Then that day’s statistics started pouring in: Among the more than 730 attendees, 230 were roaming the virtual halls at any given time during the eight-hour event. They were clearly visiting the 30 vendor booths, with an average 15-minute stay. Visiting, that is, when 500 conferees weren’t attending one of six webinars presented by vendors including Intel and Microsoft. Finally, attendees downloaded 1,700 documents and completed 800 e-mails—when they weren’t in their umpteenth chat session.
The postevent poll revealed the ASI Virtual Tech Expo had been the first virtual event for 80 percent of conferees, and 90 percent polled said they’d attend another ASI show. Additionally, customers know they can access the show archives any time.
“Now we’re able to go and target those customers. So the people that went to, let’s say, the ASI booth, we can now send them specific messaging that relates to, ‘OK, you were interested in notebooks and here’s information about notebooks,’” Tibbils says of communicating with ASI customers after the show—minus the presidential avatar.
