
BAP Season 8 Chapter 2
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Rachel Porter a veteran in so many ways, a decorator to casinos and in the corporate setting. Rachel helps and coaches people around topics like decor pricing and business. Here’s a quick recap of this chapter:
- Rachel has been a balloon artist for 25 years now and still going
- She started as an Inventory Control Clerk and a Material Manager at a Fortune 500 Company
- She used to sell balloon bouquets in the company to help fund their annual company picnic and that was her introduction to balloon art
- When she lost her job she contacted her balloon supplier because she didn’t know what to do
- She was given a Qualitex brochure and that’s where the thought off selling balloons as a business started
- At 28 years old, she used all the money she could get and bought all the tools and materials needed to start
- Her very first job was not that good. Sounds familiar?
- She learned about the systems around building balloon decor and even these days find more fun in those type of projects in comparison to the artistic ones
- She’s developed a technique that repels the wrong customer and attracts the customers that you do want
- She exclusively does corporate decor events because she wants to limit her job and still earn good money
- Working as a corporate decorator was a life-changing decision that put her in a situation that she really loves
- She got her biggest casino and corporate customers by reaching out them
- She created an environment of scarcity in her county for all the companies and casinos
- She started with Balloon Decor menus by just getting the images from the manufacturer and then learned how to use tools like Microsoft Paint and Publisher
- She’s got a collection of YouTube video tutorials to learn how to use the tools she uses for her balloon clipart and menus
- She also teaches about pricing so that you can properly charge clients
- “Let go of the challenge of trying to book 100% of calls coming in” – Rachel
Resource Links:
www.balloonartistcollege.com/club
www.kidsentertainerhub.com/kea
Download the bonus decor webinar with Melissa Sherk