Meridian exhibits at a three-day regional contractor expo. Foot traffic is decent, but historically half the business cards collected never made it into a follow-up sequence before the trail went cold.
The setup
- 1A tablet at the booth runs a spin-the-wheel game: prizes range from branded merch to a free system inspection, entered by scanning the attendee's badge and confirming an email.
- 2Badge scanning auto-fills name, company, and title, so the booth staff aren't typing anything, just handing over the tablet for ten seconds.
- 3A short optional question, "What are you shopping for?", tags the lead by product interest (residential, commercial, service contracts).
- 4The prize tier someone lands on doubles as a rough interest signal, someone who spins for "book a consultation" is a hotter lead than someone who just wants a sticker.
- 5Every entry pushes into Salesforce the same day, tagged "Trade Show, Regional Contractor Expo," with the prize tier mapped to an initial lead score.
What changed for the sales team
Reps started calling qualified leads the next morning instead of the following week, while the conversation from the booth was still fresh on the prospect's mind.