The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta
Orland Hills, IL, December 8, 2021 – Bettenhausen Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram is celebrating with Magical Balloon-dude Dale on Saturday, December 18, 2021, with a fantastic holiday party open to the community. “Bettenhausen CDJR has a long-standing relationship with the community, and this is our way of celebrating the holiday season with our customers,” says John … Read more
Being excellent at your job brings praise, and these praises can be converted into a testimonial for marketing your business. This brief article will give you ideas on capturing, using, and why I feel obtaining a testimonial is worth my time. 3 Ways to Capture a Testimonial Record it. Pull out your cell phone and … Read more
There’s gold in them thar balloon scraps, as the transportation bottleneck is creating a balloon shortage. I’m finding myself using more and more balloon scraps because most of the colors I wanted were out of stock the last time I ordered. Things I’ve learned Not all balloon animals need a body Reflex, chorme, neon, and … Read more
Orland Hills, IL, November 10, 2021 – After an 18-month hiatus due to COVID, Fox’s Pizza and Irish Pub and Fox’s on Wolf have brought back balloon entertainment to its Orland Park and Mokena location. Magical Balloon-dude Dale, a restaurant balloon entertainer will be delighting families at both locations. 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on … Read more
Are you like me and find after creating a new balloon animal figure, you take a picture of the design? Then upload it to a social media site and forget about it for months until we get ambitious and download the images to a computer. Years of dumping images to a computer came back to … Read more
Businesses all around the country are frustrated as COVID regulations are still making planning events difficult to impossible. Let’s look at the park district, for example. Each year recreation supervisors select field trips for summer campers. These internal and external events bring hundreds of school kids together to share, learn, and have fun. Along comes … Read more
The other day I was scrolling through Facebook, and I came across a blog post. The entertainer asked for advice on how to grow their balloon business when faced with competing companies offering a similar service? A common theme read through most replies is keeping your prices competitive, not giving it away, valuing your work, … Read more
2 Today, I will look at buying, installing, and showing you resources to purchase decorative backdrops for those seeking to improve their balloon decor with backdrops. The day starts with Mary daydreaming about her living room. She envisions a cartoon theme display for her child’s upcoming birthday party that can be used as a backdrop … Read more
How do you handle raising prices on repeat customers that you’ve previously charged a lower rate? Early in my career, I consider using a low price strategy to capture the market, but after hearing a story from my dad, I changed my mind. My father’s colleague’s wife, Sarah, opened a beauty salon, and her goal … Read more
Years ago, a local banquet hall hired me to entertain families visiting Santa. The banquet manager is looking to avoid long lines of kids waiting for a balloon animal. Instead, the manager requested that I premake the balloon animals and hand them out at the event. It sounds like an easy job. The day before … Read more