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Shark mascot at tradeshow booth disaster

Posted on 01. Nov, 2008 by PJS.

I’m not going to get into the whole creative concept behind one of our marketing initiatives.  What I am going to tell you is we purchased a professional shark costume to use at a tradeshow.  This is some years back, the cost was approximately $1400 and it was awesome.  If you wore this costume to [...]

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Beware of raffles rigged at conferences

Posted on 01. Oct, 2008 by p syrek.

If you frequent tradeshows and conferences, you will continually see all sorts of raffles going on at exhibitor booths.  “Win a Harley”, “Chance at an iPhone”.  Over 10 years I’ve seen all sorts of crazy prizes.  BUT LET’S GET REAL PEOPLE.  These raffles are rigged. 

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What to do when airline loses your luggage

Posted on 26. Sep, 2008 by PJS.

Losing your luggage is horrible, no matter what the situation, but when you have a meeting to attend or a conference (especially the same day as travel) it just stinks.  You land and you stand anxiously at the luggage carousel.  After about 20 minutes, you notice everyone has their luggage and there’s like 2 bags [...]

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