Archive for the ‘Trade Show Buzz’ Category

InfoComm 2010 has ended!

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Or has it? The week after a trade show is a critical time. It can go one of two ways. You can sit back and say “Phew! What a week! I am glad that’s over,” or you can say “Phew! What a week! I can’t wait to get started!” So which are you?

I must admit I am a bit relieved the show is over. We launched new products, held training sessions, and met with clients after hours. If you have exhibited at a trade show you can relate when I say it’s a lot of deadline driven work. So yeah, it feels great to have it behind me. BUT by far the best part of exhibiting at the trade show is reaping the rewards of your hard work. We already got started! The contacts, project leads, and product feedback are more than icing on the cake…it is the reason why we do trade shows in the first place!

Pictures from NAB on Facebook!

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

We posted a few photos from the NAB show on our facebook page. Take a peek!

Alcorn McBride’s NAB Show Album

Alcorn McBride Releases the SetPlayer!

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

We have a new reason to be excited about the NAB show this year – We are launching the SetPlayer! Our Broadcast customers wanted an easy and economical way to run on-set video to multiple locations without using expensive server channels. The SetPlayer is the perfect solution!
Check out the SetPlayer Series online, or visit us at NAB.

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Show Control Training at InfoComm

Friday, February 26th, 2010

We are well underway with our preparations for the upcoming trade shows. Our Engineering Team has been busy with product development. Over the past year, we have released five new products! (Digital Video Machine HD, ShowTouch, V4Pro, DMX OverRide, and the LightCue Pro). There is no slow down in sight for us as we prepare to launch the new SetPlayer HD for on-set video to the Broadcast Market at NAB and new audio and video players at InfoComm. Whew! Good thing we keep our kitchen stocked with healthy snacks.

Alcorn McBride to exhibit at ISE – “The largest AV tradeshow ever staged in Europe”

Friday, January 29th, 2010

According to recent data from ISE, event registration is at record levels! A sign of good things to come? We think so. We’ll be at booth 2E74 showing new products like the DMX OverRide. Let us know if you’ll be there…we’d love to see you.

Follow this link to learn more about the show: ISE 2010

Are you prepared for the Trade Shows? Or did you forget THE most important thing?

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Like many of our clients and business partners, we are getting ready for a busy and fun filled week of trade show bliss.  We’ve spent lots of hours thinking of the “important things to pack.”  Products, literature, logo’ed table cloths, giveaways, business cards, not to mention the personal items like miniature containers of shampoo and shaving cream.  We have checked off our check list and think we have everything covered.  We expect a few things will be left behind and we’ll scramble or simply do without.  As a marketer and customer service professional, I find that people often forget THE most important thing on the list (and it’s not hand sanitizer!). 

Alcorn McBride is Everywhere

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

It’s the busiest time of the year here at Alcorn McBride. We have lots of new product releases, and five trade shows in six weeks! We were recently at the SBE Broadcast Technology Expo and last week we exhibited with Professional Products’s trade show and visited some of our favorite museum clients in the DC area.   What’s next?  ASTC, IAAPA, and LDI.

Why all the effort and expense in the “down economy?”  We’ve found that keeping in touch with our customers is the best way to keep our sales growing (plus we love the airline snacks). So if you’d like to see two new lighting control products and two new show control products and two new HD products, visit us at IAAPA or LDI. Or call us and let us know you’ll be there and we’ll save you some airline snacks.

Alcorn McBride Inc. at SBE Broadcast and Technology Expo

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Tommy and Claudia at the Broadcasters General Store and Alcorn McBride Inc. booth

Tommy and Claudia at the Broadcasters General Store and Alcorn McBride Inc. booth

Tommy Bridges playing trumpet at SBE Broadcast and Technology Expo

Tommy Bridges playing trumpet at SBE Broadcast and Technology Expo

Last week Tommy Bridges represented Alcorn McBride Inc. at the 37th annual SBE 22 Broadcast and Technology Expo in New York.  Alcorn McBride showed the new DMX OverRide, DVM8400 HD Video Player, and the HD Digital Binloop alongside Buck Waters of Broadcasters General Store.  Product feedback was fantastic and the attendees were excited about product features and capabilities for Broadcast applications.

Tommy is no stranger to this show.  Having attended for several years, he has been on the Board of Directors, and was a guest speaker on sales careers in the AV/Broadcast equipment market. He enjoyed being on the awards committee and had fun judging the booths based on creativity and design.