EXHIBITOR Magazine Survey Confirms Technology as a Marketing Tool will Increase in 2015

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Nov. 25, 2014 - PRLog -- Exhibitor Media Group (http://www.exhibitoronline.com), the award-winning leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, today announced  the results of EXHIBITOR magazine’s 2014 Marketing Technology Survey, the third in a series of research efforts that has been tracking the adoption and application of exhibit- and event-related technologies, along with their associated benefits.

A whopping 97 percent of the respondents indicated that technology has “limitless” or “moderate” potential in the context of exhibit and event marketing. Furthermore, 81 percent expect the importance of technology as a marketing tool to increase “significantly” or “somewhat” in 2015.

Ninety-five percent of respondents currently incorporate technology into their marketing efforts, with 86 percent using various technologies to specifically enhance their exhibit-marketing efforts and 53 percent who report incorporating technology into their companies’ corporate events.

The technologies with the most momentum appear to be proximity marketing (RFID, NFC), projection technologies, augmented reality, and virtual events. Each of the aforementioned technologies is poised for an increased adoption rate of at least 50 percent.

“Respondents who have used various technologies to enhance their exhibit- and event-marketing efforts indicate that those technologies have led to increases in booth traffic, brand awareness, and sales leads, as well as improved relationships with clients and more enhanced staffer/attendee interactions at trade shows and events,” commented Travis Stanton, editor, EXHIBITOR magazine.

Results from the survey will be published in the December 2014 issue of EXHIBITOR magazine.

The survey was sponsored by NMR Events (http://www.nmrevents.com/), a national audio video technology company that provides presentation solutions world-wide.

“This survey offers tremendous value to the industry,” commented Jerry Berger, director of marketing, NMR Events. “We will certainly discuss these results with our clients who are among those adopting and incorporating multiple technologies into their corporate meetings, trade show exhibits, and special events.”

About Exhibitor Media Group
The leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, Exhibitor Media Group publishes the award-winning EXHIBITOR magazine (http://www.exhibitoronline.com/exhibitormagazine), a monthly publication featuring best practices in trade show marketing.  EXHIBITOR’S Learning Events include: EXHIBITORLIVE (http://www.exhibitorlive.com), the industry's top-rated conference and exhibition for trade show and corporate event marketing; EXHIBITORFastTrak (http://www.exhibitoronline.com/fasttrak/) accelerated learning conferences; and EXHIBITOR eTrak (http://www.exhibitoronline.com/etrak), professional online learning. Exhibitor Media Group is the founder and sponsor of CTSM (http://www.exhibitoronline.com/ctsm) (Certified Trade Show Marketer), the world’s only university-affiliated professional certification program. (www.ExhibitorOnline.com (http://www.exhibitoronline.com/adtrack.asp?page=www.ExhibitorOnline.com&sc=newsitem)) Follow EXHIBITOR on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ExhibitorMediaGroup), Twitter (@EXHIBITOR) and join EXHIBITOR’s LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=872507&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr) discussion group.

About NMR Events

For over thirty years, NMR has been a leader in the tradeshow and corporate event industry with six offices nationwide. NMR sets the standard by maintaining excellent customer service, developing strategic partnerships, keeping up-to-date on technological advancements, and always pushing the art of the possible.

NMR Events is comprised of four collaborative segments; the Trade Show, Staging and Events, and Creative and Interactive Services Division, each working together to deliver integrated and focused solutions to a broadly diverse client base.  For more information, please visit (www.NMREvents.com).

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