5 Trade Show Raffle Prize Ideas for 2020

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Participating in trade shows is a great way to maximize your brand’s exposure, meet with potential clients, and network with colleagues in your industry. As you know if you’ve participated in a trade show, the process beforehand is full of excitement about the potential of the show and preparing how best to utilize your booth to generate leads and potential prospects. Coming up with trade show goals, planning out your booth, and generating ideas for how to attract attendees is all part of the fun!

Although raffles have been around for decades, they are still a fun and important part of today’s trade show booths; however, coming up with great prizes that your attendees are actually interested in might be difficult if you do a raffle at every show. Here are some fun and unique trade show raffle ideas to use in 2020.

Free products or services
Consider offering a free product or service trial from your company as a trade show raffle prize. This one is a win-win: not only is the prize relevant and valuable to your audience, but it will get people to actually try out your product, which can help you generate client leads through the people who participate in your raffle. Hats, t-shirts, water bottles, note pads and binders that feature your company branding can be given away as prizes to raffle winners.
If you offer a service, consider giving away a free trial; it’s a great way to get someone introduced to your business who may not have tried it out otherwise.

Gift cards or cash
Gift cards and cash are ideal trade show raffle giveaways because they are widely used by a variety of people. Offer gift cards to a popular restaurant, store, or spa or for services that may be relevant to the people in attendance at the trade show (Amazon is almost always a big hit at trade shows!).
More than anything, trade show attendees are interested in participating in raffles that offer products and services that they actually use in their everyday lives.
As a bonus, gift cards are very portable which makes it easier for logistics and storing at the show as well as being more convenient for the winner.

Electronics
Electronics are costly trade show raffle prizes. Usually, only companies with large budgets are able to afford them; however, you don’t have to go with the biggest and most expensive electronics out there. Popular electronics giveaways include items like:
• Raspberry Pi’s
• Alexa Echos and Google Homes
• Small TVs
• AirPods/headphones
• Cameras
• Video game consoles
• Wireless chargers
• Tablets

Whichever electronics you decide to go with, make sure they’re within your budget and something appealing enough to really make it stand out among your competition.

Prize or “swag” pack
Some exhibitors go the extra mile to make their prize sound bigger and better by offering anonymous prizes collected together in a “prize pack,” “swag pack,” or something similarly named. This is a good strategy if you have to promote your booth before you’ve actually decided on your prize or game giveaways!
It’s an easy way to lump together multiple items that all have your logo imprinted on them, which is another good branding strategy that helps to build awareness around your brand.

T-shirts
Shirts can be a great giveaway because when attendees wear them, they become walking billboards for your brand. However, remember that your shirt has to be nice enough to avoid getting buried in a drawer! Chances are, more than 4% of exhibitors are offering a shirt as a prize giveaway, but these exhibitors who did tend to offer something more than the average t-shirt. To get your attendees’ attention, try offering performance tees, super-soft tees, or shirts made from recycled materials. Adding a little extra ‘oomph’ to an otherwise typical giveaway goes a long way!