Quick Tips for Your First Trade Show

You’ve decided to start exhibiting at trade shows. Now what? While choosing a trade show may seem like a daunting task, let us help you break it down quickly so you can get right down to business. Continue reading “Quick Tips for Your First Trade Show”

Make Your Trade Show Season POP With Our Fall Special

Gearing up for the start of your trade show season could mean purchasing a new trade show display. Lucky for you our most popular special is happening now! Take advantage of the savings today!

Trade show attendees are constantly bombarded with information overload  at shows. And fighting for the attention of all senses – sight, sound, smell, taste and touch – might seem like a daunting task.  So what can you do as an exhibitor to make sure your display stands out in the crowd?

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Product Showcase: Pop Up Displays

Built since 1999, our premium brand 1UP Pop up displays have been exclusively produced by Affordable Exhibit Displays, Inc. With it’s classic curve appeal this trade show display series combines big strength and reliability in a compact size. Our complete line of portable display packages have everything you need to start promoting your business and brand.

DOWNLOAD NOW: Pop Up Display Comparison Sheet

First, choose your size: table top or full height – 4ft up to 20ft. Then choose your panels: Premier® brand Velcro Receptive Fabric Panels or Photo Quality full color custom printed graphic panels. Your panels will automatically click to the strong and sturdy aluminum frame using its’s magnetic channel bars. And your entire pop up display packs down into a convenient rolling travel bag or compact shipping cases. With your choice of configurations from table top to 20ft units, and beyond, we have the set up to fit your needs.

Plus, all pop up displays effortlessly set up in under 30 minutes or less with no tools required.
When designing your trade show display graphics, consider this —>> Your trade show booth should serve as a functional backdrop to attract attendees and direct them to learn more about your company. It should also have the ability to pack a larger than life impact encouraging them to take a closer look.

The 1UP pop up displays combine strength and reliability, with style and ease of use. This style trade show display is named “pop up” due to the frame’s infamous popping-up action. It is one of the most portable tradeshow display solutions available. We guarantee if you’ve ever been to a trade show before you have surely seen a pop up display.

The 1UP system features several unique advantages over other similar pop up display systems. The most notable feature is the fact that it’s a USA Made Product – made in Maine actually – and all fabrication plus graphic printing is completed in-house also at our Maine facility. The brilliant 8 color printing process will make your full color photo quality printed graphics stand out from the rest. Another great feature is the framing and magnetic bar system include a full Lifetime Warranty. Best of all, the frame has a ‘convertible’ feature allowing you to add on or subtract to form a larger or smaller backwall.

Eye Catching Full Height Floor Models Perfect to show off your brand at any trade show or marketing event

Quite possibly the MOST POPULAR is our 1UP full height floor model pop-up displays. With models ranging in size from 4ft wide to 20ft wide, curved frame or straight frame, gullwing or serpentine frame, there is a style for you. Choose from velcro receptive fabric panels or our high quality custom printed graphic panels. Included with your pop-up displays is our indestructible roto-molded shipping case w wheels. Other accessories also available are velcro mount headers, backlit headers, stem lighting and much more.

10ft Curved Pop Up Display
10ft Curved Pop Up Display
8ft Curved Pop Up Display
Attention grabbing Interactive Models make them stop and stare

It’s all amount MOTION! Attendees will have no choice but to notice your booth when you have our Interactive 1UP pop up displays. With accessories such as monitor mounts, iPad/tablet mounts and counter top inserts, your booth space will be the talk of the show. Play a slideshow or product presentation, have attendees interact with your website, sign up for specials or your newsletter or simply try out a new app. Interactive displays are the way of the future!

8ft Curved Pop Up Display with Media Kit
10ft Straight Pop Up Display with Media Kit
10ft Straight Pop Up Display with media Kit
Monitor, iPad, tablet mounts draw in attendees for the ultimate trade show experience

Create an interactive approach with your booth space using our 1UP monitor brackets, iPad or Samsung tablet holders. Your interactive technology will sure draw attention to your booth. And, that is what exhibiting is all about. ATTENTION!

Bundle & Save! All-inclusive package for the travelling exhibitor

Our 1UP Pop Up Display & Banner Stand Trade Show Backwall Bundle is the perfect combination of functionality and portability, enhancing your trade show experience. By simply adding a custom printed retractable banner stand to your pop up display, you’ll not only create depth in your booth space but you’ll also have additional “real estate” to promote your brand or products. Don’t forget: you can also utilize the banner stand in your office entrance when the shows over too – it’s double duty for your marketing efforts!

All included items pack into two square shipping cases that convert to a useable graphic podium to further enforce your brand’s message.

8ft Curved Pop Up Display with banner stand and podium kit
10ft Curved Pop Up Display with podium kit

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Our company is a family owned and operated company and as such, we have deep-seated family values and we focus on quality and on offering our clients a top choice of eye-catching and appealing tradeshow exhibits and displays. If you are interested in purchasing a portable pop up trade show display for your next trade show or event, contact us here!

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Bundle Up your Trade Show Display

So, we live in Maine and we’re used to bundling up! Maine winters can be brutal! But thats not quite what we mean here. By combining different display components, such as a 10ft tension fabric display with a retractable banner stand and brochure rack, we’re actually designing a complete trade show display set-up just for you. The combination of different trade show elements make it easy for you to visualize your trade show display booth space to the point you can actually see yourself working in the booth. And although doing this creates the look of a custom trade show booth, rest assured these complete kits do not come with the custom price tag.

Even with their already low cost, we decided to show you a little extra love and offer a WEB ONLY promotion on all our Complete Trade Show Display packages including our 3 newest packages added just last week. Check them out:Embrace Trade Show Kit

We created our bundle packages with the exhibitor in mind! We’re hoping that by seeing these displays “in action” it will help when deciding which display elements you’d like to include in your exhibit booth. And with so many options available, we understand how hard it is sometimes to put the pieces of the trade show display puzzle together. The great part about these bundle packages is we’ve included some of our most popular products as well, so you are sure to represent your company in style at every trade show you attend. You might even win “best in show”!

So, what are you waiting for? Start shopping now to take advantage of this special offer happening this month only. And make sure you visit our site often, because every month there’s a chance to save with our monthly promotions and everyday savings. We look forward to working with you and creating your next amazing trade show display!

3 Major Benefits of Push-Fit Tension Fabric Displays

Push-Fit graphics, also known as Silicone Edge Graphics (SEG), are ideal for a variety of applications with pop up displays or displays featuring channel bar applications. This is the latest technology in tension fabric displays and features silicone edge beading attached to the edges of the printed fabric graphic, enabling you to easily push the graphic into a channel for a seamless edge display.

Of the many benefits that go along with oour push-fit tension fabric displays, the three listed below are the ones that most stand out to us.

Benefit #1: available options include single sided display or double sided, along with backlit LED illumination or non-illuminated dye-sublimated fabric graphics.

Benefit #2: extrusion-based frames or perimeter channel bars that hold SEG graphics and provide a seamless appearance for a message that can’t be missed.

Benefit #3: lightweight portability for easy travel to and from your trade show venue – ship via UPS or FedEx for delivery ahead of time or transport in a car for local shows.

For 2018 we’ve recently added two of the most popular push-fit graphic display lines on the market today. Here’s a brief overview of these products so you can further understand the simplicity of the SEG technology.

First up is the new Embrace™ tension fabric displays which combine the convenience of a pop up display with a streamlined look and innovation of a push-fit silicone edge fabric graphic.

The combination of a lightweight collapsible frame and a “push-fit” fabric graphic ensures a seamless and taut appearance to your graphic every time you display your message. No more wrinkles around the edges of your graphic due to stitching or velcro! Featuring a no tool setup, you’ll be amazed at the simplicity of this display every time.

Next up is the Vector Frame™ light boxes which are considered to be one of the easiest backlit trade show displays available on the market. Featuring a durable 4” (100mm) aluminum extrusion frame, one large seamless push-fit backlit fabric graphic and LED edge lighting. LED lights come adhered to the aluminum frame, making set-up as simple as assembling the frame, applying the push-fit graphics and plugging in the electrical cord! Vector Frame Light Boxes are ideal for use in retail, marketing events, conferences and trade show environments as the perfect solution for illuminating your message. Double sided graphics are also available to insure you grab attendees attention from all angles of the trade show floor.

 

Need assitance with your graphic design? Contact one of our talented graphic designers today to discuss how we can take your artwork to the next level. Call us at 1-800-723-2050 or email us at [email protected] now!

A Classic Style Trade Show Display That Just Keeps Drawing Interest

We'll explain the perks on this classic style trade show display.
This classic style of portable displays is able to pack a big larger than life impact to users encouraging them to take a closer look, drawing interest to what your brand has to offer.

A trade show display has the #1 job of capturing first and foremost as much attention to your little show booth space as possible, but it also has several other important functions. Your trade show booth can serve as a functional backdrop to attract attendees eyes and direct their movement where you want them. The pop up display offers all of this and more!  This classic style of portable exhibit displays is able to pack a big larger than life impact to users encouraging them to take a closer look, drawing interest to what your brand has to offer.  We’ll explain the many perks to this classic style trade show display and explain the #1 pop up display brand.

QUALITY HARDWARE – 100% USA MADE

The 1UP pop up is manufactured piece by piece by Affordable Exhibit Displays ONLY. Since we have been manufacturing for this particular style display since 1999 you canhigh-quality quality components with this pop up display. Take a look and compare – link to compare .pdf …  The better product we develop the better end results you, the end user – will receive. We aim for a trouble free life for your display that’s why we offer a Lifetime “No Questions Asked” Warranty on the 1UP frame components.  With a <1% repair rate you can be sure the 1UP trade show display will prove itself show after show.

PORTABILITY THAT JUST POPS UP

Compact & Convenient!  The 1UP pop up display brand gives you the classic curved look and feel all with virtually seamless larger than life graphics. The 1UP packs down into 2 wheeled shipping cases, is straight-forward to set up, ship, and transport even for the most rigorous of trade show schedules.

THE VERY BEST FRAME SINCE 1999.

The 1UP pop up display offers the most durable pop-up frame available. It’s the #1 pop up trade show display!   The virtually unbreakable accordion framing is self-locking with neodym (super amazing strength magnets) autoconnect magnetic locking bars. It instantly pops up and ‘clicks’ effortlessly into place with no additional connectors. The framing is constructed of 1/2″ square aluminum tubing – meaning strong and rugged for a lifetime of usage. Some other inferior models may use round tubing which is more susceptible to bending and breaking which only means repair headaches for you.

PHOTO QUALITY GRAPHICS

Make an impression on clients and prospects with the highest quality, longest lasting graphics.  A pop up display with graphic panels will provide that visual impact you are looking for.

For most of us a picture is comprehended faster than reading text.  That is what is great about the graphic panel – a picture speaks louder than words!  Make a clean and clear presentation with a high impact Graphic Panel on your 1Up pop up display. Set up and break down is simplified with the self-aligning graphic panels.  The mating magnetic will do all the work and just ‘snap’ together.  Don’t forget about a pop up display showing off your brand with a great graphic design.  Read why the graphic design of your trade show display is the #1 success factor.

TROUBLE FREE SHIPPING CASES

The quality continues right down to even our shipping cases. These roto-molded cases are patented. These cases offer heavy duty built-in rubber wheels as well as a lid that is fastened with cotter pins for easy accessing. No worries about broken wheels or lost lids with these cases. Extras like these only begin to tell you how quality of our 1Up pop up is unequaled.

A bigger bonus: a finished wood counter top and full color graphic wrap creates and transforms your dual shipping cases into a branded podium workstation!  

HIGHLIGHTING HEADERS

With optional highlighting accessories such as our backlit header.  This custom logo header spans the curve of the 1UP and is typically backlit with illuminating connecting light bars to make your logo, brand and specific message stand out.  The bonus to the backlit header is the lighting not only illuminates your name but also the width of the panels underneath providing a warm glow throughout your booth space.

DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS AT ITS BEST

Utilizing technology in a pop up display is a trending theme.  The Media kits offered by the 1UP is multi-use for a wide variety of monitors with the Vesa compatible mount being able to support a 17”-32” size monitor weighing no more than 40 lbs.  The most popular trending technology to integrate into the 1UP is the use of an iPad.  The 1UP iPad mount allows for exhibitors to easily connect to apps or the internet with attendees standing right there.  Add even more function to the 1UP dual case podium kit by adding in an iPad insert into the finished wood counter top.

TRADE SHOW ACCESSORIES

There are a variety of accessories like media kits such as the monitor or iPad mounts, podium kits as mentioned above, plus other style pop-up counters and LED stem lighting to further illuminate the display of your brand message.

CONVEX GRAPHIC PANELS

The 1UP is designed to accommodate graphics on both the concave front and convex back for island applications.  The 16ft or 20ft Serpentine style 1UP combines the use of both concave and convex sides of the framing giving the trade show booth space a feeling of movement in the shape of an ‘S’.

MANY CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

The 1UP brand offers a size and shape for every budget and use.  From a 4ft wide mini table top display, to towers and built to fit a 20ft trade show booth space.  Plus, all of the in between sizes too such as 6ft wide, 8ft wide which is the most popular and 10ft wide floor units.  The table top display pop up style is offered in 5ft wide, 6ft wide which is the most popular and 8ft wide table units.

As Affordable Displays offers in-house printing, our company will expertly handle all the custom printing for the 1UP pop up display brand and we offer the steadfast assurance that the graphics printed will be thoroughly inspected for quality during the printing process. To gain more insight into the benefits and features of the very latest and innovative pop up displays, take a moment to go through the AffordableDisplays.com website.

Our company is a family owned and operated company and as such, we have deep-seated family values and we focus on quality and on offering our clients a top choice of eye-catching and appealing tradeshow exhibits and displays.  If you’re willing to attend a trade show, make it worth your while.  Go the High Impact route and choose one of our Graphic Panel pop up packages!

Affordable Displays does not just sell tradeshow pop-up displays but also table top displays, banner stands and outdoor tents and feather flags.  

Pin Point Your Trade Show Display Style

Helping to pin point which trade show display is right for your brand.
There is a trade show display for every budget and every use. Find out what options there are.

Generating leads and making sales are your #1 priorities, and your trade show booth – both the physical space and the display – can help you do this. When you are displaying in a trade show environment, you want to project just the right image for your company; one that makes potential clients want to learn more after their first glance. Which brings us to the question: Do you know your trade show display style?

Let’s walk through some of the most popular options to choose from in the wide variety of displays out there today. We are sure one of these will suit your specific show needs and style!

BANNER STANDS …
Tempt your potential prospects with a versatile banner stand. These are a hit in the trade show industry! These lightweight portable displays are designed with your transporting needs in mind and most come with an easy to carry bag. Add your eye-catching banner design and potential clients and competitors will notice your company.

The two main types of banner stands are:
Retractable banner stands: Similar to a household window shade, pull the banner up from base and hook to top of the center pole.  The banner graphic retracts down into their metal base, they generally come with a carry bag and set up time is seconds. Great for the quick, one-person shows.

Non-retractable banner stands: Simple design includes a weighted base and center pole with roll-able banner material.  Roll your custom banner up manually for storage.  They generally come with carry bag and set up is also within a few minutes.  Typically weighing about 6-15 lbs.  They also work for the one person shows.  Some models even connect together with magnetic to form a large graphic wall.

Banner stands come in a wide variety of sizes. Widths and heights vary per stand model. Typically, you will see a width of 24”-36” and a height from 72”-84”. A banner stand can be used alone on the floor, set on a table or in addition to your already existing display unit. Use during the one day show, in a church setting, business lobby, career fair, or during your next big presentation to impress the higher-ups. These simple stands have the ability to impress in any setting.

TABLE TOP DISPLAYS or FULL-SIZE DISPLAYS …
Attract attention with a table top display and use it as a powerful resource to showcase what you have to offer. Table top displays are perfect when you’re limited by space or budget. And how easy they are to use by a single person — simply unpack, unfold and set on a table. Take advantage of the left over front space on the table by displaying handouts or small products, use a laptop for demonstrations or as a writing area. Being so portable and lightweight anyone can be on their way to fantastic trade showing with a table top display.

Control the flow to your presentation are with a freestanding full-size display. Utilizing the floor display is a great way grab attention. Free floor standing most are approximately 90” (7 ½’) tall and come in a wide variety of widths most commonly 6’ to 20’ wide. These booths are designed to be portable so they are easy to bring from one event to the next. Most are single person set up but some require two or more to help.

Table top and full size displays are available in these most common styles:
Panel display: with permanently connected panels or individual panels that connect together- Traditional style – May have double sided or single side panels- Usually covered with a VELCRO® receptive fabric- Easy graphic changing

Pop up display: modern style with a characteristic curve – Modern style – Generally comes with everything you need to get started- Usually has VELCRO® receptive fabric panels, aluminum frame and a wheeled compact shipping/storage case- Easy graphic changing- Optional wrap around graphics available- Generally come with a manufacturer’s warranty on the frame components

Full size free standing floor displays have the ability to connect multiple units together forming larger versions for nationals shows but can be used independently for the state-wide shows.

ACCESSORIES …Accessorize and complete the function of your booth by adding these items:
– Tall folding director chair – rest your feet and sit at eye level
– Podiums or counters – interactive stations or use as a barrier
– Folding tables – travel without worry of table size
– Throw covers or Table runners – cover the table and show your image
– Literature stands – holds handouts neatly in one spot
– Projector screens – PowerPoint presentation made easy