Launch your expo success today – trade show season awaits!

December 6, 2023

Expo marketing refers to the promotional activities and strategies implemented to raise awareness and drive attendance to an expo or trade show. Expos, also known as exhibitions or trade shows, are events where businesses, industries, or organizations showcase their products, services, and innovations to a targeted audience. Effective marketing is crucial to attract the right audience, create engagement, and maximize the impact of the expo.


Expo marketing offers businesses a many advantages. It serves as a networking hub, enabling valuable connections with industry professionals, while also boosting brand visibility through targeted showcases of products and services. The platform facilitates live demonstrations, allowing businesses to highlight new offerings and gain immediate feedback. Moreover, expos provide a unique opportunity for market research, offering insights into trends and competitor landscapes. The engagement opportunities at these events contribute to lead generation, as businesses can collect contact information from interested attendees. Educational aspects, such as workshops and keynotes, position companies as thought leaders in their industry. Participation in reputable expos not only keeps businesses competitive by staying abreast of industry developments but also enhances their credibility. The face-to-face interactions foster trust and a personalized connection with potential clients or partners, and media coverage further expands exposure. Ultimately, expo marketing serves as a dynamic strategy that combines networking, education, and brand visibility, providing businesses with a comprehensive platform for growth and success.


Explore our range of Expo Products, featuring an array of high-quality items such as brochures, flyers, elegant tablecloths, stylish table runners, eye-catching signage, booth setup essentials, and more. Discover the full collection here!


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In expo marketing, diverse promotional products like pens, journals, apparel, koozies, notepads, pins, keychains, and cups are crucial. These tangible items create lasting impressions, with practicality (pens, notepads), professionalism (apparel), and fun (koozies, keychains). They serve as walking advertisements, reinforcing brand identity and giving positive associations. In the competitive expo marketing world, strategic use of these products enhances booth engagement, attracts attention, and leaves a memorable impact on potential customers, making them an essential element of a successful marketing strategy.

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A Polished Pen with a Purpose

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Sometimes, the simplest promotional products make the biggest impact! We really enjoyed working with Notre Dame Prep to create these custom red pens for The Amazing Shake competition. Featuring both the school's logo and The Amazing Shake logo with a sleek silver imprint, they're a simple way to showcase both brands. The Amazing Shake is a competition that helps students build important life skills, including communication, professionalism, and confidence. Branded pens are a practical way to commemorate an event like this. They're something attendees can take home, use again and again, and remember the experience long after it's over. Looking for a useful way to promote your next event? Let Behind Your Design help you create something memorable! Click HERE to get started!

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By Chelsea Mills • October 2, 2026
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Inside and Out: Custom Umbrellas for Crim Fitness Foundation

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A great staff appreciation gift should be thoughtful, useful and connected to the organization. For the Crim Fitness Foundation , custom reverse umbrellas combined function with standout branding. These 46-inch umbrellas feature full-color sublimation on both sides of the canopy, giving the Crim brand plenty of room to make an impact. Branded Inside and Out The outside features the Crim Fitness Foundation logo and brand colors. Open the umbrella, and custom artwork of runners making their way through Flint is revealed inside. Using colors from the Crim brand, the artwork celebrates the organization’s connection to running, movement and the Flint community. Full sublimation on both sides of the canopy allows branded umbrellas to go beyond a logo. Colors, patterns, illustrations and original artwork can become part of the design.

Custom Jerseys Put a New Spin on Spirit Wear

September 29, 2026
Custom jerseys are a fun way to take spirit wear beyond the standard T-shirt or sweatshirt. With fully customizable designs, they can be created around your school, team, organization or event and made to feel completely unique. At Behind Your Design, we can customize jerseys with your colors, logos, graphics, names, numbers and more. Full-color dye sublimation gives you plenty of freedom to create bold designs across the entire jersey while keeping the finished piece comfortable and wearable. We’ve created several custom jersey styles for our clients, including football and baseball jerseys for Michigan State University Fall Fest. Each offered a different look while giving MSU a memorable piece of custom spirit wear that still felt true to their brand.

A Successful Day at the 2026 MSU Vendor Fair

September 29, 2026
We had a fantastic time at the 2026 Michigan State University Vendor Fair ! It was a great day of connecting with so many wonderful people including current customers, new faces and plenty of potential future clients from departments and organizations across campus. One of the biggest hits at our booth was our T-shirt bags , which definitely got people talking. We also had lots of interest in the fully sublimated, two-sided umbrella we created for the CRIM Fitness Foundation. It was a great example of how a promotional product can go beyond simply adding a logo and become something truly custom and memorable.
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