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How Free Events Can Grow Your Photo Booth Business Fast

You've been thinking about free events all wrong.

What if I told you that one single free event,  one where you spent maybe $500-$1500 on setup and staff, could bring you millions of dollars in revenue over the next decade? Because that's exactly what happened to me.

If you're stuck on marketing, struggling to find consistent leads, trying to raise your prices, or desperately wanting to break into corporate but have no idea where to start, this episode is going to flip the script on everything you think you know about "working for free."

This episode is a recording of a live keynote talk I gave at at PBX (Photo Booth Expo), where I walked attendees through my entire Photo Booth Lead Generation Blueprint framework, the same strategy my team has used for 10 years across both of my brands, MDRN Activations and MDRN Photobooth Co.

Spoiler: it's not about giving your services away. It's about paying your best marketer, yourself, to get in front of exactly the right people, at exactly the right events.

The first event I ever did using this method was a local networking lunch called Ladies Who Lunch. One booth. One afternoon. And from that single event, we landed two of our biggest corporate clients. Clients who have collectively brought us millions of dollars in revenue over 10 years. And we still work with them today.

That's the power of this system when you do it right.

 

What you'll learn in this episode:

  • Why "free events" aren't really free, and the exact mindset shift that changes everything
  • How to define your target market so specifically that your marketing basically writes itself
  • The key questions I ask before agreeing to sponsor ANY event
  • Why ticket price is one of the most important filters when evaluating an event, and the number I never go below
  • The difference between targeting wedding planners, venues, and direct couples, and why the sales conversation is completely different for each
  • How to structure your offer so it feels mutually beneficial but clearly positions YOUR value
  • Why showing up with your B-game to a free event is worse than not showing up at all
  • The art of the follow-up, and why most people quit way too early
  • The "three choices" psychology trick that increases your booking rate
  • What I'd do differently if I were just starting out today

 

Mentioned Resources:

  • Photobooth Supply Co.
  • NACE (National Association for Catering and Events) 
  • Meeting Professionals International

 

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