This is the resource you can share with sponsor admins so they can set up and manage their sponsor booths.
As an admin user, you will be able to personalize your sponsor booth and add features to the booth experience for event attendees.
Here is a step-by-step guide to accessing your sponsor booth and what elements you can change, update, and add to make your booth interactive and appealing.
Signing in to your Booth Dashboard
Sign into the dashboard by following the link provided by your event administrator, likely by email or navigate to dashboard.gradual.com
Sign in using your email address. We’ll send you an email immediately with a link to login. If you don’t see the email within five minutes, check your spam folder.
You will be sent to a dashboard sign in page, where you will select the green Enter button associated with the Event.
Note: If you are a sponsor for other events hosted by this organization, you may see multiple events here.
Customizing your Booth
Once in the dashboard, you will be directed to your booth’s Overview page. This page has three tabs across the top Overview, Analytics, and Leads Captured.
Overview
The Overview page is where you should start, to personalize your booth and add features. This page allows you to see all of the elements of your booth.
The Sponsor Admin Link (left hand side) is access to the dashboard, and admin-level control of the booth. Be cognizant that this link is only accessible by trusted members of your team that would need to make edits to your booth. If you need others to access your booth to make changes, let your event organizer know.
The Live Sponsor Page (upper right) is the link to your booth for event attendees or visitors to your booth. This link is live when the event organizer publishes the event or goes ‘live’ with the event. You can use this link to preview the booth.
The Live Sponsor Page (upper right) is the link to your booth for event attendees or visitors to your booth. This link is live when the event organizer publishes the event or goes ‘live’ with the event. You can use this link to preview the booth.
Select Edit at the upper right-hand side of the Overview page to make changes to the booth. The different fields and editable items are listed below. Once you’ve made changes to the booth, be sure to click Submit on the upper right-hand side to save your work
Descriptions of each field are below:
Sponsor Name: This is the displayed name of your booth.
Subtitle: Does your organization or company have a tag line or phrase? Mission statement or a catchy promo line? This is where that should live as it populates right below the title of your booth. This must be 100 or fewer characters.
Category: Choose up to four categories, themes or tags to associate with your booth. This will help members and event attendees find you if they’re searching for solutions in those categories. The selected categories will be listed under your title or name within your booth.
Website Url: This is where you’ll list your company’s website or URL where you’d like to direct traffic.
Blurb: Include a detailed description of your organization, your booth and your services.
Host (for Messaging): Here you can add someone who will manage any messages that come from the Chat icon in your booth. The host must already be an attendee.
Visibility: This toggles the visibility of your booth to event attendees.
Logo: This is the small logo of your company or organization that will populate within your booth cover and at the top of your sponsor booth page. It should be .png with transparent background file, 200px * 60px dimension image.
Booth Cover: This is the image that populates on the sponsors page and advertises your booth to attendees. It should be a .jpg file, 21:10 ratio, 420px * 200 px dimension image.
Badge: This feature allows attendees to claim a "badge" that lets others know they use or are a fan of your product/service.
Remember…once you’ve made changes to the booth, be sure to click Submit in the upper right-hand side to save your work.
Adding Booth Features
On the Overview page you can also add Features to your booth that provide interaction opportunities and resources for the attendees.
At the base of the page, select +Add a New Feature. This will pop up a page where you can select what type of feature you’d like to upload and provide for attendees
Live Video Chat Room: These are scheduled video chats with the host of the sponsor booth. When building this you’ll need to select a host, and a time slot.Round Table: These are scheduled video chats with any number of attendees and booth "staff" or members of your team. They can be themed or topic based to drive conversation and anyone on the call can share their screen. When building this you’ll need to select a host, and a time slot.
New! You can now host Q&A in these chat rooms.
Product Video: Show videos to attendees - resources, promotional videos, etc. This feature will pop up a video player within Gradual, so the attendee doesn’t leave your booth.
Physical Swag: This allows you to collect physical addresses of attendees to send them something physical.
Digital Swag: This allows an opt in for attendees to indicate that they’d like to receive digital swag like emailed gift cards, etc.
PDF: Allow attendees to view and download a PDF resource.
External Link: This will send attendees to an external link or URL like your website. It will open the link in a new tab, automatically.
Each Feature will need a title and a cover image loaded to advertise and promote it. Cover images should be 800px X 450px .jpg or .png.
💡 Pro Tip: Capture leads as people use and interact with these features by toggling "Lead Capture Requirement" on any of these Feature types. This will collect information about those who interact with the feature, and provide you insight on the behavior and interests of your booth visitors.
Booth Analytics
See more detailed analytics on each booth from the Tools' Analytics Page. High level you can see the total visits to the booth, the total sum of all feature views and the sum of all leads captured in the booth.
Booth Visits Graph
See the number of visits to the booth by day, week or month. At quick glance, see the most recent 10 visits to the booth with the users' company, role and timestamp.
X-axis: event timestamp, grouped by day by default
Y-axis: number of visits
Feature Views Count
See the views of the features within the booth, sorted by the type of feature.
Sponsor 'Host'
If you've been assigned a sponsor 'Host' you are the main point of contact within the booth and the recipient of all messages from interested visitors.
Booth visitors can select 'Chat' in the upper right of the booth, and you, as the assigned Host, will receive a direct message in real-time.
All chats can be seen and replied to from your 'Messages' tab within the event, or in the main community. You may also receive email alerts, and see reminders pop up in red to alert you of unread or new messages.
