Decor Expo Atlanta 2015 Gala Event
Here is the link to the next Decor Expo, this one in Atlanta, September 9, 10 and 11.
http://decorexpoatlanta.com/
They bill this trade show towards the professional framer, but it is sooooo much more!
I see a hundred questions come up in the threads here that can all be answered in one day by visiting the exhibitor’s booths and never have to go to any of the sessions. And the exhibitor’s booths are free!
There will be publishers, framers, artist looking for galleries, galleries looking for artists, marketing gurus, people that do canvas, printer companies with the latest printing technology, computer people and you name it. If you are looking for a whole sale source for anything, it will probably be there. If you are looking for a retail source for anything, they will probably be there.
Looking for a commercial, to the trade, fulfillment company? The will be there.
There is no doubt in my mind that any amount of money you spend to attend this trade show, you will get back a hundred fold it you continue to sell art.
One of the last times I went to one of these shows was in Vegas and I bet the people that I believe are now doing the framing for FAA. They were a startup at that time and they were really great people. I had several online galleries at the time and they want my business really, really bad. The probably would not even talk to me today! lol Just kidding, I am sure they are still great people.
People in FAA have all kinds of question and usually you will get pretty good answers. But here is a great opportunity to ask some of those same questions and new ones to the true expects in the trade. Not just the picture frame trade, the art trade.
People say oh, I cannot afford to take three days and travel to Atlanta. Then don’t do three days. Just stay long enough to attend the Exhibitor’s booth. Keep in mind the close down early on last day. I would plan on being there early, as soon as they open on the first full day and plan on spending the entire day. Actually I would make it a one night stay over and get there early enough the first day to do a quick run through and then plan next day and spend some time with the people I wanted to talk to.
I went to the Décor Expo’s for years and years. They used to have them in Los Angeles and Vegas as well as Dallas, Chicago, New York and Atlanta. Not sure how many they do now. I cannot tell you the wealth of information and the number of valuable contacts I met. I am still doing business with some of those contacts.
This is a learning opportunity that cannot be equaled.
