Connect with picture buyers!

Build stronger relationships with your existing clients, and broaden your client base in all market sectors. We admit only professional picture buyers and researchers, ensuring your time and investment is entirely productive – more so than advertising and a lot more fun!

Our next image expo will be in New York on October 20, 2011, at which we expect to welcome another crowd of art buyers and researchers. Take this opportunity to meet them face to face. Details and costs of all our exhibit packages are available here. We also offer a wide range of marketing opportunities at our events, from advertising in the show guide or on-screen at the event, to distributing literature.

“ [Visual Connections] is the single most important event I attend. Meeting representatives of companies we do business with adds a valuable ‘connection’ asset and I never fail to find ‘new to me’ vendors with image libraries of specific interest to our publishing concern. ”

– Doug Brooks, Publications International, Ltd.

Over 600 picture buyers from all market sectors, including advertising, design, publishing, magazines, newspapers, education and travel, attended our New York 2010 expo. That diversity is replicated at all our events and means that whether your visual media business is specialist or generalist, small or large, well-established or newly-formed, you will meet buyers interested in talking to you.

“ This event succeeds in getting the attention of the picture buyers more than any other event in the US. [Visual Connections] is a great way for us to stay on their radar. ”

– Kristie Nilsson, IPNstock

How do we ensure a great turnout at our image expos?

Entry is free to professional picture buyers and researchers.
Quality refreshments are made available throughout the day.
We advertise the event in key trade journals, such as GD USA.
We distribute press releases to all relevant print and online media.
Our partner organizations actively promote our events to their members.
We direct mail thousands of picture buyers.
We send regular e-mails to thousands of picture buyers in the six weeks before an event.
We run a highly popular prize drawing at each event.
We organize educational and professional development seminars.

But the main reason picture buyers come is to find new sources of visual media, meet existing suppliers, pick up the latest marketing materials, learn about industry trends, and socialize with peers. The overwhelmingly positive feedback we receive from past events is a sure indicator that picture buyers really want to come and meet you!

“ [Visual Connections] New York remains the single most important show we attend in the US and it was great to see so many other exhibitors and attendees felt the same way! ”

– David Price-Hughes, akg-images

“ The best part for me was just being able to meet other providers and share experiences. The environment was open and friendly, not a competitive game of one-upmanship. It was also nice to meet face to face with customers we've met by phone or internet. We received a lot of encouragement and constructive feedback from customers and other exhibitors. ”

– Kevin Kelly, Boeing Images