follow up with those attendees you talked with and those you missed!
Follow Up Email Template – Take the e-presence from before the show and carry it on with our easy to use email template.
Sign up for NEXT YEAR – We’ll do it again in 2008- GrowerTalks' Plug & Propagation Conference, September 28-October 1, 2007 in Orlando, FL. Make sure you have premium booth space by signing up at this year’s show!!