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BoothTag at the 2011 BizTech Conference & Expo

We had an awesome time at the 2011 BizTech Conference & Expo. Thank you to everyone who participated in BoothTag and we hope you had as much fun as we did.

We collected some very interesting statistics over the course of the two days. All of the people playing BoothTag amassed 2,526 scans during the two day event. We put together an infographic of some of the statistics as well as a video of participants.

If you have comments, questions, or suggestions, we would love to hear your feedback! Email us at info@boothtag.com or leave a comment below!.

 

 

BizTech 2011 BoothTag Stats Web

Chad Schulz (and the Finn Digital team)
Internet Improvement Engineer

Re-branding an idea. BoothTag becomes TagUpWith

You may have heard of a product being developed by Finn Digital called BoothTag. If you haven't, check out some information about the pilot test at the Milwaukee BizTech Expo. You may also be wondering what has happened to BoothTag since the BizTech. So what has happened?

An Idea Grows

The main thing that has happened since the BizTech is a change in structure and a growth of the main idea of BoothTag. One thing we heard over and over from users at the BizTech Expo was, "how else can I use BoothTag". Shortly after the Expo we analyzed the data from the show, listened to the comments of our users, and decided to recreate BoothTag as a new service. The new service will function similar to BoothTag, but will be more open and usable across many different applications.

In with the new

The new service is called TagUpWith.  It builds on the BoothTag concept--where there was once a tradeshow, there are now communities. A community can be just about anything:

  • Tradeshow or conference
  • Art museum or gallery
  • Business district
  • Campus
  • Job fair
  • Retail store
  • Festival or fair
  • Wine or beer tasting

One of our current tasks, as we rebuild, is to also build a new brand.

This is where you come in

As we build our new brand, we would like your thoughts, opinions, critiques and any feedback you may have. First off, this is our first version logo for TagUpWith.

TagUpWith Logo

Our thoughts on the design of the new logo:

"After a lot of thought, and a lot of sketching, and a lot of throwing those sketches into the garbage, I have finalized a direction for the TagUpWith brand. I went through many versions that included a MS tag, some that included icons of phones, etc etc. To me these all missed. I wanted a human element. The thing that makes us different from other social networks is the human part. We are meeting physically with other people and physical space. In this thought I started hand drawing text. While hand drawing the text, I thought, why the hell not, let's use the hand-drawn text as our human element for the logo.

I imagine the hand drawn text to mesh with a hybrid of clean upfront elements, and other sketched ideas. The videos will have a hand-drawn feel, the icons, other design elements, but the overall layout will remain polished and slick." Jake Rohde - Art Director

So what are your thoughts on the new logo and the direction, as a whole, of TagUpWith? Please share your comments below or feel free to email us at info@finndigital.com.

- The Finn Digital Team

Finn Digital Pilots BoothTag at the BizTech Expo

The Challenge

Today's event marketing exhibitors are challenged to increase foot-traffic and quality of engagement with visitors on the tradeshow floor, as well as providing quantifiable return-on-investment.

BoothTag was created as a simple, fun, and cost effective means of combining digital with real-world, personal engagement. It provides easy access to event connections archived by show name and date.

BoothTag Logo

Welcome to BoothTag!

BoothTag is a smartphone game that connects event attendees with exhibitors and each other, using social networking principles and Microsoft Tag. BoothTag can be customized to meet a variety of event marketing scenarios.

In the BoothTag launch at BizTech Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Finn Digital engaged the event producer for permission to interact with exhibitors.  A unique Microsoft Tag barcode was generated and placed at each exhibitor's booth prior to the event.

Attendees registered for a BoothTag account and downloaded the free Microsoft Tag reader application for their smartphone.  When attendees scanned exhibitor barcodes with Microsoft Tag reader, the profile and contact information of the scanned exhibitor or attendee was saved on BoothTag for easy access via the BoothTag website or mobile web application.

 

BoothTag the Game

In order to encourage interaction between exhibitors and attendees, points are awarded for each scanned barcode and players "level-up" with a new rank name, "Tagnum P.I." for example.   Leaderboards placed on the showroom floor display real-time results and promote a lively, competitive game experience.  At the end of the show, the player with the most points wins a prize.

 

BoothTag Launch Results Summary

  • Over 2,600 total tag scans over the course of a two day event
  • 120 users - 90% participation amongst registered users
  • 1,711 total registered connections
  • BoothTag.com analytics (during launch event)
    • 476 visits
    • 2,229 page views
    • 227 unique visitors
  • m.BoothTag.com Analytics (during launch event)
    • 549 visits
    • 4,590 page views
    • 317 unique visitors

 

Benefits for Exhibitors

BoothTag encourages event attendees to seek the exhibitor out and creates an instant ice breaker.  Exhibitors can edit their BoothTag profile and have the option to include special discounts for BoothTag connections.  Exhibitors can access a digital rolodex of connections at any time archived by show name and date.

 

Benefits for Players

Event attendees have access to a digital rolodex of connections, archived by tradeshow name and date that's available at any time via website or mobile web application.  The BoothTag player with the most tag-points for an event wins a prize.

 

Benefits for Event Producers

Tradeshow producers now have the ability to create a high value experience for their exhibitors and show attendees. Producers receive BoothTag analytics that showcase the busiest times on the showroom floor and the most actively scanned booths (hottest showroom floor locations.)

 

See BoothTag in action at the BizTech Expo:

For more information on BoothTag, including in depth results, click here to receive a copy of our case study.

 

- Bill, Jill and Kari
The Accounts Team