Higher caliber promotions, corporate sponsorships and cooperative advertising have consistently raised yearly attendance levels at Murphy venues.

Marketing is essential to success for any business, especially in the carnival industry. A carnival must entertain the public to laugh, smile, and feel excitement. The public then must be persuaded that the discount offers are of such value to captivate them to come to the Fair's carnival. The advertising to create this excitement and to make the public aware of the discount offer must be selective.

Murphy Brothers Expositions has a track record of numerous successful promotions. One such successful promotion is the mega ride pass where fairgoers are given the opportunity to purchase a ticket from off site locations prior to the fair. This ticket would allow the purchaser admission to the fair and unlimited carnival rides every hour of every day of the fair. For example, the 2002 Tulsa State Fair sold nearly a million dollars worth of the mega ride pass tickets. The key to the success of a mega ride pass promotion is a combination of the sales outlets with signage and awareness of the outlet's employees. The employees must be excited about the valuable offer and then the advertising must be selective to reach the purchaser

Each radio and television station as well as the newspaper should be given an opportunity to create a promotion that would attract people to the fair and to the carnival midway. Each promotion should be able to offer to third parties an opportunity to participate with the fair's carnival midway. The third party will want signage, sampling of the discount offers, and media coverage.

Murphy Brothers Exposition is the only major carnival operation with a full time staff capable of developing promotions for the fairs. This staff has developed promotions for fair's for over twenty-five years.

The Murphy equation is simple:
                                             Innovative Marketing + Performance = RESULTS