Tip or Treat: 7 Halloween Bartending Tips
October 15, 2008
7 Halloween Tactics to Make you MORE Money this Holiday Season while Bartending
YES! This is my favorite time of year! As a kid I had Haunted Houses in my garage. Today, I still think of the BEST possible costumes I can come up with!! But as a bartender with a Mobile Bartending Business…Expect a lot of Halloween Parties!
Below is a small list of great tips for all my fellow Mobile Bartenders that you can implement during Halloween!
Halloween Bartending Tips:
1. Dress Up! If you are NOT dressing up for Halloween parties…you’re CRAZY! Not only is it fun (and more casual, but your clients/guests will LOVE it. (Just make sure you ask if you can dress up first) Try something related to bartending or your task behind the bar. This year I am going to be a Mad Scientist mixing up some crazy concoctions! (Yes, you may steal my costume idea!)
2. Add Dry Ice: This is awesome! Every martini I make, I put in a REAL glass and add a small coin-sized piece of Dry Ice. The effect is amazing! Your guests will love it and it will keep your cocktails a bit colder!
3. Charge More: It’s basic Supply & Demand here people! When you have more party requests…up your rates. You can only be at one place at one time, bless only the highest bidder with your presence.
4. Unique Tip Jar: I love to decorate my bar with cobwebs, an ugly rat or snake, and a unique tip jar. Try something like a witch’s cauldron or one of those cheesy candy bowls with the motion-sensor hands. Let people have FUN while they give you money (yay!)
5. Include Halloween Inspired Recipes: I have include a great website that has a huge list of Halloween Drink Recipes. Click Here to check those out now: http://www.drinknation.com/theme/Halloween
6. Include a Menu: Put those fancy drink recipes on a menu of some sort and display proudly on your bar. Find one of Grandma’s ancient/gaudy picture frames, print out your recipes, and add some cob-webs to the frame. BOOM!
7. Bring a Camera: Chances are, your party will be a dress-up Halloween Party. Well, here is the BEST way to capture leads for your business: Take group pictures of guests as they approach the bar. For them to get the pictures, they must e-mail you…so make a list of their names and e-mails…and now you can promote to them! Oh, and you can also add these pictures to your website!
Got any more Tips?
Have any costume ideas, tip jar suggestions, or anything else that could help the other bartenders out there? Post a comment and let me now? Also, did my tips help, or do they suck?! Let me know your thoughts! Other than that, I hope you have all booked a lot of events for this October (and yes Nov. 1st for those Saturday party-planners)
Cheers,
James Wedmore
Mobile Mixologist
VIDEO POST: The Logo Contest WINNER!
October 7, 2008
Yay! We have a winner for the Business Logo Contest! Watch the video below to see if you were the winner!
Also, the video is very informative in terms of how to create your professional bartending business logo!
Enjoy!
CONTEST: Mobile Bartender LOGO Design
September 29, 2008
Check out this really cool LOGO design created by one of my Bartend-4-Profit Customers. Bill’s company name is The Traveling Bartender, (a great name!) and he designed a perfect logo to accompany it!
Why are Logos so Important?
Your logo brands you! You put it on your business card, your website, promotional material, and much more…so it says a LOT about you and your business. As you can see with Bill’s logo, it is very professional and positions his company with refined elegance and class. The sense of “traveling” connotates cosmopolitan, worldly, and sophisticated. These are great characteristics that your clients will highly appreciate.
What do you think?
This is still a “rough draft” for Bill’s logo and a business that he is quickly building! What do you think of his logo? Do you like the name? the colors? GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS! Post in the comment section below!
THIS IS A CONTEST:
I will pick one commenter at RANDOM and they will get a free business name consultation and my graphic design team will build them a LOGO for FREEEE! That’s right, one lucky winner is going to get a FREE Business name and Logo. I WILL ANNOUNCE A WINNER ON OCTOBER 6th!
ADD YOUR COMMENTS BELOW TO WIN!!
A Bartender Anomaly: How could this happen?
September 24, 2008
There is 1 and a half hours left of my birthday and I have taken the ENTIRE week off to celebrate, reflect and relax…
…but the strangest thing happened while on this hiatus of mine…
On September 18th, I loaded a VIDEO to Metacafe of me fooling around doing some “flair” and magic (NO! I am neither a flair bartender nor a magician!) anyway, I hadn’t checked it until Today(Sept 24th), and guess what…
…I had OVER 19,000 views!
Think about that for a second, in less than 6 days, I had close to 3,200 people A DAY watch my 36 second little video!! Crazy huh?
How did this happen?!
I have really have NO IDEA how this many people could have seen my video soo quickly!! I am so stoked right now! So…I might as well keep that number growing, right? You can click the link below, or watch the video on this page:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1756105/learn_flair_bar_magic_increse_your_tips/
Learn Flair & Bar Magic Increse Your Tips! - Watch the top videos of the week here
Frankly, I think this video shows that I simply have TOO MUCH time on my hands! (Haha!)
Help Me Out!
So, I would LOVE to see this video hit 25,000 hits, that would kick ass! If you click he link above, it will take you to Metacafe to view the video. PLEASE help me out and do so!! You know what would be even better, throwing in a comment (like how I have funny facial expressions whenever I toss a bottle) or BOOKMARK the page on Digg (DIGG IT!)
Thank you so much for the support I really, REALLY appreciate it! You guys rock!
Dedicated to Getting ya drunk,
James Wedmore
Bloggin’ Bartender
P.S. Check the video out here: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1756105/learn_flair_bar_magic_increse_your_tips/
