Hey John, they aren't idiots lol don't get me back I'm trouble! Hahaha, everyone has an opinion, it isn't that serious.
And you're completely right Dewayne!
As for the worth of tours, YES it is suppose to be educational, BUT I've done a LOT of free tours, and will give ANY haunter my full knowledge in a heartbeat And I won't charge extra for it! If I ever opened up fr a tour, I'd charge my normal price if I had to staff it, or free if I didn't. Although I only use volunteers, I always feed them, and spoil them rotten with water, cough drops, and candy lol so they'd get the same treatment.
Yes this is a business, and it needs to be profitable at all costs in order to have a good time and grow, but we can't take more from our fellow industry workers to better ourselves otherwise we'll never grow.
Whenever I have done a show, it's made a profit in year one, then doubled attendance year two (which every haunt should do) and then a slower exponential growth onwards. With my own now, I hope to do even better but time will tell (still trying to find a way to not sell lol).
Bottom line, trade shows are a sign of growth, and a place to learn, buy and network, there is no reason to jump up the price of anything just because it's "educational", and you don't need to do major renovations either, cause the hundreds of people from the surrounding states probably never saw your how anyway so renovating it wouldn't really affect the opinions of those who go through and then you don't have to hike the price up to make your "buddies" help eat the cost of your itchy trigger finger lol.
And you're completely right Dewayne!
As for the worth of tours, YES it is suppose to be educational, BUT I've done a LOT of free tours, and will give ANY haunter my full knowledge in a heartbeat And I won't charge extra for it! If I ever opened up fr a tour, I'd charge my normal price if I had to staff it, or free if I didn't. Although I only use volunteers, I always feed them, and spoil them rotten with water, cough drops, and candy lol so they'd get the same treatment.
Yes this is a business, and it needs to be profitable at all costs in order to have a good time and grow, but we can't take more from our fellow industry workers to better ourselves otherwise we'll never grow.
Whenever I have done a show, it's made a profit in year one, then doubled attendance year two (which every haunt should do) and then a slower exponential growth onwards. With my own now, I hope to do even better but time will tell (still trying to find a way to not sell lol).
Bottom line, trade shows are a sign of growth, and a place to learn, buy and network, there is no reason to jump up the price of anything just because it's "educational", and you don't need to do major renovations either, cause the hundreds of people from the surrounding states probably never saw your how anyway so renovating it wouldn't really affect the opinions of those who go through and then you don't have to hike the price up to make your "buddies" help eat the cost of your itchy trigger finger lol.
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