Money Shot

In my experience, people are way against showcasing their booths anywhere. It's like they're top secret or something. Maybe I should have labeled this post "The Secret"? Who knows? Anyway. Here is my booth from this year's Surtex show. I had such a wonderful time. Major things that worked and a smattering of things I learned this year:

• Wear your fancy shoes
  
• Bring your running shoes and wear them until the last possible second
• Have a friend with you in the booth at all times
• My friends are wildly attractive - this didn't seem to hurt (This was actually something I learned. I'd never really considered how good looking my posse is.)
  
• If you are afraid of heights make sure someone tall is there to hang the high stuff
• Velcro sticky dots are the ideal medium for tacking stuff to the walls
• If you use Velcro sticky dots stick them and un-stick them five or ten times against your jeans before you actually apply them to the wall - so you can get them off later
• The multiple business cards from last year really paid off again this year
  
• Keep the energy in your booth high
• Position your spot lights so they are "just so"
• If you're not getting people to use your booth space the way you want them to, CHANGE SOMETHING!!-- We moved the table around twice before we got it in the right place and things changed drastically once it was perfect
  
• Tell students who want to talk to you to come back after 3pm on any day of the show, things will be way quieter
• Make sure you have an exit strategy - this was my Waterloo - it took me forever to pack up
• Don't stress out
  
• Have fun!
• I learned lots of other stuff, but that's top secret ;)