TIM LESMEISTER - Trade Show Executive
TIM LESMEISTER - Trade Show Executive
TIM LESMEISTER - Trade Show Executive
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TM<br />
March 2009<br />
VOLUME 10 NUMBER 3<br />
Cover Story<br />
18<br />
Power Lunch with<br />
Tim Lesmeister<br />
Tim Lesmeister, Vice President of<br />
Marketing for WD-40, is charged<br />
with the task of managing the<br />
marketing strategies for seven of the<br />
company’s nine brands. How has<br />
buyer belt-tightening in the current<br />
economic climate affected his<br />
marketing approach?<br />
22<br />
Special Report<br />
Part V of TSE’s ten-part report on<br />
trade show attendance-building<br />
focuses on the International<br />
Licensing Expo from Advanstar<br />
Communications. Though the show<br />
is already part of a booming sector,<br />
what further steps have organizers<br />
taken to grow attendance?<br />
18<br />
Photo Credit: Sherry Tesler<br />
34<br />
Pardon Our Dust<br />
Get the latest facts and figures in<br />
our semi-annual report on proposed,<br />
expanding and new facilities in the<br />
U.S., Canada and Mexico.<br />
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