If you need a reason to let your inner child out, there is no better place than the New York Comic Con. This convention is happening at the Jacob Javits Center from October 13-16 and will include various activities, panels, and vendors of comics, graphic novels, video games, toys, anime, movies and television. 

There are hundreds of vendors who will be selling promotional items such as promotional t-shirts, custom imprinted mugs, customized totes and other phenomenal promotional products by famous and up-and-coming artists. There will also be dozens of panels featuring some heavy-hitters of pop-culture like Mark Hamill and Kevin Smith. These are great ways to have your promotional products autographed.

For more information about New York Comic Con, visit the website below.

"Was it something I said?"

You're at the tradeshow, talking it up with someone who asks you questions about your product or service. You answer the question and he or she immediately turns away with not so much as a thank you. You choke it up as being that one person but then it happens again to you - two, three, even four times. "Was it something I said?"

Know Your Audience.
That is the one phrase that got me through college as well as a handful of jobs I've held. That is, know who is going to be at the tradeshow. Will they be experts in your field? Will they be in the industry already? The best way to do this is to research the tradeshow you plan on attending as well as coming up with a list of questions (and answers) that you believe will be asked at the tradeshow. There is nothing people hate more than someone who is illprepared for a tradeshow or someone who doesn't seem interested. 

Hygiene.
We all enough to brush our teeth in the morning or to shower before heading to work but attending a tradeshow may mean keeping ahead of the curve when it comes to all this. Long hours means not taking care of your breath and lots of people means an increased indoor temperature. Be sure to have promotional mints on hand or a lightweight promotional t-shirt so you don't sweat through your promotional long sleeve dress shirt.