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Planning Live Merch for a Sacramento Event

How Sacramento summits, festivals and game-day activations put a live merch station to work, what to print, and how to plan it.

What a live station does for a Sacramento event

The real payoff at a summit, a Capitol reception or a game-day activation is people's attention. A press running in plain view makes them stop and wait, and that wait turns into photos, a conversation with your team and more time spent near your booth. The shirt is almost a bonus.

What to make

Planning it

Start with the purpose. An expo booth at SAFE Credit Union Convention Center needs speed and a line that's visible from the aisle. A private evening in Old Sacramento needs a personal touch and something worth keeping. After that, choose the spot, check the power and keep the design menu short so the line never stalls.

Sacramento planning

Three things we'll ask

What's the merch for: leads, content or a thank-you? Who's coming: delegates, fans or friends? And where will the station stand: a booth, a plaza or a private room?

Those answers set the station, the crew size and what goes in the truck.

Purposeleads, content or thanks
Audiencedelegates, fans or friends
Placementbooth, plaza or room

In short: settle what the merch has to accomplish before choosing what it is. Tell us what kind of Sacramento event you're planning and we'll build the station around it.

Booth, plaza or ballroom

Which Sacramento venue?

An expo booth, an arena plaza and a backyard in East Sacramento each unload differently. Name yours and we'll work the plan around it.

Get a Sacramento price

A guest count and a venue get us started. Everything after that is itemized.

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