About IITS
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The International Industrial Trade Show (IITS) is a virtual trade show. In other words, the show or expo is held on-line so there is no need to travel to a venue or deal with any traveling hassles. You can get a better idea of what a virtual trade show is at eComXpo, one of the original and leading virtual-based expo companies on the Web.
Although IITS is indeed an online expo, you’ll learn it is quite different than any other virtual trade show because we follow a very simple and low tech system by utilizing online videos from Youtube and other video hosting sites. In short, exhibitors of IITS are showcased using online videos to demonstrate their products and services to our audience of manufacturing professionals.
Do You Want to Be An IITS Exhibitor?
Exhibitors of IITS must be approved by ArriveNEWS, founder and organizer of the trade show. The most important requirement in becoming an exhibitor is your company must have a video on YouTube or some other video hosting site to enable us to showcase your company. You see, your video is used to demonstrate your company’s products, services and corporate capabilities. The geographical location of your company is not important because we welcome exhibitors all over the world able to provide us with a relevant video.
What Videos are Approved?
Since IITS focuses specifically on the industrial marketplace, we approve only exhibitors with videos associated with industrial products. You can see an example of such products by visiting the home page of the International Industrial Trade Show and scroll down to main categories. In short, if your video is targeted toward the manufacturing community it will showcased on the relevant category of IITS if it meets our quality standards.
How Come There Is No Charge to be an IITS Exhibitor?
IITS already has a number of major sponsors in place and therefore we don’t need to charge exhibitors or visitors any fees whatsoever for participating. As an exhibitor (if approved) your only investment will be the time it takes to submit a detailed profile of your company as well as the link to your video, catalog or other demonstration materials.
In any case, I want to make clear that if you really want to be an exhibitor, submitting detailed information about your company is very important as it helps visitors get a better understanding of your products, applications and corporate capabilities.
How Are Products & Companies Exhibited At IITS?
As indicated earlier we prefer a low tech system as we believe it encourages more activity. Most online trade shows use Flash, complex scripts and other bells and whistles, but we learned quickly such complexities often frustrate people and is sometimes even counter productive. We want to make sure every visitor to IITS at all levels of Web knowledge is able to explore exhibitors with ease. There are some virtual trade shows that require people to practically have a computer science degree just to access the site. We want to avoid that scenario and that’s why we designed IITS to be a user-friendly resource for all participants.
Even though we insist on remaining low-tech, we understand the importance that companies exhibited at IITS are demonstrated in a fun and educational manner. And in today’s online world, nothing is more popular videos. After all, when products are showcased properly it will attract more industrial and manufacturing professionals to IITS. Everyone benefits.
Virtual Trade Shows Have Come A Long Way
I can remember just a few years ago virtual trade shows was little more than an idea. Indeed, for the most part, the majority of on-line trade shows have not been much of a factor in the marketing world until the last year or so. Although there is still a long way to go for the virtual trade show industry to reach its potential, some online events are really beginning to take off over the last year or so.
Hopefully, you are now beginning to understand the benefits of the International Industrial Trade Show and online expositions in general. Although IITS is not for everyone, it unquestionably offers a lot of potential for qualified companies to promote their products utilizing the power of the YouTube and the Web.
Why Is IITS Held All Year Long?
Some people don’t understand why IITS is a daily event held throughout the year. Most people and for good reason expect a trade show to take place on a specific day or week. I’ll say it again, IITS is unlike any other trade show, whether it be on-line or off-line. Naturally, holding a trade show on a certain date(s) is fine for traditional brick and mortar events. But why should a virtual-based expo have the same limitations? The idea behind IITS is to design a trade show for international manufacturing professionals and allow them to ‘attend’ at their convenience from anywhere on the planet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
It amazes me every time we distribute a press release to a media source at least one reporter will contact us to say IITS has to have a specific date in order to ‘qualify’ as a trade show. My reply is nonsense! These people must not have a creative bone in their body or they just don’t understand the concept of IITS. Online trade shows can be held daily if organized effectively.
In summary, we at ArriveNEWS agree that virtual expo’s will never replace traditional brick and mortar events, nor should they. But virtual trade shows do have their place and they’ll inevitably become more popular as more people see the convenience of participating in a exposition from the comfort of their home or office. Of course, new technology will be a fundamental factor as well.
What Are The Benefits of IITS?
The majority of this item focused on the features and benefits of IITS primarily for exhibitors. But what about visitors of IITS? Why should industrial and manufacturing professionals want to visit the site? Just like any other trade show, IITS is all about networking. The value of any trade show is based on the networking opportunities it delivers, whether you are buying, selling or just browsing. In short, the International Industrial Trade Show helps you develop relationships with potential trading partners as well as share ideas and learn about some of the latest and most innovative products companies and technologies in your industry.
Become A Participant of IITS Today
I strongly believe the International Industrial Trade Show is on its way to become the largest and most important industrial trade show on the Web. All American and international manufacturers, exporters, importers, distributors, dealers, wholesalers and end-users of industrial products are invited to participate. Come and join other machine shops, software engineers, manufacturing managers, construction companies, MRO professionals, fabricators, industrial designers, job shops, and other buyers and suppliers of industrial supplies, equipment and machinery in the Web’s first manufacturing trade show.
Best regards,
Conrad Bailey ~ Vice President
ArriveNEWS.com
