FieldJournals

Today easternsportshow.com upgraded the appearance of their site and did a nice job.  The site provides tons of information on the show, specials guest appearances, a list of attendees, and other useful information.  For potential exhibitors, information is quick and easy to find.  For attendees, there are FAQs, lodging, floor plans, and other useful show information.  This year’s show runs from February 6 to February 14.

The show also does a nice job integrating with several social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr.  On Twitter, the show has 85 followers, Facebook has 24 fans, and Flickr has 15 photos.  One thing the site is missing is the opportunity for attendees to interact with other attendees.  Their are no forums or show reviews on the site.  It would be nice to read some reviews of attendees from previous years.  Also, for this year’s show, be sure to interview your special guests and post them on YouTube.  One final important feature the site is missing is RSS.  It would be great if the site had an RSS feed where information can be pushed to my RSS reader so I am always up-to-speed with all the show information.

According to compete.com, the site will obviously pick up its most traffic around the time of the show.  It’s “off” season will see an average of about 2500 unique visitors per month.

From their own words “The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show is the largest consumer event of its kind in North America. Attracting outdoor sports enthusiasts from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Washington DC to view hunting and fishing products, plan outdoor sport and camping vacations, shop for fishing boats, RVs, SUVs, motorcycles and ATVs, and participate in a wide range of sport-related contests and family entertainment offerings.”