A vocabulary exercise covering the language of trade shows and business exhibitions. These terms are used by exhibitors, attendees, and event organizers in professional trade fair and conference settings.
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. For many companies, trade show marketing can be a ____________________.
Correct answer: nightmare.
2. One cost to consider is the ____________________ for your exhibition space.
Correct answer: rental fee.
3. The trade show is tomorrow and the print shop hasn't finished printing our ____________________ yet!
Correct answer: sales materials.
4. Our ____________________ production costs are low, since we're setting it up ourselves.
Correct answer: booth.
5. I ____________________ five trade shows last year.
Correct answer: attended.
6. Stacks of business cards = ____________________ business cards
Correct answer: Lots of.
7. A trade show isn't worth your time and effort if it doesn't produce good ____________________.
Correct answer: leads.
8. One of the main reasons we're attending the trade show is to connect with ____________________.
Correct answer: potential partners.
9. Trade shows produce a significant ____________________ of our annual leads.
Correct answer: percentage.
10. A professional-looking booth and presentation will help us raise our ____________________.
Correct answer: profile.
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📚 Important Words to Know pipeline — a visual representation of all active sales opportunities and where they stand in the selling process prospecting — the process of identifying and contacting potential customers who may benefit from a product or service quota — a sales target assigned to a salesperson or team for a specific time period closing — the final stage of the sales process where the salesperson asks for or obtains a commitment to purchase objection handling — the skill of addressing and overcoming a potential customer's concerns or hesitations cold calling — contacting potential customers by phone without a prior relationship or expressed interest commission — a payment to a salesperson calculated as a percentage of the sales they generate upsell — encouraging an existing customer to purchase a more expensive product or service than originally intended discovery call — an initial conversation with a potential customer to understand their needs and assess fit SPIN selling — a consultative sales methodology based on asking Situation, Problem, Implication, and Need-payoff questions