Tag Archives: MANTS

Another plea to Sage Summit (and a great response)

“I would love to be coming (to Sage Summit) this year!” But unfortunately, Kelli can’t. Neither can Maryn. Nor can a few other of our customers I’ve spoken with over the past few months. Kelli is an alumna of three of the last four Sage Summit conventions. Maryn had reviewed the… Read more »

Convention scams reaching new lows: Part 2

This is a continuation of a blog post from yesterday. Click here to read Part 1 of “Convention scams reaching new lows: Part 1.” Why do attendees have to worry about exhibitor scams? Although conference attendees may never be targeted in the same way exhibitors are, that doesn’t mean they… Read more »

Convention scams reaching new lows: Part 1

It would be hilarious if it weren’t so serious. We received a fax two weeks ago from a company offering Audio/Visual services for the Organization of Horticulture Professionals Conference at the Columbus Convention Center from July 11-14. Interestingly enough, we’re going to be exhibiting Grower Vertical for Sage ERP at a trade… Read more »

Trade show swap highlights horticulture community

It wasn’t that long ago that I wrote a blog post about how we love working with the horticulture industry, especially because they’re so eager to help each other out and make the industry as a whole succeed. (I mean, when do you think the last time people from Coca-Cola… Read more »

On 3D printing: Give technology time to mature

I’ve been keeping a closer eye on TweetDeck in the past few weeks, as we’ve got a few trade shows coming up on our calendar. Our Grower Vertical team is heading to MANTS (Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show) in Baltimore next week, and Susan Burris from our Sage Construction and Real Estate… Read more »

Helping horticulture move toward a better business model

As soon as I saw this Tweet come across my TweetDeck timeline, I knew I had to click the link: Growers Must Be Willing To Let Go Of Old Business Models [Opinion] http://t.co/tWKPH05KXF — greenhousegrow (@greenhousegrow) February 18, 2014 Richard Jones, the group editor for Greenhouse Grower and Today’s Garden… Read more »

What do concrete and greenhouse growers have in common?

For those who follow our social media (Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, this blog, or what have you), you may have raised an eyebrow this week. The last few weeks, we’ve been all about Grower Vertical, as our Sage ERP team exhibited at MANTS. We then followed some of our friends… Read more »

Turn to your left to see more at MANTS

A couple of months ago, I came across this interesting article from the people at Skyline Exhibits about why not to exhibit on the left side of a trade show floor. The reason is simple: Most people being right-handed, they tend to follow a path from right to left. Through… Read more »