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Were thinking the same way about this business. you know, we enjoy each others company. i think we are both more excited now to say were going to go into business together, right? >> and when you get that human chemistry going, greg says business relationships can blossom. >> theres one company here that i just heard yesterday got a massive order. they are a small company in one single booth and got a life-changing order yesterday. on their product. >> hes talking about this person jay woodley. ...

Makes a trade show tick. >> why do people come? and i said, the number one thing is new, i want to see whats new. this adds a lot of new. so how has today gone? >> its been amazing. >> have you been meeting a lot of buyers? >> a lot of buyers today. >> one thing new this year is haunt con. greg purchased this formally independent event from the founder and owner leonard pickle. >> this stuff looks great. >> thank you. >> hes a guy who has been around the haunt industry for a long time, so hes a ...

Helping you get business done. hi, everyone. im jj ramberg. and welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to helping your growing business. trade shows are often expensive and for anyone who has been to one, you know they are exhausting. but if you do it right, they can land you new customers, new contacts and new ideas. thats why just a few weeks ago, months before the ghosts and goblins come out of hiding, thousands of vendors and buyers gathered in new orleans for haunt con to see what...

Con to get so big. it was only supposed to be a sideline. >> i started a magazine without ever taking a journalism class. i started a convention without ever really even thinking about what that entailed. >> im so impressed someone like that just decided an industry needs a show and im going to create it, right? and figures it out along the way and does a great job doing it. >> in fact, you may say he did too great of a job. because the demands of managing it took over all of his time. >> it got...

Con to get so big. it was only supposed to be a sideline. >> i started a magazine without ever taking a journalism class. i started a convention without ever really even thinking about what that entailed. >> im so impressed someone like that just decided an industry needs a show and im going to create it, right? and figures it out along the way and does a great job doing it. >> in fact, you may say he did too great of a job. because the demands of managing it took over all of his time. >> it got...

Is new, i want to see whats new. this adds a lot of new. so how has today gone? >> its been amazing. >> have you been meeting a lot of buyers? >> a lot of buyers today. >> one thing new this year is haunt con. greg purchased this formally independent event from the founder and owner leonard pickle. >> this stuff looks great. >> thank you. >> hes a guy who has been around the haunt industry for a long time, so hes a founding father of the business. >> for more than 40 years, leonard has been all-...

About this business. you know, we enjoy each others company. i think we are both more excited now to say were going to go into business together, right? >> and when you get that human chemistry going, greg says business relationships can blossom. >> theres one company here that i just heard yesterday got a massive order. they are a small company in one single booth and got a life-changing order yesterday. on their product. >> hes talking about this person, jay cool woodley, owner of special effe...