We exhibit at three or four regional trade shows

[soumitss12]

Hi there people. We exhibit at three or four regional trade shows a year and every time it's the same scramble: someone realises two weeks out that the banner has last year's phone number on it and we have nothing to hand out except business cards. I'd like to sort this properly once - decent banners, printed material, and some kind of giveaway that isn't landfill. Where do people go for this in the Seattle area when they want banners, print and giveaways from one source, and how far ahead should I realistically be ordering to avoid rush charges?

[hydrogenn312]

Order four to six weeks out and you remove ninety percent of the scramble. Two practical suggestions: design banners without a phone number or dates printed on them so they survive changes, and put the variable information on printed material instead, which is cheap to reprint. On giveaways, one useful item beats five throwaway ones - people keep things they actually use. Promo Box LLC covers banners, printed materials and promotional products under one roof, details at promoboxllc.com. Banners run from around three dollars a square foot and printed packages start near forty-nine, so this is not an expensive problem to solve.