NADA During-the-show Marketing

Capture Attention and Drive Traffic to Your Booth

Why “During the Show” Really Matters?

When the NADA convention is live, visibility is everything.

With hundreds of vendors competing for attention, it’s not enough to show up — you need to stand out. Cactus Sky delivers a high-impact, real-time marketing strategy designed to make your booth a nonstop magnet for decision-makers.

Drive Foot Traffic with Daily Booth Promotions

We deploy daily booth marketing messages that keep your presence top-of-mind. Whether it’s a product demo, giveaway, or show special, we’ll create urgency and excitement that pulls attendees straight to you.

Engage Instantly. Convert on the Spot.

Our real-time tactics are designed to transform booth traffic into conversations, and conversations into leads. Every interaction is a chance to stand out  and our job is to make sure it happens.

 Why It Works?

  • Daily messages keep your brand top of mind every morning
  • Social engagement turns online attention into face-to-face meetings

Be the Booth Everyone Talks About  Before They Hit the Show Floor

Each morning of the NADA Convention, attendees are deciding where to spend their time and your company can be at the top of their list.

Cactus Sky’s exclusive Top Recommended Booths Email Campaign ensures that your brand is front and center before the doors even open. Delivered daily between 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM, this high-visibility email goes out to confirmed NADA attendees and engaged past attendees, putting your company in front of the most active dealership decision-makers in the country.

 Hyper-Targeted, High-Impact Exposure

We don’t just send emails.  We curate and deliver a handpicked selection of must-visit booths, and yours will be included.

Each morning campaign:

  • Reaches thousands of dealership executives with open minds and active buying intent
  • Features your booth number, brand message, and show promotion or call to action
  • Drives direct foot traffic and pre-qualified booth visits
  • Positions your company as a must-see exhibitor alongside other top-performing brands

Build Momentum Throughout the Show

These emails are more than just reminders — they’re momentum builders. Each day, your brand gets multiple touchpoints with engaged prospects, increasing brand recall, boosting booth traffic, and creating opportunities for real conversations and real conversions.

Why It Works?

  • Prime inbox placement when attendees are planning their day
  • Proven strategy for increasing booth visits and sales conversations
  • Creates anticipation and reinforces your brand throughout the show
  • Leverages Cactus Sky’s industry-best email deliverability and targeting

Want to be on every attendee’s morning radar?

Let’s get your brand into the most important inboxes — at the exact right time.

Precision-Targeted Campaigns to Drive Real Traffic to Your Booth

At NADA, attention is currency and your booth needs to stand out every single day. That’s where Cactus Sky’s Daily “Direct Booth” Custom Email Promotion delivers unmatched value.

Each day of the convention, your company will be featured in a custom-tailored email campaign sent to a highly targeted audience of current NADA attendees and past attendees a database of over 10,000 dealership decision-makers. These are the buyers and influencers you want to reach and we put your message directly in their inbox.

Targeted. Timed. Trackable.

Your campaign won’t be lost in the noise. It’s strategically delivered to:

  • Confirmed NADA attendees
  • Past NADA attendees
  • Known NADA “hand raisers” people who actively engaged with any pre-show email, ad, or landing page


By focusing on those already interested in your message, this campaign ensures maximum relevance and higher engagement, helping your team make more meaningful booth connections.

What’s Included

  • A custom-designed email crafted to showcase your booth, promotion, or offer
  • A targeted send to over 10,000 records of dealership executives and managers
  • Daily deployment to ensure top-of-mind brand awareness throughout the show
  • Intelligent inclusion of pre-show engagers to re-target those who’ve shown prior interest

Why It Works?

  • Emails are personalized, promotional, and action-driven
  • Sent during key windows when attendees are planning their day
  • Drives measurable traffic and conversions right to your booth
  • Powered by Cactus Sky’s industry-best deliverability and auto-targeting engine

Don’t Just Show Up. Stand Out.

With this campaign, your booth doesn’t just appear on a map  it becomes a destination. Let’s talk about how to make every day at NADA a high-impact opportunity for your brand.

Intelligent Retargeting That Converts Interest Into Action

Powered by Video Landing Page Engagement

Getting someone to your landing page is just the beginning, what happens next is where Cactus Sky shines.

When a visitor lands on your NADA campaign video landing page, our system immediately goes to work. A smart tracking pixel is automatically triggered, allowing us to identify and retarget that visitor across multiple digital channels. This ensures that your brand message follows them after their first visit  keeping your company top of mind as they plan their time at the show.

Multi-Channel Retargeting Strategy

Our retargeting campaigns are designed to keep your booth and brand in front of decision-makers who’ve already shown interest. Here’s how we do it:

  • OTT (Over-The-Top) Retargeting: Visitors are served follow-up video ads while streaming content on platforms like Hulu, Roku, and YouTube TV keeping your message visible in premium environments.
  • Display Ads: Dynamic, eye-catching banners appear across major websites and news platforms, reminding prospects about your show special and booth location.
  • Social Media Retargeting: Your booth promo reappears in their LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram feeds, prompting further engagement and driving them back to your page.

Why It Works?

  • Precision targeting: You’re only marketing to the most relevant, engaged audience  those who have already interacted with your campaign.
  • Higher conversions: Repetition drives recognition. Multiple brand touchpoints build trust and drive booth visits.
  • Extended campaign life: Even if they don’t respond on their first visit, our system ensures they’re re-engaged over time, leading up to and during the show.

Turn Clicks Into Conversations

Every visitor to your landing page is a potential buyer. Cactus Sky ensures they don’t slip away unnoticed. Through a seamless retargeting system, we convert interest into foot traffic, appointments, and sales opportunities,  all while maximizing your return on every campaign dollar.

 

Let’s talk about how our retargeting strategy can keep your booth top-of-mind, even after the first click.

Turn Booth Buzz Into Business

Cactus Sky helps you harness the full power of real-time social media engagement to amplify your presence at NADA  because the conversations happening online are just as important as the ones happening on the convention floor.

Live Booth Coverage & Updates

We’ll work with your team to share timely updates, videos, and photos that showcase what’s happening at your booth in real time. From product demos and giveaways to executive meet-and-greets, we turn every moment into shareable content that captures attention.

LinkedIn: Your Digital Trade Show Floor

With over 10,000 high-value auto industry connections, Peter “Webdoc” Martin — a trusted voice in automotive marketing  will spotlight your brand through strategic posts and engagement on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and other platforms. This gives your booth prime visibility to dealers, decision-makers, and influencers during the show.

Post-Show Momentum

The connections don’t end when the expo hall closes. We help you nurture and expand your audience with follow-up content that re-engages booth visitors, social media followers, and new leads captured during the show. From thank-you posts to follow-up videos, your brand stays top-of-mind long after NADA wraps.

Why Social Media Engagement Matters

  • Drives booth traffic from real-time interest
  • Increases brand visibility during the convention
  • Strengthens lead relationships after the show
  • Expands reach by tapping into trusted industry networks

Continue the Conversation. Convert Interest Into Action.

At Cactus Sky, we know that engagement is only the beginning. That’s why we deploy automated follow-up email campaigns designed to keep your brand front and center with every prospect who interacts with your pre-show marketing.

Whether someone clicks a link, watches a video, or opens an email — they’re raising their hand. Our system ensures you follow up with the right message at the right time to turn that initial interest into a scheduled meeting, booth visit, or demo at the show.

What This Looks Like:

  • Trigger-Based Emails: Automatically sent to contacts who open or click on your campaign,  keeping your brand top-of-mind.
  • Customized Messaging: Tailored follow-up content based on the recipient’s level of engagement and interest.
  • Meeting Invitations: Drive booth traffic by prompting engaged prospects to book a time with your team before the show even starts.
  • Lead Nurturing Sequences: Continue the conversation with drip campaigns that build interest and educate prospects on your value.

 The Benefits

  • Ensures no interested lead slips through the cracks
  • Increases the number of qualified booth visitors
  • Helps your sales team focus on warm leads
  • Builds momentum and familiarity before the first handshake

Cactus Sky’s automated email follow-up is like having a digital sales assistant working 24/7 — identifying, nurturing, and warming up your leads so you arrive at NADA with a pipeline already in motion.

Let us help you turn early interest into real opportunities before the show even begins.

See for yourself what Amberly Allen is saying:

Daily "Must-See-Booth" Marketing
Keep your booth top of mind with daily “Must-See Booth” alerts and client-specific messages delivered directly to attendees. These alerts will guide them to your booth and encourage interaction.
OTT Marketing During The Show
Ensure real-time, location-based ads are delivered to attendees as they navigate the convention. Our geo-fencing technology drives traffic directly to your booth, maximizing your exposure.
Geo-Fencing The Convention Center
Continue delivering your messages through OTT platforms while attendees are at the show. Your brand will stay visible across all their devices, keeping you top-of-mind throughout the event.
Social Media Engagement
Amplify your presence with live social media updates, booth interactions, and ongoing LinkedIn engagement. Strengthen the connections made during the show and enhance your brand’s visibility.

Make your booth the one they remember.

With Cactus Sky’s “During the Show” strategy, you don’t just participate in NADA  you dominate it.

Fill Your Booth. Close More Deals.

Please Note: Cactus Sky provides marketing services tailored for vendors attending the NADA Convention,
but is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Automobile Dealers Association.
NADA® is a registered trademark.

To Whom It May Concern:

As founder and managing partner of Dealer Merchant Services (DMS), I’ve always believed smart partnerships drive dealership growth. That belief was confirmed when we partnered with Peter “Webdoc” Martin and the Cactus Sky Digital team for our NADA marketing.

Despite the “snowstorm of the century” in New Orleans impacting attendance, we had a phenomenal show. Our booth stayed packed, our calendar was full, and the conversations were with high-quality, pre-qualified prospects. That didn’t happen by chance, it was the result of a strategic, high-impact pre-show campaign executed by Cactus Sky.

Peter and his team launched an OTT and email campaign that delivered results before we even arrived. From appointment-setting emails to targeted dealer outreach, the campaign built real momentum. Each morning of the show, we saw a spike in foot traffic shortly after their emails went out; clear proof of their real-time engagement strategy.

Not only did we generate strong leads at NADA, but the results were so impressive we immediately brought Cactus Sky on for national marketing. Since then, DMS has grown to over 1,000 rooftops nationwide, and Cactus Sky has been key to that expansion. They’re now our second-highest source of website traffic, just behind organic search, a true testament to their campaign performance.

Cactus Sky doesn’t just check boxes – they deliver. They know the dealer space, build scalable connections, and produce measurable ROI. If you’re considering working with them, my advice is simple: do it. They get results.

Amberly Allen
Managing Partner
Dealer Merchant Services

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