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Check Please! Chapter 6: November: Check Your "Friends!"

It took me a long time to understand "R.O.I."

 

— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice business development Business growth Ethics Human nature Kindness Networking Professionalism Strategic planning Teamwork
The TAG Art Fun Farm in New Haven Indiana

Check Please! Chapter 5: Check your business!

Or perhaps "mind your own business" would be more appropriate these days?
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice Art business development Business growth diversification holiday party entertainment Human nature Professionalism Strategic planning versatility
Hard working artists for events

Check Please! Chapter 4: Check Your Energy!

I love the adage: "You can't pour from an empty cup." If you've never heard it before, it may just change your life.
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice Business growth Human nature Kindness
Stilt walking entertainment for events

Check Please! Chapter 3: Check Your Priorities?

How badly do you want it?
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice business development Business growth Courtesy Customer service Ethics Human nature Kindness low-hanging fruit Networking Professionalism Strategic planning versatility
mime entertainment; stilt walking entertainment; themed entertainment

Check please! Chapter 2: Check Your Team!

A key to success is "you can't do it alone."
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice business development Business growth Customer service diversification Ethics Human nature Kindness Professionalism Strategic planning Teamwork versatility
Event entertainment; Charlie Chaplin; Costumed characters for events

Check please! Chapter 1: Check Your Ego

This is the first of a series of writings meant to offer perspective (in as humble a fashion as possible) for the benefit of any who hope to make their...
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice business development Business growth diversification Entertainment Human nature Kindness Professionalism Strategic planning
Left Shark; Costumed characters for events; Event entertainment

We're All In This Together Alone In The Same Boat

If I have to watch one more celebrity tell me "we're all in this together" and "we'll get through this" and "we're all in the same boat" (have you seen...
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice business development Business growth Courtesy Customer service Entertainment Ethics Human nature Kindness Professionalism Strategic planning versatility
Mime; Themed entertainment; Entertainers for events

Don't Keep it a Secret!

Is your attendance down?  If you were you, would you attend your event?
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice business development Business growth conference entertainment corporate entertainment Courtesy Customer service Entertainment Entertainment services family-friendly entertainment Human nature Kindness low-hanging fruit Networking Professionalism Strategic planning themed entertainment trade show entertainment
Dinosaurs; Dinosaur entertainment; Event entertainment

Oh, you do that too? Tips for creatives forced into sales

It's the sales person's job to provide a complete set of options, but in our "bigger, faster, stronger" culture, shouldn't it be the customer's job to want more?
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Advice Art business development Business growth corporate entertainment Courtesy Customer service diversification Ethics Human nature Kindness Professionalism Strategic planning versatility
Ghost of Christmas Passed

Ghost of Christmas Passed

Pun intended!  This article is about one thing every business person, entrepreneur, sales person and just about any creative fears:
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Business growth conference entertainment corporate entertainment Courtesy Customer service Entertainment Entertainment services Ethics family-friendly entertainment holiday party entertainment Human nature Kindness Professionalism themed entertainment trade show entertainment
Soylent Green Shopping

Soylent Green Shopping

Is it just me, or does the idea of getting a discount on an artist or actor seem very, VERY wrong?
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Art Business growth conference entertainment corporate entertainment Courtesy Customer service Entertainment Entertainment services Ethics holiday party entertainment Human nature Kindness Professionalism themed entertainment trade show entertainment
Less is more

Less is more

It's a funny concept (and perhaps counter-cultural) but in our experiences, less is more.
— Troy Ganser
Tagged: Business growth corporate entertainment Customer service Entertainment Entertainment services Ethics family-friendly entertainment Human nature Professionalism