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Mobile Bartender James Wedmore shows you a GREAT resource for getting your bartending website up and online in no time…and for a great price!!

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How to Charge Premium Prices as a Mobile Bartender

If you want to charge Premium Prices, you gotta ____________

If you have been with me for awhile, that should be a no-brainer.  If not, that’s ok, we’ll come back to that in a second.

Right now I want to take you back to this past Fourth of July Weekend where I walked away with just over $550 from an absolutely incredible event!  Which is good because I really didn’t want to work this holiday weekend, but I was understaffed and we had a ton of bookings!  So I decided to hop in there as well.

Why was the event so GREAT?

Well, other than the satisifying “Grand Total” I received at the end of the evening, I was in GREAT company.  Fourth of July brings together family and friends (and BBQ!) who are all in good, high spirits!

Even though I was not with MY family & friends, I still had a fantastic time!  I was taking shots with the host, teaching some fun drinks to the guests, and making some great jokes.

I think I left feeling like I had known all of the guests for years.  AND they could say the same about me.  I was able to joke and tease some of the guests, I created a few “custom-cocktails” for my VIPS, and I told some great stories about past events.

Bottom Line:  They LOVED Me!

NOW…why do I bother sharing this with you?

Let’s take a look back at the fill-in-the-blank I gave you at the top of this email:

If you want to charge PREMIUM Prices (by premium, I mean higher than any of your competitors) you gotta…

Sell the EXPERIENCE!!

Right now, Im going to go in and do some sneaky, ninja, mind-shifting voodoo on you to change the way you think!  Ready?

When you go to an event, people are NOT hiring you to be a bartender!!!

They’re not?

NO!!  They are hiring you for these TOP 2 Reasons:

1.  They want the Social-Status & Prestige of havng a “fancy” party where their friends are IMPRESSED by a professional waitstaff

2.  They want to actually enjoy the party themselves!

In other words, they want The BEST PARTY EVER!!  Right?!  And they expect you to deliver!

So…what you really have to do is offer an EXPERIENCE!

All I ask is that REMOVE that fact that you are just a bartender hired to pour drinks, and start thinking differently.  You are paid to provide an EXPERIENCE:  an unforgettable night for your host and their guests.

You can only make $150 bucks pouring drinks, but you can make $550 providing an unforgettable experience for your client.

HOW do you provide that Unforgettable Experience?  Well it is an Art Form…and it must wait for another email! 

Until then, keep hustlin’ & workin’ it!

To Raising Your Rates,

Putting Up with Caterers & Event Planners

Warning: If you ARE a caterer, you will be offended, if you are a Mobile Bartender, chances are you have been offended BY a caterer!

In my experience as a Mobile Bartender, I have often noticed that myself and my bartending staff has always run into problems with caterers.  It seems that there are power struggles and ego-trips at play with both parties…especially when YOU have been hired by the Host, NOT the caterer.

Caterers and party planners like to have full control of everything and so they may start telling you how to do your job or treat you like one of their employees.

This quick article is intended to help YOU (the Mobile Bartender) “deal” with caterers during your events.  So, let’s ALL put our egos aside and take some advice that does work:

1.  Caterers ARE Control Freaks! They have to be, that’s why they are so good at what they do! So you must accept that fact and understand how their mind works if you want to have a pleasant night while working with them

2.   You BOTH want the Same End Result Both you and the caterer want the event to be as spectacular as possible.  As long as you aware that you and the caterer/party planner want the same outcome, you can begin to work better together.

3.  Be Proactive-Introduce yourself! As soon as you arrive at the event (or even a few days beforehand) introduce yourself to the caterer or whoever is in charge.  It is also good to meet any staff that the caterer may have brought along)

4.  Offer Your Assistance Do your best to finish setting up your bar-area early so you can offer help and assistance to the caterer.  They will appreciate this.

5.  Kill them with Kindness! If you find a caterer that is being rude or treating you poorly, react by “killing them with kindness!”  Compliment them on their work, their staff, their attention to detail.  They LIVE for these compliments,so shower them! hint that you are looking for caterers to refer to your clients-take their biz cards

6.  Use Leverage! You are the MOST-desired bartender in your area (or at least you present that image!).  Ask your caterer for some of his/her business cards and mention that you have A LOT of clients always asking for good caterers so you want to refer them business!  <—Your Social Proof just went through the roof and they will now treat you with more respect!!

**I hope that you NEVER have any problems with caterers or any type of event planners, but if you do, NOW you will be prepared! Use these tips and you will see a big difference!