Comments on: Trade Show Booths and Duct Tape

By: Top Ten Non-Tools for a Tool Box

Top Ten Non-Tools for a Tool Box — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:48:20 +0000

[...] 1. A roll of duct tape. Duct tape is the ultimate McGyver tool, or non-tool. Very few things can not be fixed if you have a big enough roll of duct tape. [...]

By: Do Trade Show Giveaway Pens Work? ~ Trade Show Guru

Do Trade Show Giveaway Pens Work? ~ Trade Show Guru — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:24:07 +0000

[...] planning means avoiding the mistake of not have some kind of incentive for attendees to visit your trade show booth. When it comes to selecting a trade show giveaway, custom-printed pens are relatively cheap, and [...]

By: Trade Show Zombies ~ Trade Show Guru

Trade Show Zombies ~ Trade Show Guru — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:05:43 +0000

[...] guru, I think that I’ve ought to, at least occasionally, write about trade show stuff, like trade show booths and trade show display design mistakes. However, because I tend to not take myself or this blog too [...]

By: My Wife is Famous ~ Trade Show Guru

My Wife is Famous ~ Trade Show Guru — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:21:40 +0000

[...] like when you’re designing trade show booths and it’s critical to pick a clear and compelling tag line, when you’re writing a blog [...]

By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:54:06 +0000

Hi Will,
I would say that based on the name of your blog alone (Healthy Living) that, yes, it passes the “duct tape test.”
I keep a few rolls of duct tape out in the garage. It is magical stuff, and I can’t imagine civilization without it. ~ Steve

By: Will

Will — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:24:30 +0000

Great post Steve! I don’t know if my blog passes the test! What do you think? Maybe I will do a poll.

When I first saw the title of this post, I did think about repairs. Duct tape is amazing stuff. At work we drive these old John Deere Gators around all day. Some are VERY old and the mechanic has actually used quite a bit of duct tape on some to keep them going!

By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:55:09 +0000

@Natural (aka Valerie),
I made up the term “duct tape test”, but I’m glad it makes sense to you. Maybe I shouldn’t have asked the question, “Does your blog pass it.” Often blogs are for someone’s own personal pleasure, and it doesn’t matter if someone else “gets it”, but if a company spends thousands of dollars at a trade show to promote their product to the people there, then their trade show booths had better pass the “duct tape test!” BTW, I think your blog is just fine, which is why I visit it regularly! ~ Steve

@Happy-with-her-logo-Kathy,
I think your blog name is perfect, and so is your blog. Thanks for sharing the story behind your logo. Another example of how much work you put into your blog (like responding to all your commenters ).
~ a-fan-of-the-Junk-Drawer-blog Steve

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:12:14 +0000

I don’t know that my blog design, specifically my logo, speaks to anything or communicates what my blog is about. Maybe slightly, in that I designed the words “The Junk Drawer” with random letters and cobbled them together, kind of how things just get thrown in a junk drawer willy-nilly.

The logo says nothing about the fact that I run a humor blog, but I do love the logo, especially since I took all but one of the pictures of the letters myself. For me, it’s got a personal touch, but I don’t know if it says that to my readers.

Happy with her logo Kathy

By: Natural

Natural — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:32:45 +0000

never heard of the duct tape test, surprisingly, but it does make sense to me.

my blog doesn’t pass any test. i don’t know what it is, can’t define it or explain it. i just know that’s it’s mine and i post on it.

By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:02:20 +0000

hey Tim,
Wow, I am blessed… comments from the Master and the King both in the same day, and on the same post!
Again, it all depends on your target market and your purpose as to whether or not to use inside jokes (the reference I just made to the Master and the King is an example of an inside joke). I think you’re fine on your blog, and they can’t be too “inside” since I think I get most of them, well, at least some of them… but maybe I’ve got some Canadian blood in me somewhere…
Thanks as always for stopping by, and try to stay warm up there! ~ Steve