The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta
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
I’m NOT going out of business, but there are balloon businesses who have to liquated and sell-off balloon inventory and equipment because of COVID, government regulations, and the economy. These balloon entertainment and decorating companies are now facing a new challenge. With that said, I took the liberty to write a blog post showing how … Read more
The elf balloon hat is one of my favorite holiday hats to make as it is visually eye-catching, easy to make, and people love the design. If you’re a balloon artist, you have to add this to the holiday balloon designs list. Skill level I would rank the elf balloon hat as an intermediate design, … Read more
I grew up in an era of only four major TV stations in the Chicagoland area. WGN was the station to watch as a child as it was the home of the Bozo Circus Show. Before Krusty the Clown, Pennywise, Ronald McDonald, or the Insane Clown Posse – Bozo was “The Clown.” So when asked … Read more