I had a meeting with a bride today in Jersey City at the Newport district. We met at Starbucks. It was crowded inside so we held the meeting outside near the water front. The meeting went well. Her fiance couldn't make it because he had to work. We both were running a little late. I hate that on my part but she was OK with it.
As it turned out she's a photographer so when i quoted her the price for the photo booth she was expecting that. She got to see my camera and said it was a nice camera. I liked the fact that i didn't have a hard sell for the photo booth. I brought my camera, laptop and rolling briefcase. We had a good time and she liked what i presented to her. The one bad thing is i didn't have any video of us in action as i told her i just recently bought this camera and that our contract ask is it OK for us to take pictures and video. I had a few pictures on a flash drive as that the new guy with the company could only put a few pictures on the drive because we had to hurry up and get to the meeting.
I told her i would send her an email with some more pictures later. Things went very well with this potential client. She let me know she had only attended 2 weddings. So she wasn't sure what to expect for her wedding. I told her my job is to help coordinate her wedding. It was up to her what she wanted for her wedding. We went over different things she wanted including the music. I showed her our wedding planner form and contract. I made it my business to point out how important that the DJ to perform at her wedding have a wedding planner form to go over all the important details of her wedding.
She mentioned she did want the groomsmen to come in on a theme from a song from the NBA. I saw that as different. I did mention that the songs for the entrances need to be songs that are upbeat and not songs that drag on or are too slow. You want to get the crowd excited about being there at this reception.
Finally was time for the painful part i told her. How much it would cost for us to be their entertainment at their wedding? I gave her the price for the photo boot of $1,095.00. The cost for the DJ at the reception with the equipment i told her would be $895.00 and another $200.00 for the MC. I did tell her considering the cost for this wedding i could take off between $100.00-$200.00. She let me know that she did have to talk to her fiance and she would get back to me on Monday.
Before hand i did let her know that we never play any music with swear words in them and that she didn't have to worry about getting a drunk DJ to do the job, as we don't drink. I'll tell you something else about what i told her later as i don't want to make this opening to long and drawn out.
As it turned out she's a photographer so when i quoted her the price for the photo booth she was expecting that. She got to see my camera and said it was a nice camera. I liked the fact that i didn't have a hard sell for the photo booth. I brought my camera, laptop and rolling briefcase. We had a good time and she liked what i presented to her. The one bad thing is i didn't have any video of us in action as i told her i just recently bought this camera and that our contract ask is it OK for us to take pictures and video. I had a few pictures on a flash drive as that the new guy with the company could only put a few pictures on the drive because we had to hurry up and get to the meeting.
I told her i would send her an email with some more pictures later. Things went very well with this potential client. She let me know she had only attended 2 weddings. So she wasn't sure what to expect for her wedding. I told her my job is to help coordinate her wedding. It was up to her what she wanted for her wedding. We went over different things she wanted including the music. I showed her our wedding planner form and contract. I made it my business to point out how important that the DJ to perform at her wedding have a wedding planner form to go over all the important details of her wedding.
She mentioned she did want the groomsmen to come in on a theme from a song from the NBA. I saw that as different. I did mention that the songs for the entrances need to be songs that are upbeat and not songs that drag on or are too slow. You want to get the crowd excited about being there at this reception.
Finally was time for the painful part i told her. How much it would cost for us to be their entertainment at their wedding? I gave her the price for the photo boot of $1,095.00. The cost for the DJ at the reception with the equipment i told her would be $895.00 and another $200.00 for the MC. I did tell her considering the cost for this wedding i could take off between $100.00-$200.00. She let me know that she did have to talk to her fiance and she would get back to me on Monday.
Before hand i did let her know that we never play any music with swear words in them and that she didn't have to worry about getting a drunk DJ to do the job, as we don't drink. I'll tell you something else about what i told her later as i don't want to make this opening to long and drawn out.