Event Marketing Ideas for Trade Shows & Exhibitor Booths

Bring your brand’s mascot to life through AI-powered creativity.

Attendees capture a picture, and AI places your mascot (or character set) into their portraits with approved poses, props, and overlays. Ideal when live mascots can’t be everywhere - ensuring consistent brand likeness, volume, and ease of sharing.

Seamlessly spotlight your product in personalized photos or videos.

Our unique AI technology lets us train specific products directly into user-generated content — from sunglasses to shoes, beverages to beauty — making every shareable moment a subtle yet striking product placement. The result? UGC that naturally features your product in action, without disrupting the experience.

Gamify attendee participation with branded trading cards.

AI-generated cards feature attendees as collectible characters with fun stats like "Networking MVP" and event-themed visuals. Cards can be digital or printable, adding gamification and excitement.

Break the ice and reveal the hidden talents at your next event.

This clever networking concept asks attendees to tell a story about their professional persona as well as their personal passions. Users fill in the story and AI generates a fun, composite illustration showing both sides of their personality.

Perfect for the ‘kidults’ in the audience

Transform attendees into their own custom gaming cards based on any of the classics - ready to swap and trade. Incorporate a custom survey define each person’s card type, or even place their favorite character in the portrait.

Insert your brand into the scene - literally.

Beyond logos and watermarks, we can incorporate characters, mascots, apparel, props, and even tractors (yes, really) into the background or foreground of every image or video. It’s an immersive, branded content experience that feels made for your audience - because it is.

Place your fans in their own unique storyline.

Seamlessly put your fans and customers into their own personalized scene from a show, movie, game, book, or any other scene you can dream up - and we can generate, with the latest AI models.

Custom, swappable fan cards with a nostalgic twist.

Bring back the thrill of collectibles with custom-generated trading cards. Fans answer a few fun prompts, snap a quick photo, and receive a personalized card — complete with stats, custom design elements, and sponsor branding. Perfect for trading with friends, collecting as digital mementos, or showing off on socials.

Transform moments into mini movies.

Use our AI Video Booth to create cinematic, scroll-stopping highlight reels starring your customers. Whether it’s celebrating a product launch, community milestone, or VIP experience, this activation delivers short-form video content that’s branded, emotional, and designed to be shared.

A different kind of collectible

Attendees answer a few questions - like LinkedIn profile, company, title, and what they’re seeking - then they capture a selfie and are transformed into a custom-branded digital business card. Designed for modern networking, these cards are visually fun, easy to share, and perfect for live events, remote meetings, or follow-ups after the show. Complexity: Medium

Who can resist learning their spirit animal?

A lighthearted quiz that can double as lead gen with clever question design. Are they a "Networking Peacock," an "Early Bird Worm," or a "Swag Bag Squirrel"? Drive conversation, sharing, and smiles whether in-person or online.

Upgrade attendee profiles with branded professional photos.

‍Offer attendees sleek headshots featuring your event logo or tagline. Perfect for LinkedIn updates, these photos provide a practical yet branded keepsake.

Show attendees as the superheroes we know they are.

Attendees access the microsite from a kiosk, or easily from their phone to capture a selfie. AI then transforms each person into a custom superhero based on the event theme, brand, setting, or any other custom elements you want to include.

Showcase attendee generated content in a real-time display.

Attendees participate from their phones, and the custom content appears on a branded, dynamic digital display in near real-time. It's an amazing way to grab attention and drive more participation.

Turn attendees into stars with custom-branded cover designs.

Participants pose for polished portraits transformed into magazine-style covers featuring your branding and event theme. Outputs are instantly shareable, driving booth engagement and brand visibility.

Showcase your brand like never before.

Design immersive AI-generated scenes that skip imagination and put your customers right into their future experience. It's the perfect way to push marketing beyond taglines while connecting your customers on an emotional level.

Turn teams into the stars of their own blockbuster hit.

‍This concept transforms a standard team photo into a fully realized, custom movie poster. The group strikes a pose, and the AI redraws them in the style of a specific genre like action, sci-fi, comedy, or fantasy - or even into the style of an iconic poster everyone recognizes.

Capture attendee POV and tap into the future.

A forward-looking story where attendees fill in blanks about future trends, technologies, and challenges - then AI generates a futuristic illustration based on each person's unique predictions.

Turn your audience into the heroes of your next product launch.

This concept asks users to imagine their first experience with your new product. They'll fill in blanks like "The first place I'll use this is [a location]" and "It will help me accomplish [a goal]." Each person receives their customized illustration of them using the product in their own scenario, creating a personal connection to the new product.

Personalize engagement with survey-based AI personas.

Attendees answer multiple questions (like a Buzzfeed quiz) to determine their best-matched persona, delivered via email along with their custom AI persona portrait.

Capture today’s attendees in tomorrow’s world.

Combine headshots with AI-generated backgrounds to place attendees in futuristic settings aligned with the event’s themes, creating branded, forward-looking keepsakes.

Unleash the inner hero of every attendee.

This quiz concept lets attendees discover their unique event-themed superpower. Are they a "Data Whisperer," a "Content Conjurer," or a "Social Sorcerer"? After completing the quiz, each person receives a stylized portrait + persona based on their answers.