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!
Single Mom Paid Off Her $7K Photo Booth in 5 Months
BlogMeet our client Martina, she is a teacher and a single mom of 2 kids, she purchased her very first photo booth about 5 months ago. Since then, she has had to purchase media from us over 5 times which shows how busy she has been. When Martina was looking for a way to make extra money, her sister in law suggested she look into purchasing a photo booth. After Martina did her research, she ended up at Photo Booth International to purchase our Prime Booth. She had other options when it came to earning extra cash like opening up a day care but that would have been a lot to handle. She also thought about tutoring on the side since she already works in the education field but she wanted to try something new.
During her Grandparent’s 60th wedding anniversary, she saw a photo booth set up and she saw all the attention that it was getting. She decided to purchase one and start her own side business on the side. She has some experience in being an entrepreneur when she opened her basket gifting business during the seasonal holidays of the year. She shared that for the last 6 months she has been booked every weekend! Every now and then she does get events during the week but she still works her full time job as an educational advisor during the week.
How has she grown so much? She has gotten referrals from parties that she has booked. Her first event was for a mother’s event at a museum in Love Field. However, because it was her first event, she didn’t know what she was getting herself into. She wasn’t sure on how much to charge so she decided to charge $450 with a 600 people event but she now knows she should have charged more due to the size of the event. She feels like our videos have helped her in a positive way. When she barely started she didn’t know what she was doing so she would always refer back to those videos to help her with any issues that she may be having with her booth.
Her key to gain customers, is social media, word of mouth, friends and family referrals, the Knot. She used our private Facebook group to get ideas, get tips and we even give her ideas on how to work her booth and how to do events. We also gave her some tips like registering your business on Google My Business, where you can put your business on Google. It’s important to link everything back to your website to grow a presence. Martina advices that anyone interested in starting a photo booth business is to think about it long and hard but it is a very rewarding business to be in. Doing something that you love to do always seems rewarding to her. Since she has purchased her booth and booked all these gigs she has been able to make up the money that she spent on her booth. It took her only 5 months to make what she spent on her booth and she already has October booked. Her goal is to purchase a second booth because it will allow her to book more events. She says that she is almost at the 10k club with the next few events that she has booked. There is always events going on and there is such a large photo booth industry out there that a lot of events want a photo booth because it’s the life of the party. Always remember it’s never to late in the game to start a photo booth business.
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22 Year Old Photo Booth Business Owner
BlogKelvin, age 22yrs old and his mom, run their own photo booth business called Capture Me Smiles. His mom handles most of the bookings, but Kelvin is the one that runs the booth and goes to events to work the booth.
He came into our showroom to get his booth looked at because they accidentally restored their computer and needed to get it reprogramed. So Kelvin needed his booth fixed and ready to go for a wedding gig that he had later in the day.
He wants to someday run his own shots and have his own business, so this is a good way to step up the ladder to get the experience and tools that he needs.
In addition to this, He started posting his events on social media, and that is where he’s gotten the most exposure. Friends on social media have noticed his gigs online and have asked for his services for their events. One of the tips that he gives to people who want to start their own business is to do their research because there are so many options out there, you just need to find the right one that fits your needs.
One of the things that caught his eye on Photo Booth International was the variety of products that we had to offer when it comes to photo booths. He decided to purchase the PBI 12 from us because its small, portable and fits well in his car to transport to different events. One of the most important parts when it comes to business to Kelvin was finding a name for their business because once a name is set, that’s when a business is finally born.
He says one of the member area parts that really helped him was the Facebook social group page. Where customers can share ideas, help with troubleshooting and he says that everyone on there is very helpful when it comes to working a booth.
Kelvin’s advice to anyone who wants to get into the photo booth business is to set a goal, even if its a short-term goal or a long-term goal it’s always important to set a goal, so it allows you to motivate yourself to go above and beyond to achieve greater things and have something to look forward to.
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Nikki Flew in from Atlanta
BlogNikki found us online and decided to fly in to meet with us and visit our showroom to learn more about starting her own photo booth business. Josh picked her up from the airport to talk over our products for her to get some more insight on what we have to offer to start her business. She is an entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia who is interested in starting a photo booth business and finally able to leave Corporate America. Becoming her own boss is something that she was been thinking about for a while and has taken a leap into the photo booth business. Nikki will be working her business at weddings and other events. Her biggest goal is to learn the Photo Booth trade, she wants to learn the in and outs of the photo booth business and take it to Jamaica, known for it being the perfect place for a destination wedding retreat. “The Sky is the Limit” with Nikki, she was brave enough to leave her Monday- Friday, 8-5 job and become her own boss. Now she will venture out into the business world as an entrepreneur and become her own boss and call the shots.
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