NKR
05-09-2011, 08:47 PM
Well summer has gone and into the quiet bit.
Yeah right. Not sure what has happened, but its been a very very good year and despite having NYE cancelled (which I am actually really pleased about) we have really moved forward. September, October, November and December are record years. In terms of turnover September is 32% higher than our best ever year, October 105% higher, November 178% higher and December 51% higher.
It really has got very busy and proves you can do this as a part time concern and still be respected for your service, standards and professionalism. It also proves to me it would be really difficult to make it work full time.
We have done very little advertising and word of mouth and the web site now carry the business. We will attend 4 to 5 wedding fayres during the back end of 2011 and front end of 2012, which should drive things further. The beauty is we are at them all free as we will provide sound and light to the catwalk and also the ambient background with Kev's swing vocal during the wedding fayre in general (works really well).
I am not willy waving, just sharing an upside story built through recession.
However, here is the downside when taken in context of a DJ forum. I have to say only 35% of the years business was as a DJ only. The combination of vocalist and DJ has really started to find its market and next year 80% of our bookings are already on this basis.
Yeah right. Not sure what has happened, but its been a very very good year and despite having NYE cancelled (which I am actually really pleased about) we have really moved forward. September, October, November and December are record years. In terms of turnover September is 32% higher than our best ever year, October 105% higher, November 178% higher and December 51% higher.
It really has got very busy and proves you can do this as a part time concern and still be respected for your service, standards and professionalism. It also proves to me it would be really difficult to make it work full time.
We have done very little advertising and word of mouth and the web site now carry the business. We will attend 4 to 5 wedding fayres during the back end of 2011 and front end of 2012, which should drive things further. The beauty is we are at them all free as we will provide sound and light to the catwalk and also the ambient background with Kev's swing vocal during the wedding fayre in general (works really well).
I am not willy waving, just sharing an upside story built through recession.
However, here is the downside when taken in context of a DJ forum. I have to say only 35% of the years business was as a DJ only. The combination of vocalist and DJ has really started to find its market and next year 80% of our bookings are already on this basis.