[SEL] A topic for discussion.......How to promote a show.

[Elden DuRand]

Jerry:

It looks like your club has the best arrangement going.  Thanks for relating it to us.

Personally, I like to go to shows where there is no admission charge for exhibitors and I am made to feel welcome.  At the few shows I've exhibited at that charged exhibitors, the charge wasn't an admission charge but was a membership fee to the sponsoring club.  The reason for this was said to be to make sure all exhibitors were insured under the club's policy.  Makes sense to me and I usually join the sponsoring club for at least one year just to let them know I appreciate their work in putting on the show.

I've gone to shows where I just didn't feel very welcome and didn't have fun.  I don't complain, I just do my thing and don't return.  After all, the show's their game, not mine.  If asked my opinion, I will politely tell them.  Sometimes it does good.

Anyhoo - I don't go to that many shows so I have to be selective and I DO appreciate the effort that goes into putting one on.

Take care - Elden 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On
>  Behalf Of Jerry Evans
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 01:51 PM
> To: stationary-engine at oldengine.org
> Cc: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: Re: [SEL] A topic for 
> discussion.......How to promote a show.
> 
> 
> At 04:02 PM 17/06/2008, you wrote:
> >Guys and gals,
> >Here is a topic for discussion. How do clubs 
> promote their shows to get
> >maximum show displays and to get maximum 
> spectator traffic?
> 
> <Big Snip>
> Hi Curt,
>          Excellent idea for a topic.
>          Here is what we do, with a bit of 
> background info first.
>          Let me be quick to point out that our 
> club show has become the 
> biggest in South Africa but is still a small show 
> in comparison to most of 
> the shows overseas. (I'm willing to stand 
> corrected here but I think that 
> our total club membership (cars, engines and 
> tractors) is around 200 
> members and less than 1/2 of those are active 
> members). We are also spread 
> out over a wide geographical area.

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>          O.K. Curt, That's enough for now - this 
> reply took this 2 finger 
> typist over 4 hours - that's my contribution to the topic.
> 
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
> Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
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