Christians in Action Trade Show, No: Website, Yes

About an hour ago I learned that Spiral Light Candle won't be attending the Christian Trade Show and Business Expo's Houston trade show. It's the 15^th Annual Christians In Action Trade Show, and would have been a fine opportunity to show folks these candles. And a good networking experience.

But we've got finite resources, and the decision was made to focus on getting the Spiral Light Candle website ready for online commerce. Now, a blatant display of self-promotion:

• Spiral Light Candle Corporation
  • Spiral Light Candle
    Video: A Candle With a Twist

That's Spiral Light Candle Corporation. (spirallightcandle.com)

I also learned that I'll be handling routine maintenance and updating for spirallightcandle.com - which isn't as impressive as it sounds. All the code will have been taken care of by the time the project gets to me: leaving me with a nice, friendly, interface and a list of clerical duties.

I was looking forward to at least hearing about Houston, the Christians in Action Trade Show, and all: maybe even being asked to help out. But that's the way things go. I'm looking forward to seeing how the website looks - and how it works.

More-or-less-related posts:

• "Candles, Another Trade Show, and an Upscale Shopping Center"
  (October 29, 2011)
• "First Full-Time Employee, and a Busy Monday"
  (September 12, 2011)
• "Families, Vacations, Catholic Marketing Network's 15th Annual Trade Show, Schedules, and a Candle"
  (August 1, 2011)
• "Family, Business, and Focus"
  (November 30, 2007)
• "Hiring Relatives and the Chinese Business Model"
  (June 5, 2007)

Candles, Another Trade Show, and an Upscale Shopping Center

Spiral Light Candle Corporation will be at The Westin Galleria Houston in November. Not the Houston Galleria - that's the whacking great shopping center across the street. I put links that might be useful, under "Hotel, shopping, and stuff," at the end of this post.

I won't be going along this time: which is probably just as well. I've just gotten over the last trade show, in Pennsylvania. It was a wonderful experience, by I'm not a 40-year-old kid any more. Posts about my experience in Pennsylvania are linked on "Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show."

Spiral Light Candle: in Houston November 18-19

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The "A" on that map points to the Westin Galleria hotel. There seems to be a skyway/overhead walkway from the hotel to The Galleria shopping center across the street.

I think Mall of America, a couple hours' drive southeast of here, does a better job with its website: and that's another topic.

Where was I? Candles. Trade show. Houston. Right.

Spiral Light Candle will have a booth at the Christians In Action Trade Show, Friday and Saturday, November 18 and 19. Here's part of what the CATS folks say about the event:

"...The Christians In Action Trade Show is a Business Expo that brings together hundreds of businesses, entrepreneurs and ministries to network and promote their goods and services. The event is a great networking experience, packed with a lot of....

"...Over 200 exhibitors and 3,000 participants from various states and countries are expected to participate in the show....

"...innovative ideas that will motivate the participants....

"...and a concert featuring well-known gospel artists on Saturday 19th, 2011...."
("Welcome to the Houston Trade Show," Christian Trade Show and Business Expo)

Add up the exhibitors and participants, and you've got about 3/4 as many folks attending, as live here in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Looks like it's going to be a lively event.

Not-entirely-unrelated posts:

• "First Full-Time Employee, and a Busy Monday"
  (September 12, 2011)
• "Families, Vacations, Catholic Marketing Network's 15th Annual Trade Show, Schedules, and a Candle"
  (August 1, 2011)
• "Working From Home: Kids and Computers, Utopia and Reality"
  (February 1, 2008)
• "Family, Business, and Focus"
  (November 30, 2007)
• "Hiring Relatives and the Chinese Business Model"
  (June 5, 2007)

Hotel, shopping, and stuff:

• Houston, TX - Hotels, Events, Things to Do - Official Vacation Info
  Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Hotel:
  • The Westin Galleria Houston
    5060 West Alabama
    Houston, TX 77056
    United States: phone (713) 960-8100/Toll-Free (800) 937-8461
• Shopping center:
  • The Galleria (Houston)
    Wikipedia
  • "Houston Galleria"
    Houston Outside
  • "About Houston Galleria®"
    • Simon Property Group
• Spiral Light Candle Corporation
  • Spiral Light Candle
    Video: A Candle With a Twist
• Christian Trade Show and Business Expo
  • "Welcome to the Houston Trade Show"
    Christian Trade Show and Business Expo
• Catholic Marketing Network