ProBoothTalk: The Photo Booth Podcast

 

We don’t need to tell you how important it is to answer your phones, you already know. But maybe you want a little advice on building a system to help you never miss a call. 

Join us today as we discuss how we handle phone calls and the systems we have in place to make sure no calls go unanswered. Also, If you haven’t heard yet there’s a new company. Photo Booth Call Center that’s offering an awesome service to anyone that needs help taking calls! Unfortunately I learned about them after we recorded this show, but I plan to check them out and I’ll certainly report back my results.

Show Links: Grasshopper (Affiliate Link)

 

Extras

* ProBooth Directory: If you’re question starts with “Where do you get/find/buy…” Look here first. We’re constantly adding to the list of photo booth suppliers, accusations, insurance providers, forums, everything! It’s got to be the biggest list of photo booth owner suppliers anywhere.

* PhotoBoothDesignShop.com: Need custom strips or anything else made? Get a hold of Clay!

* ProBooth Market: Introducing our new multivendor market place! We feel one of the biggest problems in the industry is there are SO MANY places you have to memorize/bookmark/check to buy anything! Even is you’re JUST buying props you currently have to visit 3-6 different sites.

* I’ve made the ProBooth Market extremely cheap for vendors to sell (no sign up fee, no listing fee and only 4% of the final sell price!) in an effort to bring them all together to one central location so you know where to find EVERYTHING. Also, aren’t you sick of having to ask for recommendations every time you buy? Or sick of seeing people post “Man, I wish I would have asked about company X before buying from them!”   The ProBooth Market encourages VERIFIED seller reviews. Finally, some accountability. Please visit and support the sellers that are on board and helping this become a reality. If your favorite seller doesn’t yet have a store, help us spread the word and ask them to add their products to our market place. If you sell anything photo booth related, like booth, enclosures, props, albums, printers, software, strip or screen templates, ANYTHING! Take advantage of our audience and sign up for a seller account and add to our market.

Man, I LOVE when I’m hanging out near my booth that’s closed for dinner and someone brings me over a plate overflowing with wedding food! The wedding meals are a huge part of why I love this industry so much. So let’s talk about vendor meals…

Do you require them? Do you help yourself? Where do you eat? I’m getting hungry just thinking about it…

Extras

* Photo Booth Design Shop – Banners, Business Cards, Templates, whatever you need designed.

* ProBooth Market – A Market Place for anyone to buy or sell photo booth merchandise. Imagine, everything photo booth in ONE spot.

 

 

Do you partake in the bubbly wile working your photo booth? Neither of us do and we both feel strongly that you shouldn’t either…

I know there’s a few of you out there that are fine taking in the party atmosphere and cracking a beer or two while you’re at your gig, but from insurance reasons, to the impression you leave with the venue, drinking just isn’t a good idea while working your photo booth.

Extras

* Photo Booth Design Shop – Banners, Business Cards, Templates, whatever you need designed.

* ProBooth Market – A Market Place for anyone to buy or sell photo booth merchandise. Imagine, everything photo booth in ONE spot.

If you’re going to the photo booth expo:  Make sure you stop by our booth and say hi!

If you’re NOT going to the photo booth expo: Make sure you download Periscope and add @ProBoothTalk! We’ll be broadcasting live as we interview some exhibitors and maybe a few other fun expo moments! If you’re able to tune in live, you can comment and ask questions in real time as well.

If you’re an exhibitor at the expo: We’re looking to use someone’s wifi to broadcast our periscope. If you’re willing to help, reach out to [email protected] and let’s chat!

Want to contribute to ProBoothTalk? We’re trying to build the ultimate resource for photo booth owners and if you have something to offer, we’d love to here from you. We’re looking for people that would like to contribute their time to write how-to’s, advice, etc on any topic photo booth related. If you’re interested, reach out to [email protected].

 

So you booked a prom, now what? This week’s ProBoothTalk podcast offers a bit of insight on the best way to handle proms. We’ll talk about props, photo strip templates, marketing future events and a few other things.

If you’re going to the photo booth expo:  Make sure you stop by our booth and say hi!

If you’re NOT going to the photo booth expo: Make sure you download Periscope and add @ProBoothTalk! We’ll be broadcasting live as we interview some exhibitors and maybe a few other fun expo moments! If you’re able to tune in live, you can comment and ask questions in real time as well.

If you’re an exhibitor at the expo: We’re looking to use someone’s wifi to broadcast our periscope. If you’re willing to help, reach out to [email protected] and let’s chat!

Want to contribute to ProBoothTalk? We’re trying to build the ultimate resource for photo booth owners and if you have something to offer, we’d love to here from you. We’re looking for people that would like to contribute their time to write how-to’s, advice, etc on any topic photo booth related. If you’re interested, reach out to [email protected].

Show Links

 

 

PROPS

* Yo Props – Themed Signs

* Prop Shop Pros – Themed Signs

* PhotoBooth Design Shop – Custom Sign Design

* ProBooth Directory – List of Prop Companies

* ProBooth Market – Buy or Sell Hand Held Sign Props

 

 

 

PHOTO STRIP TEMPLATES

* Photo Booth Templates – Themed Templates

* Photo Booth Talk – Themed Templates

* Photo Booth Design Shop – Custom Template Design

* ProBooth Directory – List of Template Companies

* ProBooth Market – Buy or Sell Photo Strip Templates

 

 

Other

* Photo Booth Design Shop – Banners, Business Cards, Templates, whatever you need designed.

* Lawyer.com – Quick and simple paid legal advice

* Shutter Booth – Photo Booth Rentals

 

Extras

* ProBooth Directory – A Directory of EVERYTHING Photo Booth

* ProBooth Market – A Market Place for anyone to buy or sell photo booth merchandise. Imagine, everything photo booth in ONE spot.

 

I got a couple emails asking about Black Canyon Kayaking so we’re including a bit of the information here. If you’re coming for the expo, it’s certainly worth staying an extra day to take this place in.

* Desert Adventures

ProBoothTalk wants to thank each and every one of you for tuning in and supporting the show. We love making the podcast and love bringing this free content to photo booth owners.

Join us as we discuss working your photo booth in elementary schools for various school functions. We discuss dealing with kids, social media no-nos, set up, props and workload vs pay among other things.

If you’re going to the photo booth expo:  Make sure you stop by our booth and say hi!

If you’re NOT going to the photo booth expo: Make sure you download Periscope and add @ProBoothTalk! We’ll be broadcasting live as we interview some exhibitors and maybe a few other fun expo moments! If you’re able to tune in live, you can comment and ask questions in real time as well.

If you’re an exhibitor at the expo: We’re looking to use someone’s wifi to broadcast our periscope. If you’re willing to help, reach out to [email protected] and let’s chat!

Show Links

Imaging Spectrum

Your City Photo Booths

Party Pop

iClick by Lime Light

MinBooth by MinBooth.com

Sound Station Photo Booths

Infinite by LA Photo Party

ProBoothTalk wants to thank each and every one of you for tuning in and supporting the show. We love making the podcast and love bringing this free content to photo booth owners.

We’ve all had the call, or more likely the email, “I’m looking for someone to donate their services for lots of great exposure…”

If only “exposure”paid the bills. My typical thought is always something along the lines of “That’s a great idea, and actually I’m looking for someone to call everyone in town to see who needs a photo booth, whaddaya say? I can’t afford to pay someone for this, but it’ll be great exposure for you! Just think of all the people you’ll talk to, surely many of them will be in need of your services!” or my back up, “If the exposure we’re going to get is going to be so amazing, I’ll tell ya what. You pay full price and for every person at your event that books, I’ll pass all the profits on to you. No? But what about the exposure? You trust the exposure, don’t you?”

Well, while ranting about this with Clay one night he mentioned how he handled these free booth seekers and after trying (and succeeding) with his idea, I had to have him on to share it with everyone else. Enjoy!

Links from show conversations:

The Photo Booth Design Shop

Steve at Imaging Spectrum & Darkroom Booth

Ruben at Foto Club inc

The Mighty Claymore

The Lone Ranger, AKA Clayton Moore

 

Finally, if you’d like some basic samples to share with clients, here’s a couple I through together. Of course, you should add your own photos to them (I didn’t use any overlays to keep the task easy).

 

Welcome to everything Photo Booth Expo!

Rob Savickis joins us today and next week for a special 2 part show covering everything from last year’s Photo Booth Expo to the upcoming expo in 2016 as well as some random talk about Las Vegas and a few things you can do on and off The Strip. Click the link for links to things discussed during the show…

Remember to stop by the ProBoothTalk booth at the expo, say hi, record with us and rumor has it that Tim’s making cookies and brownies…

If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, get over and do it now! The price keeps increasing every month so waiting is only costing you more money. Also, be sure to use the discount code “PROBOOTH” at checkout and save yourself a little coin. Even more, we’re working out something special for all you guys that purchase using our discount code because it’s you that’s enabling us to be part of this year’s expo.

ThePhotoBoothExpo.com

SouthPoint Hotel & Casino

Tatz Nailz

Joy Squad

Kingdom Photo Booths

Red Rock Canyon

Valley of Fire

Grand Canyon

Hoover Dam

Death Valley

Area 51

Slotzilla

Kayak Black Canyon

Trip Adviser, Las Vegas

Vegas.com

LasVegas.com

 

If I missed anything, let me know and I’ll add it to the list. We look forward to seeing you at the final table next April and the Photo Booth Expo Poker Tourney! All in!

Who says sequels aren’t as good as their predecessors? I give you the Empire Strikes Back of ProBoothTalk; IS2: The Return of Steve & Bill!

We took a bit of a break from our typical format this week and instead of hitting a specific topic, we talked it over with Bill and Steve and decided to hold more of an open conversation and just chat about some of the things currently going on in the photo booth world.

When all was said and done, we carried on for nearly an hour and decided to break the conversation into two content filled episodes. Two guest hosts, two podcasts, double the pleasure, double the fun with Bill & Steve from Imagining Spectrum.

Follow the link for more show notes and links from todays photo booth podcast…

So what can you expect to hear today? Well, good question. We go in deep and hit on everything from Slide Shows, The Darkroom Template and Multi Media store, Voice of the Customer and Perforated Paper to the conversations we have at the kids table.

With all the name dropping and products mentioned, I’m bound to miss something in my links. If you notice anything not here, let me know so I can add it.

* Imaging Spectrum

* Darkroom Booth

* Photo Booth Talk

* Photo Booth Templates

* Shout out to the designers Cherie, Mike and Clay!

* DRB Template and Multi Media Store

* Imaging USA Expo

* WPPI

* Photo Booth Expo

* Imaging Spectrum Blog (Also included on our feed to your left!)

* NovoWorks

* ProBoothTalk Directory

* Photo Booth Network and of course, a shout out to Dave Stephenson!

Most everything listed above is clickable. Again, if I missed a name or link just let me know.

ProBoothTalk wants to thank each and every one of you for tuning in and supporting the show. We love making the podcast and love bringing this free content to photo booth owners.

Imaging Spectrum is in the House!

We took a bit of a break from our typical format this week and instead of hitting a specific topic, we talked it over with Bill and Steve and decided to hold more of an open conversation and just chat about some of the things currently going on in the photo booth world.

When all was said and done, we carried on for nearly an hour and decided to break the conversation into two content filled episodes. Two guest hosts, two podcasts, double the pleasure, double the fun with Bill & Steve from Imagining Spectrum.

Follow the link for more show notes and links from todays photo booth podcast…

So what can you expect to hear today? Well, good question. We go in deep and hit on everything from Slide Shows, The Darkroom Template and Multi Media store, Voice of the Customer and Perforated Paper to the conversations we have at the kids table.

With all the name dropping and products mentioned, I’m bound to miss something in my links. If you notice anything not here, let me know so I can add it.

* Imaging Spectrum

* Darkroom Booth

* Photo Booth Talk

* Photo Booth Templates

* Shout out to the designers Cherie, Mike and Clay!

* DRB Template and Multi Media Store

* Imaging USA Expo

* WPPI

* Photo Booth Expo

* Imaging Spectrum Blog (Also included on our feed to your left!)

* NovoWorks

* ProBoothTalk Directory

* Photo Booth Network and of course, a shout out to Dave Stephenson!

Most everything listed above is clickable. Again, if I missed a name or link just let me know.

ProBoothTalk wants to thank each and every one of you for tuning in and supporting the show. We love making the podcast and love bringing this free content to photo booth owners.

Aimed mostly at anyone just getting started in ownership, todays episode outlines some basics on setting up your business structure and banking. As always, we’re not CPAs or attorneys and any advice given here should be taken with as much reliability you’d give any two random guys hosting a show about photo booths giving legal and financial advice. Yep, consult your attorney.

I’ll admit it, today was a bit of a filler episode. We’re working on some great stuff and have our schedule packed with guest hosts bringing some really great content and insight to the show. It was a bit difficult to record this while trying to avoid and not spoil any upcoming topics. Still, enjoy the show!