Booth ideas that give visitors a reason to stop, and a way to carry the conversation past the show.
Build your floor plan freeGood trade show booth ideas give visitors a reason to stop and a way to continue the conversation: a clear single message, something to do or try, a reason to leave their details, and a plan for following up. Pick one idea that fits your goal and staff, and do it well.
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MapD is the best option for our expos. Our clients love the registration process! Data organization and exports are simple and easy. Fast reliable customer support feels like family. The wide variety of tools available for us allow us to grow and still feel well accommodated.
Kyle Michaud
President @ Experience Expositions
MapD is indeed a welcome and needed change for the way we sell booths and handle our awesome exhibitors. With being in our 20th year, we needed a system that would take the guesswork out of exhibitor payments, accounting, floor plan assignments and more! MapD has helped us sell more booths in a shorter time frame and we will most definitely continue to use them!
Ta'ron Joyner
Exhibitor Acquisitions Manager @ Taliah Waajid
MapD is one of the most user friendly systems I have found for floor plan software. The customer service received after signing up goes unmatched by any other systems I have used. MapD has truly made my job easier as an Exhibit Manager and helps to promote and sell booth space with the interactive floor plan I can deliver to my vendors.
Casey Hiner
Meeting Architect @ Kinsley
The support of our vendors and partners allows us to put these events together, so again, thank you. I hope you have enjoyed this year's Virtual A-Day! The platform is amazing and so easy to use. :)
Alyssa Meek
Events manager @ DFWAE
I am really excited about this. The staff met with me this morning and we all LOVE the platform. People are already filling out their booths.
Lisa Veregge
Director, International Trade and Development @ Maine Insurance Agents Association
Map D is an amazing platform and easy to use! We worked with Map D for our virtual annual conference last year and it worked like a charm. When we held our annual conference in-person for the first time in two years, our first choice for our conference app was Map D!
Rori Shaw
Executive Director @ Texas Society of CPAs
I just came back from show site. This week I had my largest show ever. I had 247 exhibitors and I had 247 happy exhibitors. And a lot of that is a result of they were able to get their badges, update their profile, reach out to me anytime they want to.
Yalonde Tanner
Show Manager @ Georgia Municipal Association
Exporting exhibitors is really helpful for me. Fern needs a list of all our exhibitors with their booth number and what size it's going to be. Just exporting that list and getting it to whoever I'm working with at Fern is so incredibly helpful.
Laura Webb
Event Coordinator @ Multi Family Northwest
I'm probably your only customer who uses it to sell campsites, but it works really well. I just give them a drawing and they put it all together for me. I don't have to do it - it saves me many hours.
Tracie Engi
High Lifter Products
A visitor walking past gives you a second or two. Make the booth say one thing clearly, in words large enough to read from the aisle.
Inventory locks on purchase — nobody sold A12 twice.
A live demo or hands-on station beats a brochure. Keep one station for quick looks and one for longer conversations.
Trivia, a prize drawing, or a challenge draws a crowd and gives staff a natural way to start a conversation.
Short scheduled talks or demos at the booth give people a reason to arrive at a set time.
Inventory locks on purchase — nobody sold A12 twice.
A hands-on activity or a hosted tasting gives visitors a memory and lets you talk while they are occupied.
Pair any draw with a simple way to scan a badge and note interests, so staff record context at the moment of the conversation.
Decide who contacts whom, and by when, before the show. Leads cool quickly after it ends.
Inventory locks on purchase — nobody sold A12 twice.
Upload the floor plan you already have and place your booths on it yourself, in Map D’s editor. Free to build, no contract, and nothing to install.
“I am really excited about this. The staff met with me this morning and we all LOVE the platform. People are already filling out their booths.”
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Common questions about trade show booth ideas.
Request DemoPick one or two that fit your goal and staffing, and do them well. A crowded booth with too many draws confuses the message.
Compare leads captured and conversations had against your target for the show, and note which times of day were busiest.
Yes. Map D's KraftyLab offers event and booth activities, and badge scanning gives exhibitors lead records to measure results.
Map D handles the event itself: floor plan, booth sales, registration, check-in, the attendee app, and reporting. Request a demo to see how it fits your event.
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