Most photo booth owners that have been around for a while can tell you, the best advertising is free advertising and the best free advertising is word of mouth. It’s hard for people to walk away from a good referral. Although referrals from past clients is great, the bottom line is that they just don’t know that many people that need a photo booth.

Clay Moore joins Jason & Tim as a guest host this week to brain storm about networking with DJs and encourage their word of mouth referrals.

Join us for the conversation and send us any suggestions you have to contribute to the discussion.

 

 

If you haven’t listened to part one of our chat with Dave, check it out before continuing the conversation.

Jason and Tim welcome on to the show today, the one and only Dave Stephenson to talk a bit about networking. Click the link to read the rest of the article and access the show links.

We can’t say enough about how important being part of a photo booth community is. You can always find us hanging around Dave Stephenson’s face book group The Photo Booth Network. We’re often guilty of playing the wallflower, but we’re still there learning everything we can. At 4,500 strong, this is certainly the largest group out there.

Having trouble with you software or any other product? Chances are there’s a specific group out there designed solely to offer support for your specific product. Customer service is great, but what if it’s in the middle of the night and you’re at an event? Or maybe you don’t want to bother support for the 10th time for some little issue you’re having and would rather just bounce the problem off the head of a few peers? My personal favorite is the Facebook group for Darkroom Booth users.

How about clearing out all that junk you’ve been accumulating as you’ve been experimenting with different products? If you’re anything like me you have at least a couple iPad display stands sitting around the shop not being used. The easiest place to sell them is within the community and there’s a place to do it! Head over to the Photo Booth Classifieds Group. While we’re on the subject of buying and selling, The Photo Booth Marketplace group is a great place to keep an eye out for vendors offering new items and promotions. If there’s a sale, it’ll be posted in this group.

Finally, although Facebook groups excel at reaching a huge number of people and you can’t deny how convenient they are, the true forum format can’t me ignored. If you want something clean, organized, easily searchable and away gets you away from Facebook, our favorite hangout spot is PhotoBoothOwners.com. This was actually the very first forum we joined when we were considering getting into the business. This is where we searched our answers and chose our booth, software and everything else we had in our original launch. Another great place to find a welcoming community and channel for support is Photo Booth Talk (not to mention some pretty amazing prices on custom flash drives).

We have a ton more forums and groups listed in our communities page, so check it out.

We’ve been asked a few times already why we don’t have a forum on our site if we love them so much, the answer is two part.

1. Why reinvent the wheel? This is already being done and we don’t think we can do it better.

2. Forums take a TON of work. Seriously, a ton. Each group typically has a team of moderators keeping things running smooth from the back end. Kicking out trouble makers, screening new comers and watching for SPAM is the short description of a very large task. Next time you visit your favorite forum or group, make sure to let the moderators know you appreciate what they’ve provided for you, I know from experience,

Seye for PicPic Social joins us again for round 2! This week, we’re talking about Hashtag Printing. Click the link to check out all the show notes…

Here’s a few Links related to todays broadcast:

Visit the PicPic Social Website

Check out PicPic Social in the ProBoothTalk Directory

Introduce yourself to the PicPic Social Facebook group

Booth Ninja (Looks like they’re rebuilding the site and prepping for a relaunch, pretty exciting!)

Vendors selling Social Media Stands in our Directory      (If your’e a vendor and you’re not listed, it’s free to post!)

PhotoBoothOwners.com Template Shop

PhotoBoothTalk.com Template Shop

Lisa Oler’s “Activation Station”. I couldn’t find the link, if anyone has it, shoot it over and I’ll update it. Otherwise, contact Lisa on Facebook.

 

If you’re in Rhode Island and looking for an amazing Peruvian meal, Seye stakes his reputation on Los Andes in Providence. Tell’em Seye sent you.

Finally, if you’re heading to the Photo Booth Expo, be sure to stop in and tell us hi! If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, use the discount code “PROBOOTH” at checkout for $100 off and entry into a drawing for some free swag! (Offer expires 9/15/15)

Seye for PicPic Social stopped in the virtual studio today and gave us the lowdown on PicPic’s newest software solution, Event Cloud.

Although we use PicPic Social as our social media solution, we’ve never even taken a look yet at Event Cloud so it was great to get some info about it and have the opportunity to hear more.

Here’s a few Links related to todays broadcast:

Visit the PicPic Social Website

Check out PicPic Social in the ProBoothTalk Directory

Introduce yourself to the PicPic Social Facebook group

Why Social Media Kiosks Suck at Large Events and What to do About It.

Troubleshooting Tips

Vendors selling Social Media Stands in our Directory      (If your’e a vendor and you’re not listed, it’s free to post!)

 

 

Also, if you’re heading to the Photo Booth Expo, be sure to stop in and tell us hi! If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, use the discount code “PROBOOTH” at checkout for $100 off and entry into a drawing for some free swag! (Offer expires 9/15/15)

Gratuity, tips, greasing the palm, whatever you call it, we like it. If you you also like it, join us as we discuss it in the photo booth industry and give up a couple tips on how to increase your chances of being tipped out at the end of the evening. Fun fact, cow tipping is actually a myth.

Since we only cover the most important of topics, this episode is about one that we feel is stupid important, ProBoothTalk. Yep, we’re going to be talking about us. More specifically our website, ProBoothTalk.com.

It’s a pretty short episode, but we thought it was important that everybody’s taking full advantage of the free resources we’re providing to you. Although you’re already here and all the links are up top, here’s a handy list of some of the things we covered in the broadcast:

 

The Directory: Without doubt the most common question we hear is “Where does everyone get X”, well the directory aims to answer that question in all it’s many forms.

We’ve taken a great deal of time to collect as many vendors as we could find and package them all together nicely for you to easily find whatever you’re looking for, photo booth related. If we’re missing something, let us know and we’ll get it added. Also, if you’re a vendor, it’s 100% free to add your website and you can do that in the vendor section.

 

Tips & Resources: OK, we admit this section’s still a little weak, but hey, we only launched on July 4. We’ve been in contact with a couple SEO gurus, a Google AdWord guru and other marketing geniuses that have all expressed interest in contributing to these sections to help in filling them with great, relevant and free photo booth related content. The thing is, these guys we spoke to aren’t in the industry themselves (I know, I couldn’t believe one of the best SEO guys out there wasn’t renting photo booths either!), so they’re learning about it a bit first. We don’t want just a vague article about SEO, we want it to be photo booth specific so you can more easily pick up whatever we put down. Also, if you have a need to blog and have some information you think other boothers will find helpful, let us know. We’d love to post your article.

 

Community: We can’t say enough about how important being part of a photo booth community is. You can always find us hanging around Dave Stephenson’s face book group The Photo Booth Network. We’re often guilty of playing the wallflower, but we’re still there learning everything we can. At 4,500 strong, this is certainly the largest group out there.

However, large isn’t always best, sometimes it’s also good to find a smaller group of a few hundred. In these forums it’s much easier to build relationships with other boothers instead of just getting advice. The Photo Booth Institute Facebook group is perfect for this.

Having trouble with you software or any other product? Chances are there’s a specific group out there designed solely to offer support for your specific product. Customer service is great, but what if it’s in the middle of the night and you’re at an event? Or maybe you don’t want to bother support for the 10th time for some little issue you’re having and would rather just bounce the problem off the head of a few peers? My personal favorite is the Facebook group for Darkroom Booth users.

How about clearing out all that junk you’ve been accumulating as you’ve been experimenting with different products? If you’re anything like me you have at least a couple iPad display stands sitting ar...

Looking for some valuable tips for your photo booth printer? Whether you’re using DNP, Hiti or another brand, Ruben from Foto Club, inc joins us today to go over some of the more common questions or problems that you may run in to while on a job.

To contact Ruben to troubleshoot your printer issues or for help picking your next (or first) printer, you can get a hold of him through any of the following links and contact points:

In our ProBoothTalk Directory

The FotoClubInc.com website

Email [email protected]

Give him a call at 888-9213686

 

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The first thing we all need to know is where to find clients. In this episode Jason & Time discuss some of the basics behind presenting at Bridal Show and a few other basics to getting your photo booth business found.

In this podcast we mentioned listing your company in as many business directories and job bid sites as you can. Here’s a link to a list of some of these sites we’ve compiled to get you started.

proboothtalk.com/category/seo-101/

First of all the, we’re NOT attorneys and nothing heard on ProBoothTalk should be considered legal advice. We’re only sharing our own experiences. That said, let’s talk about court.

So, you have a client that’s not paying for a job you’ve done, now what? First of all, WHY DID YOU PROVIDE SERVICE WITHOUT PAYMENT?! I know, you’ve already been lectured. Maybe it was a bounced check or a stop payment on your credit card, either way, what’s done is done and hearing what you should have done isn’t going to help you now.

First things first, the point is to get paid, always keep sight of that. You’ll have people tell you to send them a certified letter but honestly, people dodging bill collectors DON’T sign for certified mail. If you want them to actually read it, just send an email or communicate however you have been with them. If they’re not responding, a cert’s not going to help. Notice, if we’re discussing a bounced check, then ignore all that. You MUST send a certified letter, but not just any letter. Visit your district attorney’s website and poke around. It’s typically pretty easy to find.

Finally, in the podcast we mentioned some verbiage that should be used for collecting a deposit. Here’s a couple links to articles about just that.

http://www.diyphotography.net/why-the-non-redundable-photography-deposit-is-a-myth/

http://weddingindustrylaw.com/non-refundable-deposits-contract-cancelled/

 

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