Friday, 12 September 2014

Cut Flower Exhibitions - INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS 2014




Cut Flower Exhibitions - 2014
The Benefits of Attending a Trade Show
One of the methods we use to get in front of our customers and have some one-on-one time is attending trade shows. For Eagle-Link Flowers, as exhibitors, trade shows are extremely valuable, but these events are equally as valuable for you, the attendees.

Exhibitions are open to a large and sometimes diverse range of audiences (usually the general public). This provides you with a perfect platform to promote your product or service to a broader group that may have little or no knowledge of your products and services.

Trade shows are generally targeted at an industry and people involved or interested in that industry. Exhibiting at a trade show can be a great way to advertise to a target market and create brand awareness.
Deciding to attend
You might find attending trade shows is worthwhile if you have:
  • enough funds to cover attendance, display and other associated costs
  • worked out how many prospects and clients you'll need to obtain to generate a return on your investment
  • visited a trade show at which you're contemplating exhibiting and you're confident that a suitable number of contacts attend
  • worked out a way to capture people's attention
  • sufficient product literature.

Choosing the wrong trade show to exhibit your business's products or services can result in displaying to the wrong audience. Poor promotion can mean the costs of attending the trade show outweigh any revenue you gain.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS 2014.
Dates
Events
Place / Country
28th-30th January 2014
IPM Essen Germany
Essen, Germany
26th-28th March 2014
World Floral Expo
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center,Chicago, USA
23rd-25th March 2014
Hortiflora Ethiopia
Millenium Hall, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
8th-10th April 2014
Flowers & Hortech Ukraine 2014
Kiev, Ukraine
9th-11th April 2014
Floralholland Spring Fair
Naaldwijk, Netherlands
23rd-26th April 2014
Hortiflorexpo China
Beijing Exhibition Center, China
24th-27th April 2014
The Harrogate Spring Flower Show
Great Yorkshire Showground Harrogate North Yorkshire
23rd – 25th April 2014
Astana Flora Expo
Kazakhastan, Astana
17th – 19th November 2013
IPM Dubai
Dubai world Trade Centre, Dubai
8th - 18th May 2014
Floralies Internationales de Nantes
Beaujoire Centre, France
4th - 6th June 2014
International Flower Trade Expo(IFTEX)
Oshwal Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
10th-13th June 2014
International Floriculture Expo
Morial Convention Centre, New Orleans, LA
28th-30th September 2014
Expo Flora Russia
All Russian Exhibition Centre, Pavillion 75,
17th - 19th September 2014
FlowersExpo,  "Crocus-Expo”    
International Exhibition Centre  Moscow, Russia
29th - 21st September 2013
Naivasha Hortifair Fair
Naivasha, Kenya
15th - 17th October 2014
International Flower  Expo Tokyo (IFEX)
Makuhari Messe, Japan
November 2014
IPM Dubai
Dubai world Trade Centre, Dubai
5th – 7th November 2014
IFTF Expo
Vijfhuizen, Holland.


competition on trade fair

Trade shows present an environment in which vendors compete for your business. As you walk around, you can immediately compare numerous companies’ products, prices, and services. These are also good places for you to discover new companies. Often, customers attend shows with very little knowledge of who sells the type of products they are looking for. By attending a trade show, they can figure out which companies sell what they are looking for, and which solution is the best for them, all in just one day.


networking

When it comes to networking, there’s still no substitute for face to face meetings.

Here are my tips to get the most out of networking:
  1.  Get people to talk about themselves first so you know how to frame what you say about your business to suit them.
  2. Always have business cards and lots of them.
  3. Follow up with personalised emails where appropriate but do not spam.
  4.  Use case studies and refer to real customers. Give context to your work. It makes it much more memorable.
  5.  

One of the main benefits of attending a trade show is consolidating that purchasing process down from a timeline of weeks to a single day

As part of Eagle-Link Flowers' marketing strategy; Cut Flower Exhibitions are an avenue to increase productivity or boost efficiency; find solutions to our challenges; reduce costs; seek inspiration or new ideas; develop international contacts; improve industry knowledge and discover the latest innovations/trends; meet experts or improve sales

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