Off the top of my head I would think that companies that make editors, editor plugins, perf tools, ruggedized packs, think about what you use, or what you would like to use and those are the vendors. In addition, the conference could talk up the vendor booths with potential attendees.
What you are targeting is the sweet spot where enough small vendors will pay enough to support the conference and where they will have the opportunity to make a profit or get known in the community. This is why you open the vendor area to non-conference attendees. Vendors might sell more and the conference might pick up day pass sales. Claude On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 12:47 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 6:04 AM Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> wrote: > > > the art show) allow sales of > > merchandise. I truly believe that a conference focused on > > developers/architects and the information that is valuable in the cross > > project space would be a draw for a number of small to medium businesses > > that want to sell to that population. Making a public space where those > > vendors can sell to the conference attendees as well as the non-attending > > public would make tables for a few hundred $/£/€ desirable and within > > reach. > > > > This doesn't mean forgoing major sponsorship, but it does mean that if > > major sponsorship is not forthcoming the conference can proceed without > as > > significant a loss, and perhaps breaking even. > > > > I hope this provides some answers. Let me know if you have any > questions, > > > > I have a question - how do we find these vendors? The most we have ever > been able to find, with this model, was publishers. O'Reilly, Sam's, and > Pakt have at various times tried this for a year or two and told us they > sold 2 or 3 books, and good luck but we won't be there next year. But I am > certainly willing to admit we didn't look very hard after that. What > types/categories of vendors do you believe would want to sell their wares > to this audience? > -- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
