The article lists five technologies including iLeads that tech-savvy planners already are using to make their meetings more efficient and effective. iLeads is the first lead retrieval mobile app for the tradeshow industry. Winner of several industry awards already, iLeads is the most successful product launch in Bartizan’s 40 year history.

Most show planners and attendees already have smart phones or iPads. Smartphones let you do everything, anywhere. They are mini computers that help improve your productivity. You can search for all sorts of information, track expenses, FedEx shipments, and make travel plans. You can access work documents, learn about prospects while still on the show floor and email your brochures to prospects – response times improve!  This means for all event participants using smart phones is quickly becoming a competitive advantage.  Information will be easier to access, communication will be simpler and attendees and exhibitors will achieve better overall tradeshow results.

Smart show managers recognize that mobile apps will help connect their exhibitors to prospects better than before.  Read the full article here.

Bartizan will debut the Android version of the iLeads app at the premier conference for event professionals on December 7-9, 2010 in New Orleans, LA. The event attracts an average audience of 2,500 exhibition and event managers from around the world. Bartizan will be giving product demonstrations of the iLeads app at Bartizan’s booth 1101.

“With this latest release on Android, the majority of smart phone users globally will now be able to experience the benefits of iLeads,” said Lew Hoff, president, Bartizan Connects.

The Android version of iLeads will contain exactly all of the functionality of iLeads for the iPhone. Using the iLeads app, exhibitors can capture, qualify and manage tradeshow leads anywhere with the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android phones. Exhibitors can follow up instantly with tradeshow leads gathered with a text, email or phone call and send updates right from the tradeshow floor to headquarters, customers and prospects

“We are thrilled to be exhibiting at Expo! Expo! Exhibiting is an easy way to stay connected with our customers and meet new prospects,” said Elizabeth Mazei, executive vice president & COO, Bartizan Connects.

Visitors of Bartizan’s booth will be able to view product demonstrations of iLeads, Bartizan’s first-of-its-kind Mobile App for tradeshow lead retrieval now available for Android phones.

The Android application is expected to be available for free download via Android Market the first quarter of 2011.  Currently, iLeads is being developed for Blackberry phones and will be available the 2^nd quarter of 2011.

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Learn how our surveyed show organizers handling the difficult economic times, and how they see the future of trade shows moving forward. We also offer suggestions for improving your tradeshow technology, marketing and pr and social media efforts.

Post webinar, attendees will also receive the informative slides from the day’s educational session. For more information about this webinar or to register, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/2ud5y95

This webinar will:

• Review the way attendees are shopping at trade shows.
• Recap the latest trends in mobile adoption at trade shows, and look at some examples of how smart marketers are catering to attendees with trade show mobile solutions.
• Give some practical advice on how to successfully adopt and deploy new strategies at your booth.
• Cover time tested industry intelligence so exhibitors can improve their effectiveness and ROI.

From not doing preshow marketing to simply not having good booth staff – you’ll learn the top ten reasons why exhibitors don’t make sales at trade shows. This webinar will teach you the best trade show exhibitor practices.

Top 10 Reasons for not Getting Sales at Trade Shows

Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM EDT
Presented by: Lew Hoff, Bartizan Lead Retrieval president
Cost: Free

Register here: http://tinyurl.com/2ud5y95

The webinars offer a quick view first-hand on how iLeads offers the best price, performance, and the most complete lead retrieval solution to improve tradeshow results. Here are the dates:

• Overview Demo: iLeads Lead Retrieval App
• Dates: Wednesdays:  Aug 18, Sep 15, Oct 20, Nov 17 and Dec 15th
• Time: 12pm (New York)
• Presented by: Lew Hoff, Bartizan Lead Retrieval president
• Cost: Free

Register here: http://tinyurl.com/24r9hp6

At this webinar you’ll learn why iLeads is a new and better way to collect data and exchange information. Bartizan debuted iLeads to trade show exhibitors with resounding success at the 5th International Cloud Expo in NYC. An unprecedented 90 percent of Cloud Expo’s exhibitors utilized the app to collect their leads. Typical lead retrieval system use is low, hovering around 30 percent. This significant boost in exhibitor adoption to 90 percent illustrates the excitement and interest from show organizers and exhibitors for the latest and very best in lead retrieval. 

With the introduction of iLeads, all event participants will experience substantially lower operating costs – no shipping, no on-site techs, no training, and equipment maintenance costs are eliminated. iLeads does not require a bar-coded badge, saving time and money and eliminating common barcode complications.

 The application is available now for free download and test drive at the iTunes store. To download the iLeads iPhone App, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users may go to the Apple App Store within iTunes and search for ‘iLeads.’ To test and see how easy iLeads is to use: simply launch the app and enter event access code: 1006. Then click on the event and enter test badge number: 8188.

Date: Tuesday, August 31st
Time: 12 pm Eastern Time
Run Time: 10 mins
Presented by: Lew Hoff, Bartizan Lead Retrieval president
Cost: Free

What you’ll learn:

Why you NEED an iPad if you are in the trade show business. The iPad will change the way that we experience and participate in events. There is no better device to consume content and trade shows have never been more content rich than they are today. Sign up today for our free 10 minute webinar to learn how you can use the iPad at your shows as a show organizer, exhibitor or an attendee! Hosted by Lew Hoff, Bartizan’s president.

At this year’s show, 28 new products and services introduced to the industry during the last year were up for the award. The 2010 Breakthrough Award recognizes the latest innovations hitting the exhibit and event industry. A panel of industry judges reviewed all entries and their votes were tallied along with the votes of all show attendees to determine the Breakthrough Award winner.

“The fact that iLeads was voted the 2010 TS2 Breakthrough Award winner reflects the importance of gathering qualified leads at tradeshows in a more simplified way. We are honored to be chosen by our colleagues in the business – this makes the award more important to us,” said Lew Hoff, president, Bartizan Connects. “Our team wakes up every day excited by what we do. Innovation drives our business,”

The competition’s judges praised iLeads because unlike traditional lead retrieval equipment that uses barcode scanner technology, iLeads runs on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This breakthrough to existing lead retrieval systems makes it easy to add notes, surveys, photos and qualifiers to leads collected at trade shows, making the leads more valuable for sales.

Using iLeads, event organizers, registration contractors and exhibitors will find that much of the unproductive work and extraneous costs normally associated with lead retrieval disappears. These include shipping costs, on-site training and distribution, equipment maintenance and the need for specialized bar codes.

With iLeads, exhibitors also are no longer tethered to a table, booth or even the trade show floor. Now, efficient and effective lead retrieval goes wherever an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad can go. Combined with the most popular business and social networking apps, iLeads has become the starting point for a powerful, integrated lead generation and follow-up system.

To capture an attendee’s data, users simply enter the unique number printed on each badge – and the record is quickly and easily captured. This data is wirelessly uploaded to each exhibitor’s secure LeadsLightning.com account. If exhibitors do not own iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad devices, they may rent or purchase an iPod Touch with the iLeads app pre-installed.

“The iLeads app has had a huge impact on trade shows,” said Elizabeth Mazei, executive vice president & COO, Bartizan Connects. “At Bartizan, our research and customer surveys tell us that most exhibitors, when using traditional lead retrieval terminals, fail to enhance their leads by adding information, such as qualifiers and notes. With the introduction of iLeads this past April, a much different picture emerged. More than half of all leads now contain notes and qualifiers. At our very first iLeads event, nearly 80 percent of the leads gathered had notes attached to them. In the trade show business, that’s a game changer.”

To download the iLeads iPhone app, users of Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and iPad may go to the Apple App Store within iTunes and search for ‘iLeads.’ To test the app and see how easy iLeads is to use, simply launch the app and enter event access code 1006. Then click on the event and enter test badge number 8188.

Bartizan Connects is pleased to announce that iLeads, the new iPhone and iPod touch App for tradeshow lead retrieval, is now available for Apple’s iPad.

The iPad’s touch screen, advanced capabilities, vivid LED-backlit IPS display and expansive onscreen keyboard are perfect as a self-service kiosk for lead retrieval, surveys and product demos. Exhibitors will find that the iPad enhances their trade show experience. Certainly for shows over the next few months exhibitors will attract attention just by having an iPad running iLeads in their booth.

iLeads is a totally new way to collect and manage tradeshow leads. It is cost effective and easy to use. To start, iLeads offers substantially lower operating costs for show managers – no shipping, on-site techs, electrical hook ups or training, and equipment maintenance costs are eliminated. iLeads does not require a bar-coded badge, saving time and money for organizers and eliminating common barcode complications. iLeads requires only a simple number to be placed on attendee badges. At the end of the show, there is no need for equipment pick-up and return and there are never too few or too many terminals available to exhibitors.

“Apple’s superior interface works for off-the-floor lead capture – and follow-up is enhanced by iPad’s capabilities. Since no on-site technical support staff is needed, iLeads is a better solution for shows with no budget for lead retrieval,” said Lew Hoff, president, Bartizan Connects.

On April 3, 2010, Apple launched the iPad, providing consumers and businesses a new platform to stay connected and informed. With iPad’s web browsing capabilities, exhibitors using iLeads may follow up instantly with tradeshow leads they’ve gathered with a text, email or phone call – and send updates right from the trade show floor back to headquarters, customers and prospects. Exhibitors may also check out lead profiles on Google, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

“iLeads takes the hassle out of lead retrieval. Download the free iLeads app now from iTunes and try the demo version,” said Elizabeth Mazei, executive vice president & COO, Bartizan Connects. “If you’re an exhibitor and your shows don’t offer iLeads, send us the name of the event and the name of the show organizer to our rapid-response iLeads email: wewantileads@bartizan.com. We will let the organizer know of your interest.” 

According to Mazei, the benefits go beyond efficiency. “With the introduction of this app, we have made lead retrieval more cost effective, easier to use…even fun.” 

To download the iLeads iPhone App, go to the Apple App Store within iTunes and search for ‘iLeads’. To test and see how easy it is to use: simply launch the App and enter event access code: 1006, click on the event, then enter test badge number: 8188.

To see how easy it is to use: launch the app and enter event access code: 1006, click on the event and enter new lead badge number: 8188

This new app, iLeads allows exhibitors to collect trade show leads using an iPhone or iPod Touch. It  is also featured in this week’s edition of Tradeshow Week.

iLeads offers substantially lower operating costs for show managers – no shipping, no on-site techs, no training, and equipment maintenance costs are eliminated. Some event organizers do not offer lead retrieval because of the complexity and cost involved in producing 2-D bar code badges. iLeads does not require a bar-coded badge, saving time and money for organizers and eliminating common barcode complications. iLeads requires only a simple number to be placed on attendee badges.

There are other benefits – terminal availability is not an issue. There are never too many terminals on hand, never too few. Even if an exhibitor decides at the last moment to use lead retrieval, he can purchase an iPod Touch for about $200 at a local electronics retailer. 

Also you can sign up for a brief (10 minutes) demo webinar on April 9th. You’ll have a chance to learn about iLeads directly from Bartizan’s president, Lew Hoff.

Reserve your spot now: http://tinyurl.com/ylx4qm9
Time: 2 pm (New York, ET) 
Date: Friday, April 9th
Run Time: 10 mins
Presented by: Lew Hoff, Bartizan Lead Retrieval president