Show Marketing

The new Wisconsin Gift Show is using targeted marketing campaigns, strategic partnerships and media collaborations to promote ways to get in front of thousands of qualified buyers who are looking for new  opportunities to purchase new and unique products & inventory for their retail locations. 

The Wisconsin Gift Show managers have laid the foundation for an aggressive marketing campaign to promote and bring awareness to the new Wisconsin gift show to buyers, decision makers and business owners throughout the Great Lakes region.

Our company is working with a SEO & SEM marketing firm to help facilitate and promote the show. Some of the advertising techniques that we feel will help the newest Wisconsin Gift Show grow and get the show in-front of qualified buyers over the next 18 months include?  

  • Email blasts starting 6 months prior to show date to thousands of verified business owner & buyer emails throughout the Great Lakes States: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Upper Peninsula Michigan, Indiana, Illinois & Iowa 
  • Regional specific digital & social media advertising
  • Direct mail campaign targeting thousands of brick & mortar retailers such as: Boutiques, Farm Markets, Gift Shops, Garden Centers, Hospital Gift Shops, Pharmacies, Resort Destinations and more 
  • Wisconsin Gift Show information on regional and national trade show websites!
  • Full page display advertising 2 months prior to gift show in national gift shop magazine publications.
  • Press Releases in nation gift industry publications and websites reaching business’s throughout the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest States.
  • Email blasts campaign to subscribing customers of national digital print magazines.
  • Networking with industry professionals to bring awareness to the new show.
Gift Shop® Plus is the gift industry’s #1 modern retailer’s essential resource. In addition to its print magazine, Gift Shop® Plus is a 24/7, 365 on-demand digital resource to more than 39,000 retailers.
Souvenirs, Gifts & Novelties (SGN) magazine, established in 1962, is published six times a year. SGN reaches 24,000 retailers through print and digital distribution
Gifts & Decorative Accessories magazine has been servicing the gift industry for over 107 years helping retailers connect with manufacturers. GDA publishes 11-print issues per year, offers weekly eNewsletters, a robust website, eBlasts, and many other digital products. GDA’s total readership is over 85,000.

Market Reach
Email blasts, post card mailers, online display campaigns , targeted marketing ads throughout the Great Lakes Region & Upper Midwest states targeting buyers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio & Michigan

Show Marketing

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