Full Version: ARA International Awards Market 2007
From: Cindy (CINDYM) [#47]
21 Dec 2006
To: ALL
You bring up a very good point about the catalogs. They get very heavy very quickly! People new to the shows - bring tons of business cards to leave with vendors so they can send you a catalog!! Cards are much lighter than catalogs to haul around.
I think that if the shipping kiosk or booth is open at the convention center entrance hallway they also have lockers or storage areas you can rent for hours or days to store your 'stuff' you collect. Or if you stay close by the c.c., bring an extra lightly packed suitcase and go back at noon to drop things off. If you have the extra suitcase, you'll have the room to take it all home with you. Watch the weight though, those catalogs do add up! I think the booth in the entrance hallway that will store your stuff might also do shipping, so you can make up a box and have it shipped back to you at home before leaving the show.
After all the years of attending the show, I find the business card hand out works the best and keeps you from becoming weighted down. However, at the gift show, those cards I dropped off did not get any - and I mean not one - response with a catalog shipped to me. So if you are going to the gift show afterwards, make sure you do get the catalog if you can. They are not good at follow up, which seemed very weird to me.
Cindy M
From: Toni (TONI56) [#48]
22 Dec 2006
To: Cindy (CINDYM) [#47] 27 Dec 2006
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