| An increasing number of employees are | | | | a trade show. If your employees must fly out to |
| telecommuting, but can telecommuting extend to | | | | monitor in person and have no other business, the |
| displays for a trade show? For many companies, the | | | | cost of plane fare may quickly outstrip any savings |
| answer is yes. To determine whether this solution is | | | | you would receive on the actual portable displays. |
| right for you, you'll need to understand what it | | | | Local Service Helps Set Up Displays At A Trade |
| means and what's involved. | | | | Show |
| Portable Displays Made To Order | | | | By having a local company manufacture your displays |
| Companies have long worked with local suppliers to | | | | for a trade show, you will save on shipping. You also |
| make custom displays for trade shows. Any | | | | have the benefit of a full support staff located on |
| company that has a presence at events does require | | | | site at your actual venue. This can be key if the |
| some kind of assistance structuring a display, even if | | | | structure you're working with is particularly difficult to |
| they've completed the design themselves. Ordering a | | | | assemble. Many structures are custom designed, |
| trade show display remotely takes the process to | | | | intended to provide intense impact rather than easy |
| another layer of abstraction. | | | | setup. It may be vital to have the team that |
| Ordering remotely is most common when the buyer | | | | designed the trade show display inform the people |
| expects to take delivery of the structure at a | | | | who actually assemble it. If nothing else, it is |
| location substantially far from where that buyer is | | | | comforting to have the reassurance that the team |
| based. For instance, a firm launching a new product in | | | | who built the display is on hand if something goes |
| Chicago might choose to work with a Chicago-based | | | | wrong. |
| designer to create their new setup rather than a local | | | | Working With A National Company May Offer The |
| firm. They would save on shipping costs in the | | | | Best Of Both Worlds |
| process, but would be taking on a substantial risk: | | | | One technique which some companies find successful |
| they would have limited ability to supervise the | | | | is to work with a company that has offices |
| design process. | | | | nationwide. A national corporation can provide an |
| Coordinating The Trade Show Display | | | | interface in your home city, while actually |
| The solution many companies find is to combine | | | | constructing displays for a trade show in the |
| scheduled business trips to the location with planning | | | | destination city. You can receive the support you |
| meetings. If the firm knows its travel schedule far | | | | want from the company throughout the process |
| enough in advance, it is often quite possible to | | | | without feeling like you are pressed to visit the site |
| arrange a meeting time to discuss the exhibit and | | | | yourself. |
| view it. Progress can be managed almost as | | | | If you do choose remote ordering, be certain that |
| efficiently as if the project were undertaken in the | | | | you are clear about your requests and have regular |
| company's home base. | | | | conversations with the company on the other end. In |
| However, companies which do not travel frequently | | | | some cases, it can be a risk, but many companies |
| may find it more difficult to monitor their displays for | | | | find that the reward is worth it. |