The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta
It is a business fact that we will have competition. No matter how small our market area is, someone else will offer similar services and be after the same customers. This is not a bad thing. And our competitors are not bad people. In fact, competition can work to our advantage. We need to make … Read more
What fun! Children and adults LOVE this one! Inflate a Betallatex Doll Body about the size of a large grapefruit. Set aside. Inflate a white 5″ round about the size of a mandarin orange. Set aside. Spiral inflate 4 160s. Twist all of the 160s together in the center. Twist the white 5″ round in … Read more
Wow, am I getting old, or are the day’s just flying bye? I didn’t get a change to write a recap for day five and day six is here. I am afraid to blink my eyes, because day seven is quickly approaching. Day Five started with many good articles and comments flowing to the blog. … Read more
Theming a Show – Part 1 “To entertain for the purpose of temporarilly taking someone from their cares and worries in the world is noble…but to recognize an entertainer’s ability to REACH an audience and UTILIZE that gift for an educational purpose…holds FAR greater value” Jimmy Leo I stumbled across it almost by accident. One … Read more
Search engine rankings will either make your online marketing successfully or make it a time / money sink that will kill your company. The better your rankings the more targeted traffic you will receive and the more conversions you will have. By having a front page listing within the non paid advertising sections you increase … Read more
This is easy! Just get all of your sleep in ahead of time! You will not have much time to sleep during the convention! It is just one of the things that there is no getting around. Many of the people attending are so eager to learn and share that it goes around the clock! … Read more
In high school, I took a class on economics where my teacher took off his huge hat, threw it on the desk in front of the room, and continued by asking the class, “How much is this hat worth?” The entire rest of the class discussed perceived value, opportunity costs, and supply and demand. I’ll … Read more
Today I would like to tell you about one little change I made that increased my productivity tenfold. I made a schedule. Yep, by simply planning out my day, I started getting a great deal more work done. I wrote about this a bit in my investment article. If you’re a full-timer like me, then … Read more
Take a peek at your business card. How much money do you think this person receives for their service? Are they high-end or low-end? This is a dead giveaway for a small business. I meet many quality people with unmemorable, unrepresentative, confusing business cards. Examine your card again. Is it thick stock? Full color? Double-sided? … Read more
The Basics Twists With all the fantastic articles on here, here is a basic primer on the twists used in balloon sculpturing. Learn these, and you will be able to twist ANYTHING. It’s just a matter of combining these necessary twists in different size combinations and with another type of balloon. Yes, you will twist … Read more