The 19 channels

Trade shows

A stand at an industry event. Bodies and a budget.

What it is

One of the 19 traction channels. S3

When it works

When the deal size covers the stand and the travel, and there are enough people to staff it. Large conferences were a planned experiment for 43% of B2B companies in the 2025 State of B2B GTM report. S24

What it needs from the product

A team and a price that clears a high floor.

How it decays

Every channel decays. Novelty fades, competitors copy what works, and scaling means reaching progressively less responsive people. S21

What the report checks

The capacity gate needs a small team. The arithmetic gate compares your CAC ceiling against an assumed stand-and-travel floor, the second-highest paid floor in the report.

Sources

  1. S3 Growth Method, "19 traction channels for growth marketers" secondary source
  2. S24 Kyle Poyar, "The B2B GTM Playbook for 2026", Growth Unhinged
  3. S21 Andrew Chen, "The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs"