# Plan Trade Show Budgets and ROI

Trade show teams need realistic cost estimates before they commit money. This skill builds itemized budgets, ROI projections, and approval-ready summaries for exhibition decisions.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add lensmorofficial/trade-show-budget-planner
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: lensmorofficial-trade-show-budget-planner
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: acb199544cb72b3367b6632f7002e6fa5a653a680fdbba9db87b0c9143bcaaea
- Author: LensmorOfficial
- GitHub username: LensmorOfficial
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/LensmorOfficial/trade-show-skills/tree/main/trade-show-budget-planner/
- Ref: b8ca75d2c0a7e7102978993058777d82b8ab2610
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: filesystem, external\_commands, network
- Quality score: 78
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/lensmorofficial-trade-show-budget-planner
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/lensmorofficial-trade-show-budget-planner/manifest

## Capabilities

- Creates itemized budgets for booth space, travel, marketing, staffing, logistics, and operations.
- Estimates exhibitor, attendee, and sponsor costs using provided details and benchmark assumptions.
- Builds ROI projections with pipeline value, cost per lead, break-even deals, and sensitivity scenarios.
- Suggests budget optimization options based on budget limits, event goals, and exhibitor experience.
- Formats results as Markdown tables, CSV-ready content, or an executive summary for approval.

## Use Cases

- Estimate Exhibitor Costs: Build a full booth budget with space, build, travel, marketing, staffing, and contingency costs.
- Prepare Budget Approval: Turn cost assumptions into an executive summary with ROI, break-even targets, and decision points.
- Compare Event Options: Compare attending, exhibiting, and sponsoring across multiple events using consistent cost and ROI assumptions.

## Prompt Templates

### Create a Basic Budget

```
Plan a trade show budget for exhibiting at [show name] with a [booth size] booth and [team size] people. Include major cost categories and a contingency.
```

### Estimate Attendee Costs

```
Estimate the cost for [team size] people to attend [show name] in [city]. Include registration, travel, hotel, meals, and staff time.
```

### Build an ROI Case

```
Build an ROI case for exhibiting at [show name]. Our average deal value is [amount], expected leads are [number], and target conversion rate is [percent].
```

### Compare Strategic Options

```
Compare attending, exhibiting, and sponsoring at [show name]. Use conservative, base, and optimistic ROI scenarios, then recommend the best option.
```

## Limitations

- Cost estimates depend on user inputs, public rates, and benchmark assumptions.
- The skill does not guarantee actual venue pricing, supplier quotes, or final ROI.
- It needs current show details from the user or web research for precise budgets.
- It does not replace finance, procurement, legal, or tax review.

## Best Practices

- Provide booth size, team size, event city, participation type, and business goals before asking for a budget.
- Ask the skill to separate confirmed prices from estimated costs and benchmark assumptions.
- Review conservative ROI scenarios before using the plan for leadership approval.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not treat benchmark costs as final supplier quotes or venue invoices.
- Do not omit contingency, logistics, internet, electrical, or staff opportunity costs.
- Do not rely on optimistic lead conversion rates without evidence from prior events.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-06T17:40:04.145\+00:00
- Summary: All static findings appear to be false positives after context review. README.md uses relative documentation links, SKILL.md contains fenced Markdown templates and plain Lensmor URLs, and README.zh.md is normal localized Markdown text.

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