Trade Show
HIMSS Attendee Mailing List
Buyer beware!
Every year about this time my inbox is inundated with spam from unscrupulous trade show display companies and mailing list companies. It’s nice to know what the competition is up to, but I’m guessing the average HIMSS exhibitor finds this unwanted invasion of unsolicited email just a bit annoying. Most of the offers are legit, but beware of anyone offering to sell you a HIMSS attendee list. Most likely it’s a fraudulent proposition.
How can you get a HIMSS mailing list? Here’s the scoop.
- HIMSS does provide a pre and post conference mailing list
- You can only rent the official pre and post conference mailing list from HIMSS
- You must be a Diamond or Platinum corporate member
- There is an additional fee for the list
If you are Platinum and Diamond corporate member this is good news, otherwise get your checkbook out. A Platinum membership is currently $8,000 for companies with annual revenues under $10M, and $13,000 for companies with annual revenues over $10M. The Diamond membership is $25,000. HIMSS also provides a nice comparison chart of benefits for the Gold, Platinum and Diamond membership.
Recommendations:
- Only purchase a HIMSS conference mailing list from HIMSS (forgive the obvious)
- If you see an ad or receive an email from someone selling a HIMSS mailing list, report it to HIMSS and forward it to HIMSS.exhibitor@exhibits2go.com. We will check it out and update this post.
- Don’t encourage spam by purchasing merchandise from blatant spammers.
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About the author
Edwin Jones is an accomplished Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) marketer, a HIMSS conference veteran, and the President and CEO of HIT Brands, Inc. and Exhibits2go by HIT Brands.
