Cold calling or building relationships: which do you prefer? On an October 2017 webinar with Chad Johnson, Creating Sales Opportunities was a hot topic. When we brought up the words “Cold Calling” the responses ranged from – “gives me chills”, “I don’t know what to say”, “I don’t know who to call”, “what happens when […]
Face Your Fears and Take Action! What is your FEAR? As you wake up today and look at your plans for the future, in reaching for your dreams, what scares you? It is OK to have fear, we all have something in our life that tends to creep up or jump out at us and […]
Site Visit Challenge! While on a site visit with a local venue I did a Facebook Live. If you would like to see the video: Members of Balloon Coach Community on FB go to the group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ballooncoachcommunity/ And click on the Post from Thursday, 10/19 with caption Check […]
How do you handle obstacles and changes? One thing about life is things are ever changing and obstacles will pop up and block us from the path we are on from time to time. The question is how do you handle those situations? Think about if for a minute..what is your natural reaction when something […]
Balloon Business Overhead Overhead – if you are new to business this word may trip you up a bit. Heck for those of us in business, we often forget about all that is an overhead expense! All businesses have regular expenses that are not directly related to producing goods or services. These indirect expenses […]
5 Steps to Soar After a Storm Sometimes as you build a business, life gets in the way. Storms happen and take time to rebuild and then move on. There are things you learned in the past and forgot, and things you are learning and just not putting into action. The last few weeks have […]
5 Important Things When Creating Centerpieces Here are 5 important things professional decorators need to think about when creating centerpieces for an event. 1. Will there be audio visual screens in the room for a slideshow or video presentation? 2. Will there be a speaker at a podium or on the stage? 3. If yes […]
School Spirit, Homecoming and Prom Marketing tips! Schools can be a wonderful source of repeat business. I can hear what some of you are thinking right now…schools around me always say they have no budget. My kids school just ask for me to donate everything. Yes, those things can happen. However, schools spend a lot […]
Action creates results! When I decided to become the owner of a balloon business, I had no idea how my actions would have lasting results on my business. Have you heard of The Ripple Effect? The direct aftermath caused by one solitary action or inaction. A small change at one point in a complex system […]
Build your own 48 foot long balloon arch! One of the # 1 questions I get asked is HOW do I build a sturdy balloon arch for outdoors and what is the biggest I can make it?? For years I have used a method that allows you to build a balloon arch up to 30 […]
