How can I know which trade shows will give me the best ROI?
152306
1. identify the THEME of the trade show.\n2. is it related to your product /services ?\n3. If "no" Abort.  If yes.go to #4.\n4. Prepare a typical visitor profile (at least 15 points)from the tentative participants profile and products? \n5. Is your product  / services profile matches the visitor profile  by 80% , participate in the trade show.
157148
More Specifically:\nGo to your countries Most Popular local Auction site (other than ebay) and see what's selling hottest.\n\nThen go to ebay and buy in bulk many of these items and resell them. \n\nStart with 1 or 3 items to see how they sell first.\nCreate a spreadsheet of Fav ebaySellers!!
161928
You really should go for the smaller markets that focus on the higher end clients.  This is where you may have a shot at making money.  \n\nWalmart is NOT the way.
982140
Figure out what you're interested in that you can make good money from.
985987
I think the best way to invest is to first see what the best traders are buying and selling.  Then use that knowledge to hopefully improve your portfolio's return.  This is the idea behind the site http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nGood luck.
1113721
ebay is the best source for finding out pretty much what anything collectible is worth.  It shows what the market will bear.
783577
I used to own a gift shop and in order to buy merchandise I attended trade shows.  At trade shows there are lots of independent sales reps that carry multiple product lines.  My advice is to attend as many trade shows as possible and bring samples of your product.  Meet some of the reps, see who you click with.  Some are really pushy and have questionable ethics.  Some are very nice and sincerely interested in acting as a liaison between suppliers like yourself and store owners like me.  Find reps by checking out their booths, seeing what other lines they carry and if your product would compliment their mix.  Then watch how they interact with potential customers that approach their booth.\n\nAnother possible sales tool is to go to your local yellow pages, and get the names/addresses of stores in your area that you think you would like to see sell your cards.  Then send them a cover letter with a free sample of your cards.  Envision how you would like to see your cards displayed and in what kinds of stores, then contact those stores and sell your vision.  Explain how you think your cards would sell themselves and how you would supply them.  Emphasize the good service that you can offer.  Keep track of who you sent samples to, and then a week or two after you mailed them, call the owner of the business to see if they received the sample and if they would like to see more.  You're selling by taking baby steps, which is more comfortable than cold calling.  If you believe in your product, then your enthusiasm for it will help you succeed.\n\nGood luck!!
1127876
Find out the tecnical intermediate  or short term range of the Market , then choose a particular company you want to invest in \n*find out its PE ratio( safe if below 8 in most cases)\n* its earning per share\n* its dependence on foreign markets (genrally if a company  uses indigineously produced goods and its main market is within its own nation it is more safe)\n*its book value in comparison to its market Quotation \n*and finally its networth and capital valuation
743798
A good place to start is Motley Fool.  They are just like the court jester--the jester (England) who tell the king anything and still keep his head.  M.F. approach is to tell it like it is- inform, humor, and then let you decide what to do.  They don't work for a particular firm, that is only interested in that one thing.  They examine everything, and encourage all to read, ask questions before making any investments.  I really do encourage you to seek this out-- I just wish I had the money to invest!
445687
I think if I'm getting this right, you want to see examples of what a quality booth would look like at a trade show? I know of a company in San Diego that does incredible work called Exponents... www.exponents.com  then if you have a library card (sounds lame, stay with me) find the SIC code for a company and go to your library, go to Reference USA (you can actually go online to your library to reference USA, it's just not user friendly)  and run a "custom Search" based on your city and the SIC code and you'll have all of those businesses within your area.  If you don't care about the area, just run it on the SIC Code.  Hope this helps
390028
I noticed that your "Coming events" have come and gone. If you want to impress potential buyers you mustn't have any mistakes. An airline executive once noted, " If we have a coffee stain on a drop down table our engine maintenance is suspect." I hope you are successful and get richer than your wildest dreams. Good Luck.
2283
Work for a professional trading house ( ie Propietary Trading) there are many in NY and Chicago. Chicago has the most successful traders. If you take a retail oriented day trading course they will only waste your time. Think about it - if these daytrading teachers were so good, why dont they just trade. In Prop firms, the teachers are trading with you and you learn a way to scalp and make money.
96627
Clothing tradeshows will connect you with all the manufacturers you will ever need. Admission to the exhibits portion on most shows is free, and even if you can't attend, signing up to attend will get you on all of the mailing lists.
251685
First things first:\nyou MUST  know what are you going to solve for. Do you want to maximise return given a threshold for variance? Do you want to maximise financial results or mark-to-market results?\n\nIn either case, do you have a set of future value expectations? Do you have a covariance-matrix.\nYou should do the following:\n1) Specify (model) your problem\n2) See what data you can count on. If necessary, go to step \n3) research what methods are there available for solving your problem\n4) ONCE YOU GET THERE research software that allows your desired method, complexity and size.\nSmall problems, no matter how "complex" they are, can be solved by Excel.\nHowever, even simple problem, if large enough, need specialised software.
203058
I know you are looking for something else but ebay will probably give you the broadest bidding base.  Strategic marketing by how you put them on Ebay is important.  Sometimes its good to use the third party sellers who use marketing strategy to get the biggest return because they get a percentage.  Simply dumping them on Ebay is not a good idea.\n\nThe market comes and goes for these things, usually the market would be higher during the baseball season.  MJ and JM would be worth more when something brings them in the news or during NBA or NFL playoffs.
954373
As a general rule, your best prospects for additional sales and profits are your current and past customers. \n\nGood luck,\nScott
1067659
Really does depend. I don't know exactly what you're looking for so I can't advice. \n\nTake a look at www.thewholesaler.co.uk or buy The Trader from W H Smiths. Here you will find items you can buy wholesale.\n\nAs for your markup (profit margins), you'll need to find out how much they sell for. If it's a unique idea, then check out what they sell for in shops, and you'll more than likely have to sell for a bit lower, unless you have a retail outlet. Other than that, just search on ebay or other peoples websites. \n\nMarkets are constantly changing so you won't find a list anywhere.