Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Charlotte Trade Show Booth Design and Trade Show Video Production Company Grows Booth Traffic

Rutland LongBeachShow2 Charlotte Trade Show Booth Client Has Tremendous Success with New Graphics & VideoRutland Plastic Technologies is in the creative business of serving the screen printing industry as the leader in screen printing inks, ink technologies and new ink creation.  Rutland has been doing this since the mid-1970′s.  And they are very good at it!

Each year Rutland attends the largest, mega-sized screen printing trade show in Long Beach, CA.  It’s the literal “who’s who” of screen printing and Rutland is always in the middle of it.  With one of the largest trade show booths (this booth is so large it should be called a “block”!), Rutland assigns The Idea People the exciting project of creating a new theme and graphics to wrap around their sales goals and new product introductions.

This year’s new product introduction is a screen printing ink technology called “Endurance”.  That gave us an immediate idea of movement and action.  As you will see in one of the photos on this page, the use of mannequins and smaller sign displays created a literal maze of information for trade show attendees to easily walk in and through the Rutland trade show floor.

We used Rutland’s most popular screen printing ink colors for the background and showcase of each Rutland LongBeachShow3 Charlotte Trade Show Booth Client Has Tremendous Success with New Graphics & Videosign display to promote a different ink and screen printing technique.  We also shot and produced five (5) cutting-edge product demonstration and marketing videos that looped on plasma monitors around the outside of the Rutland booth.

The comments back from the trade show floor were tremendous!  Rutland had a packed booth and had an amazing and tremendous result from this year’s Long Beach show.  We will keep you updated on the launch of their new “Endurance” screen printing inks as the product enters the marketplace in early spring.  We’re sure it will be another smash hit for this awesome company.

If your company would like to have a new creative mission developed for your trade show initiatives, please call Jay Joyce of The Idea People at 704-398-4437 or email jay@theideapeople.com.

 

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Charlotte Internet Marketing & SEO Begins with a Good Keyword Strategy Tied to Your Marketing Plan!

SEO logo 150x150 Charlotte Search Engine Optimization Begins with Simple KeywordsEverybody is reading, learning and blogging about SEO and keywords.  You see so many opinions and suggestions…”The Top 10 Keywords You Should Use in SEO”…”Why 100 Keywords Will Rank You #1″…”Keyword Your Way to Millions!”  Lots of claims.  Lots of stories.  Lots of traffic.

Our keyword philosophy here at The Idea People is straightforward and highly relevant to your particular product or service.  We like to target a few trophy keywords (especially launching a new website) and several long-tail keywords.  It makes for a good and consistent mix when you’re starting out.

Trophy keywords are your main vertical category keywords that are immediately important to your business mission.  We’ll use our company, The Idea People, as an example.

Our particular trophy keywords are:  charlotte web design, charlotte website design, and blogs small 150x150 Charlotte Search Engine Optimization Begins with Simple Keywordscharlotte internet marketing.  Our company has to exist in these keywords because that describes our business to a tee.

Our long-tail keywords include:  charlotte business blog design, charlotte business growth, charlotte graphic design company, charlotte business website design, charlotte corporate video production, and several others.

We target all of our Charlotte business blogs and Charlotte business social media posts (two more long-tail keywords!) to include these keywords.  Keyword strategy has to tie back to a marketing plan.  You shouldn’t spin out of control on a crazy keyword campaign that does not tie back to a strategy in your marketing plan.  You’ll drive yourself crazy if you do!  It takes time to do this right.  Time is your best ally and worst enemy on the search engines.

The Idea People 2011 Business Journal 150x150 Charlotte Search Engine Optimization Begins with Simple KeywordsWhat are your company’s trophy keywords?  What are your company’s long-tail keywords?  What is your company’s meta site description?  What is your company’s keyword density for trophy keywords?

If you would like to learn more about keyword marketing with search engine optimization, call Jay Joyce at The Idea People at 704-398-4437 or email jay@theideapeople.com.  We can help you identify your company’s keyword mission with a straightforward methodology without all the hype and spin.