Written by the people who build Check Cherry, for the people who run event businesses. Pricing, contracts, bookings, and what we learn from the data.
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Most mobile bar business plan templates are written in spreadsheet fantasy. Six figures in year one, weddings every weekend, a trailer that pays for itself by August. Then the real first year happens, and it looks nothing like the template. Here is a better foundation.
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If you rent out a banquet hall for weddings, parties, and other gatherings, collecting the correct information when a customer wants to book your space and reserve the date is essential to doing the job right.
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The venue is 60 miles out. Your packages were priced for jobs across town. So do you eat the drive, pad the quote and hope they do not flinch, or put a number on it? Most pick a number out of thin air.
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Overall, 2021 was a great year here at Check Cherry: improved market conditions allowed our customers to thrive. 3% Y/Y. That steep drop was the direct result of the pandemic and canceled events. 1% when compared to this time last year.
Read moreA mini session page on Check Cherry gets about 45 visitors, and about 8 of every 100 of them book. That is the whole job of a flyer in two numbers: get roughly a dozen people to the page for every slot you want to fill, and make the ones who arrive want to book right away.
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Sending online proposals can be an attractive way to present your services. Done well, they make it easy for someone to finalize a purchase by signing your contract and paying an initial deposit/fees.
Read moreWhen a sales and marketing pro with 25 years of experience decided to start a photo booth business, she knew the buying process needed to be smooth if her newfound company were to flourish. ", said Angela Flores of Desert Memories Photo Booths.
Read moreWhen a seasoned entrepreneur wanted to take his event service company to the next level, he knew he needed to find the right system to help along the way. "At the time, I was spending a lot of time sending emails to clients.
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At Check Cherry, we love getting to know our customers, and it's extra fun when they share their success stories.
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Running a profitable photo booth business is mostly invisible work. The event itself is two to four hours; the booking, planning, paperwork, payments, and follow-up are the other forty hours behind it.
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Recently, we passed a milestone: $25 million in bookings on Check Cherry. In late 2017, we crossed the 1 million in bookings milestone. We're excited about the future and know there is still a lot of room for growth and improvement.
Read moreA corporate client loves your proposal. They open it on their phone, somewhere between meetings, reach the sign and pay page, and decide to finish it this weekend from a real computer. They don't. Nothing was wrong with your price or your work.
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When you're ready to start accepting bookings for your photo booth rental business, it's essential to collect the right booking details to ensure the job goes smoothly, the client is happy, and your business gets more 5-star reviews.
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Accommodating last-minute bookings is a great way to acquire new clients, boost revenue and demonstrate you're ready for business. For some entrepreneurs, a last-minute client can be undesirable.
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It's time for another annual recap. There's no way around it: 2020 was a rough year for most of Check Cherry's customers. A prolonged pandemic, restrictions on gatherings, and general uncertainty resulted in fewer bookings for our customers.
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