The Selling Show is the UK's largest event for the entire sales profession and an increasingly important part of bringing together unique suppliers to thousands of key sales decision makers. The Selling Show delivers the entire spectrum of sales professionals from major organisations coming to the show with a wide range of requirements to enhance their current sales operation or to take on new ideas to launch new systems to increase the effectiveness of their sales pipeline.
A unique and powerful event, which places your products directly
in front of a target audience.
Why Exhibit?
Apart from being part of the UK's largest sales orientated
event, read the top ten reasons why you shouldn't miss out on the exciting
opportunity to exhibit at the Selling Show 2008.
- Targeted Audience. The Selling Show attracts the largest gathering of senior sales professionals from around the UK
- Visitors with buying authority. Be part of the largest spending event in the UK sales calendar. Meet decision makers who come to the show ready to buy new products and services
- Deliver the most direct form of marketing available
- Get face-to-face with your market. Meet face to face in an informal setting providing a powerful medium to increase your brand awareness and gain new customers
- More than an event! Selling Show's exhaustive marketing campaign will promote your products and company throughout the year in the build up to the event, both online via the website and through an excellent telemarketing campaign targeted to our unrivalled database of key sales professionals. The earlier you book, the bigger the benefit.
- Great Timing. A must attend buying event timed perfectly to fit in with pre holiday diary of normally busy sales professionals. The event enables sales people to attend the event and refocus on new ideas for their mid year sales targets.
- Launch and demonstrate your latest products and services. Present your portfolio to a captive audience who are in the market for new ideas
- Network with the most relevant and essential people in your industry. Network and swap business cards with industry contacts at the event and social slot afterwards.
- The definitive event for the entire UK sales market bringing buyers and press directly to your company; the perfect formula to launch and do business
- Support your industry for the show dedicated to
the sales profession
Exhibitor Benefits
- Free listing on the show website
- Free listing in the Exhibitor Directory
- Personal planners for buyers, linking your products to their requirements, free of charge
- Unlimited number of complimentary exhibition entrance tickets for your buyers, free of charge
- Opportunity to elect your buyers and potential customers to become exclusive members of the Exhibitor VIP Area
- Exhibitor manual with guidelines on maximising your presence at the show
- Inclusion in the Selling Monthly trade press website with
advertising, free of charge
Visitor Profile
Selling Show at Business Design Centre 2007
919 total attendees visited Selling Show 2007
Of the total Selling Show audience:
- 94% had buying authority
- 83% classed in senior sales management job titles
- 78% of visitors had a sales force in excess of 10+
- Overseas visitors made up 3% of the total pure visitors
* Organisers statement. Total attendance figure where audited
internally.
Visitors include senior sales management serving all sectors of industry. Attendees for 2007 by job title includes Sales Directors, Head of Sales, Sales Managers, New Business Managers, Representatives and other in leading sales positions.
Marketing and PR Support
As an exhibitor you will benefit from our marketing and PR expertise in organising exhibitions to enhance your presence at the show. Planned activities for 2008 include:
- Html email campaign to over 75,000 sales professionals on an ongoing e-broadcast campaign
- Advertising in key newspapers to gain extensive exposure
- Extensive telemarketing campaign targetting leading sales figures from leading brands
- Show website, featuring news articles, seminar content,
floorplan and exhibitor list through powerful search engine systems
Exhibition Stand Packages
Space Only: £199 + vat per sqm
Includes catalogue entry, stand cleaning and complimentary visitor tickets
Shell Scheme: £229 + vat per sqm
Includes catalogue entry, walls, fascia board with company name, two chairs
and one table, stand cleaning and complimentary visitor tickets
Sponsorship Schemes
Maximise your presence at the show, reach new buyers, reinforce
your brand and gain that all important competitive edge. A Selling Show sponsorship
package will give you the promotional tools to help you grab the 'limelight'
at the show. From bag inserts to product placement and t-shirts to emails,
we have a number of tailor made opportunities to suit your needs.
Show Carrier Bags
What does every visitor to the Show pick up as they come in?
The official Show carrier bag. Your company logo/branding can appear on one
side of the bag while the other side carries the Show dates for 2008. This
is one of the highest profile sponsorship packages available.
Registration Area Banner Sites
Located around the registration area of the show hall, banners
offer you the perfect opportunity to get your company noticed at The Selling
Show 2008. This is an area in which all visitor traffic flow will be present
in order to give your brand maximum exposure.
Inserts In Show Carrier Bags
Make sure that every visitor takes away your company details
by placing an insert into the official show carrier bag…we only offer
a limited amount of inserts to be placed in the show carrier bags.
Visitor Registration
This is a superb sponsorship opportunity which gives you the
opportunity to get your name in front of your potential clients as they pre-register
for The Selling Show 2008. Includes logo on all visitor badges, on registration
page of event website and at visitor registration area of the Selling Show.
Please note that at almost 17,000 sales professionals pre-registered for the
2007 show.
Sales Professionals Sponsored Lunch
Host a lunch for Sales Professionals who are attending the
speaker seminars at The Selling Show and find out first hand what the key
issues are for today's sales professionals. This sponsorship gives you the
opportunity to get your name in front of potential clients using posters in
and around the lunch lounge plus enabling your literature to be available.
Costs calculated on the basis of 450 guests.
Web Based Sponsorship Opportunities
The Selling Show website is a hub of pre-show activity. With over 32,000 unique visitors to the 2007 website and new visitors constantly accessing the 2008 website from across the UK in the lead up to the show, there is great potential with online marketing.
The online marketing opportunities offered through the Selling
Show website create an ideal medium to promote your company to the sales profession,
building awareness of your products. This can be achieved by using web banners,
web buttons, block advertisements, page peels, newsletter sponsorship, sponsored
links/areas and new for 2008, online recruitment.
To ensure you get to stand out from your competition, we have
created some exciting sponsorship packages that will put you in front of your
core audience all year round. All our web based sponsorship opportunities
are for the duration of the 2008 Selling Show website cycle ending 10th July
2008.
The Main Banner
This is a high profile prime branding opportunity. Have your
company logo / message on the main Selling Show website header which will
be on every page of the website located below the navigation buttons.
Home Page Banner
A great opportunity to reach sales professionals on the page
that every visitor will see, limited to 1 commercial companies only.
Search Page Sections
A key and very popular area used by visitors to search by exhibitor
and product area. Ensure you get your company message across by having a banner
on all search pages
Floorplan Logos
Stand out from the crowd and have your company logo on the
Selling Show website floor plan - limited availability
A number of tailored sponsorship packages can be designed and available on request. To discuss any of these opportunities, please contact our show team on 020 8144 7995, or scott@sellingshow.co.uk
Ashley Latter is the Selling Coach and has personally coached over 40,000 Sales & Business
People helping them improve their performance in front of clients. He is the
author of a series of CDS ‘If you Don’t Ask the Customer cannot say
YES’
Gavin Ingham For the last 10 years, sales motivational speaker Gavin Ingham has been helping sales people to explode their sales performance by turning self-doubt, fear and lack of motivation into self-belief, confidence and action. With his inspirational approach to sales performance and motivation Gavin combines commercial experience, personal excellence and communications technologies in delivering personal and business sales success.