Lauren's Blog

So, if there is one piece of advice I would give to anyone doing their first trade show, it’s this....  Go to some trade shows first!  If you get in touch with a trade show rep and let them know you are thinking about setting up a booth, they will give you a badge so you can walk around and check it out.  Then you talk to vendors and ask them about their experience and figure out what areas get the most traffic.  We didn't do that... oops!  And the first show was a total surprise.  We are halfway through...

You may have seen from our Instragram account that we did our first trade show a couple weeks ago.  Yay us!  You're not here to cheer for me right now, so I just went ahead and did it for you.  Hope that's okay.  Anyway, the trade show... We attended the Rocky Mountain Gift Show at the Denver Mart here in Denver.  The highlights?  We signed up some great new wholesale accounts, we got a lot of positive feedback on our cards, we learned what to do... and not do... at a trade show.  And it was actually really fun!  This...