Here are some of our photo booth success stories from the month of September!
Another month has gone by and we couldn’t be happier with all of the progress that we have been seeing with all of the PBI Family members. As you know, our exclusive Facebook community has been popping from all of the activity that you guys have been up to. We would like to highlight some of our favorite stories and photo booth success we noticed this month!
Our Top Contributor This Month in the Facebook Group
Congrats To Zoraida C Alvarez For The Top #PBIfamily Contributor Of The Month Of September. Who Will Win This Month?
Zoraida is new to the PBI Family but she is doing well already with her business, Pics and Tales Photo Booth. She is continuously gracing us with great news about her business inspiring new and old members alike. We are happy to see her utilizing the group for help in her own business, and giving help to others. We are happy to have you in our family, and wish you even more success with your photo booth business!
Oh Snap, All Snap is Here! Congrats Guys on Your New Branding.
First Gigs with their New PBI Photo Booth Equipment
Thanks for sharing your first gigs guys! We know that the first few gigs are a really exciting milestone. It proves to us that this concept can really work. Keep working hard and you can grow your business to be as big as you want.
Kristel and Michael Rogers had a great first gig this September. Congrats guys!
Tharaneka Sparrow was also kind enough to share their first event with us as well! We look forward to seeing the rest of your success to come!
Winner of Our Media Kit Prize Raffle!
EddyGee won our Media Kit Prize from our raffle. Enjoy!
Make sure you sign up for all of our contests so you can be our next winner. Find out about them in our Secret PBI Family Photo Booth Success Facebook Group!
September Big Wins
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We like to acknowledge people when we see them making strides or having particularly big wins. This month have have two.
First we saw Alejandra Charles head out for a 3 event night. He was running 2 weddings and 1 quinceñera. That truck looks packed.
The other good thing we saw was that Brian Burns did $6100 worth of business.
We wish you all even greater success this month as you keep developing and growing your businesses!
The Prime XL Photo Booth Video
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Photo Booth International Announces Member of the Year
BlogPhoto Booth International is proud to award Bob Plain with our PBI Member of the Year Award. Bob has been a part of our PBI Family since March of 2017 and was voted the biggest contributor in our PBI Facebook Group by our members.
We want to thank Bob for all the great help and feedback that he gives to our PBI Family. We can’t thank him enough for the great tips and tricks that customers can apply to their own Photo Booth Businesses.
Bob is always very active in our Facebook Group but we interviewed him to learn more about who he is so we can share with our community.
Aside from owning his own photo booth business, he also provides DJ services and works a full time job at Methodist Hospital in Peoria, IL. He has been a DJ for almost 11 years; working events such as weddings, school events and many other social gatherings.
What made Bob want to get in the photo booth business you may ask? He explained that he is always looking for ways to improve his services. One night, he was observing another DJ at a wedding to see if there was anything he could learn from him that he could apply to his own business. While he wasn’t very impressed with the DJ’s skills, he did notice that the DJ had his own photo booth. In that moment, he decided that it only made sense for him to integrate a photo booth into his existing service. Bob says it is the best decision he has ever made! Since he bought his booth, he says that he books an average of 1 to 4 gigs a month depending on the season and the number of bookings is steadily increasing.
We asked him how he knows so much about computers and the photo booth software, Bob explained that he is still learning every day just like the rest of us. He says a lot of his knowledge came from watching one of his friends work on computers with different programs. He then practiced what he learned by working with different programs on his own and that gave him the experience to develop his computer skills. Nowadays his friend who he learned from calls Bob for help and advice! Bob also enjoys helping friends and family with any computer issues that they might encounter. He started working on his first computer back in 1999 with Windows 98. Bob now builds his own computers from scratch, and uses multiple different programs on them. He currently has 16 running computers and 5 tablets at home. He does say that he needs to get more familiar with Windows 10 but is learning the ins and outs day by day.
Even though it seems like Bob knows the answer to every question that is posted on our Facebook group, he says that he is still getting familiar with the Photo Booth; learning new tricks all the time. He started getting comfortable with the photo booth and software within a couple of months upon receiving it. He says that one of the ways that has helped him learn more about the photo booth is by helping people out and resolving some of those issues himself. Upon receiving his booth, it took him about a month to land his first gig. He received his booth back in May of 2017 and landed his first gig in July 2017.
The biggest tip that Bob recommends to anyone in the photo booth business or something thinking of getting into the photo booth business is do your homework, learn as much as you can about your equipment. Ask questions, don’t hesitate to ask. Give your clients the best service that you can because they will always remember the specific day and moment that you worked at their event. Imagine working at a wedding and you work your photo booth at that wedding, the bride is going to remember her guest having fun and enjoying your photo booth if you give them top quality service.
Bob is the perfect example of what hard work and dedication can accomplish. He is working toward his goals every single day and that is inspiring. Bob, we wish you continued success in all that you do!
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Confessions of an Entrepreneur 3 w/ April Mobley | A Photo Booth Success Story
BlogThis is our greatest Photo Booth Success Story Yet!
It’s been 7 short weeks since April purchased her first photo booth and started her photo booth business. She has already come back to purchase her second portable photo booth! Her new business has been crazy busy with so many events, and a ton already booked in advance. She has been booking festivals, conferences, parties, businesses. It has been a blast getting involved in her community, and experiencing so much success with her photo booth already. According to April, “The amount of time and effort you put into your business is the amount of success your business will show.”
One of the things she loves about her business is it really doesn’t feel like you’re working. She has done a great job at getting herself out there to market her company. She supports her local town and small businesses any opportunity she gets. When there is an event going on, April is always there promoting her business. She uses her events as an opportunity to talk to guests that could become potential new clients. April’s personality brings a lot to the table she is always positive and outgoing during these events. She loves to show people her
product and what it has to offer.
April is Making the Most of Her Photo Booth Purchase
She is not only limiting herself to the common birthday party, she’s working with corporate events like dealerships and technology businesses. This
allows good marketing for these business and gives them the opportunity to market their business with April’s photo booth and people have something they can take with them and share with other people.
The secret to her success?
One of the secrets behind April’s photo booth success is she is always prepared. She has done all her homework with knowing the in’s and out’s of her photo booth. She knows how to solve an issue when it comes up because she has watch every video, has taken down notes and knows how to solve the issue the moment it happens. The only time she has given us a call is when there isn’t a video to look up for that specific issue or if there isn’t an article posted online. Other than that she always carries her notebook with her when she comes and visits us where she does her organizing and has all her notes written down.
April is going to host a PIC ENVY launch party in honor of her business on October 20th. She has partnered up with a very famous restaurant in her town where she will be showing what her business has to offer. She is going to have invite only guests, and some will include models and actors that she met at the Louisiana Film Festival. Another one of her accomplishments is joining her local Chamber of Commerce. Making relationships, and networking during events is a big key to get bookings. She does most of her marketing during events, giving out her business card and also she uses social media to promote her business.
If you want to join the photo booth industry, now is the time.
According to April, “It’s never too late to start a photo booth business it just takes getting out there and showing off your personality is key to showing off your business.” Doing something that the community can be involved in is always an exciting thing. April has shown us that you can start your own business and you can succeed in it if you put in the time and effort your will succeed in whatever you set your mind to. Photo Booth Success is possible if you will just do the work.
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