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Wake Up, Tradeshows
by Amy Mourey, Your Favorite Event Strategist
Most trade shows are expensive, boring, and forgettable.Wake Up Trade Shows is your no-fluff guide to turning event strategy into real pipeline and ROI. Hosted by your favorite event strategist, Amy Mourey, this show breaks down why most booths fail, and how to design B2B experiences that actually sell.If you're ready to stop wasting budget and start building events that grow your business, you're in the right place.
Episodes
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Your Industry's Playbook Is Just A Habit
Natasha Nicholas has run events in hospitality, healthcare tech, and cannabis tech. Three industries with almost nothing in common — and the same problems showing up in all three. That’s the thing this episode is about. Most of what your industry calls “the way it’s done” was never actually...
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Confessions of A Tradeshow Double Agent
Heather Bundgaard spent 14 years as the exhibitor writing the checks. Then she switched sides and spent 17 years as the exhibit house cashing them. She's seen both halves of the same handshake, and in this episode she tells you what your builder knows that you don't. The story that stops the...
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The Most Expensive People on Your Show Floor — with Lee Ali
The Most Expensive People on Your Show Floor — with Lee Ali 10,000 badge scans. A Stanley cup. And zero intention of ever doing business with them. That's Lee Ali describing a security company at ISC West that built a gorgeous booth, themed it around a replica of the Louvre, and still failed —...
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What the Venue Never Puts in the Contract with Faith Keiser
A Florida retreat. Giant bugs. No pest control clause. No refund. That's the first story Faith Keiser tells and it's the point of this whole episode: what's missing from your venue contract can cost you as much as what's in it. Faith spent 25 years in corporate events before building EventNation,...
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Viral Jimmy and Henry Top 5 Tradeshow Swag Items Review
Top 5 Trade Show Swag Items | Henry & Jimmy's 10-Year-Old Picks vs. Their 45-Year-Old Picks The most honest focus group in the trade show industry is here. This week, Amy hands Jimmy & Henry of The Maley Way 10 promotional products to react to for the very first time. They crown their Top 5 trade...
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How a Veteran Sold Out His First-Ever Golf Outing
What happens when a veteran with zero professional event-planning experience decides to host his first-ever charity golf outing? He sells it out in about a month. 👀 In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy sits down with longtime friend, veteran, sales professional, and first-time golf outing...
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How To Book A Venue You'll Never Walk Into
Planning an event in a city—or country—you've never visited can feel like being handed a six-figure puzzle with no picture on the box. In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey breaks down how to confidently source venues, AV, catering, staffing, photography, printing, swag, and shipping...
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The Bait, The Switch, and Why 90% of Your Booth Visitors Were Never Going to Buy
I just worked three trade shows on two continents — my biggest US show yet in Milwaukee, then Intertraffic and Parkex across the UK and EU. Different languages, different lanyard colors, same exact human being walking the floor. In this episode: the real psychology behind why attendees decide to...
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The Secret Sauce of a Memorable Lunch and Learn
Most lunch and learns aren't memorable. People show up, eat, sit through a presentation, grab a giveaway, and leave. By the next morning, they've forgotten almost everything. So what separates the lunch and learns people actually talk about from the ones they can't remember attending? In this...
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Learn The Most expensive disconnect in events with Jeff Coppola, Event Reps
You spent six figures on the booth. The branding looks incredible. The traffic was strong. Leadership is happy with the badge scans. So why aren't those conversations turning into revenue? In this episode of Wake Up Trade Shows, Amy Mourey sits down with event sales strategist and Event Reps...
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Stop Planning Happy Hours That Are Just Drinks
A happy hour is not a strategy just because there are cocktails in the room. In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey breaks down why so many B2B happy hours fall flat — and how to design them with more intention. From guest strategy and venue choice to conversation design, hosting,...
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Attention Grabbers Vs Actual Strategy
A cute booth idea is not automatically a strategy. In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey breaks down the difference between an attention grabber that actually supports the business and a gimmick that just creates noise. From prize wheels and coffee bars to photo moments, giveaways,...
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How to Create a Booth People Actually Want to Walk Into
A beautiful booth does not matter if nobody wants to walk into it. In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey breaks down what actually makes a booth feel inviting, useful, and worth an attendee’s time. From entry points and floor flow to signage, demos, seating, food and beverage, swag…
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The “Was The Show Worth It?” Problem
Every event marketer knows the question is coming: “Was it worth it?” In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey tackles the C-suite question that makes event teams sweat—and why proving ROI cannot start after the booth comes down. From vague goals and fluffy recaps to badge scans with no...
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Your Booth Is Not a Billboard
Your booth is not a billboard, and it is definitely not a very expensive place to park your logo. In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey breaks down why passive booths fail and how brands can turn booth space into something that actually works: an experience, a conversation starter…
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The Event Triangle: Precision, People, and Programming
A great event is not built on vibes alone. In this episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey breaks down her signature Event Triangle framework: Precision, People, and Programming. This episode is all about diagnosing whether your event has an actual strategy, or just a very expensive calendar...
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Why B2B Events Got Boring
B2B events don’t have to be boring… so why do so many of them feel the same? In the first episode of Wake Up Tradeshows, Amy Mourey, your favorite event strategist, kicks off the show with a bold look at how trade shows, happy hours, lunch-and-learns, and corporate events became so copy-paste and...
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Wake Up Trade Shows (Trailer)
Trade shows are broken,and we’re fixing them. I’m Amy Mourey, your favorite event strategist, and this podcast is for brands ready to stop wasting booth spend and start driving real pipeline. If you're tired of boring booths, weak ROI, and “just showing up”… you’re in the right place. Let’s fix...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Most trade shows are expensive, boring, and forgettable.Wake Up Trade Shows is your no-fluff guide to turning event strategy into real pipeline and ROI. Hosted by your favorite event strategist, Amy Mourey, this show breaks down why most booths fail, and how to design B2B experiences that actually sell.If you're ready to stop wasting budget and start building events that grow your business, you're in the right place.
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Amy Mourey, Your Favorite Event Strategist
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Most trade shows are expensive, boring, and forgettable.Wake Up Trade Shows is your no-fluff guide to turning event strategy into real pipeline and ROI. Hosted by your favorite event strategist, Amy Mourey, this show breaks down why most booths fail, and how to design B2B experiences that actually...
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