Expectations

 What do you expect from your entertainer? How much are you willing to pay for your expectations to be met?

As face painting and body art take over the world most customers still think we do this for fun. Us entertainers consider it  fun..yes.... but its also a business. 

Here are a list of things we expect to do for you, to make your event special. 
First we expect to have a great conversation about your event and meet all your needs on the first phone call. 
We want to give you the best rate possible without selling ourselves short. It is so hard to give rates based on our needs and expenses without explaining that to you every time. Consider what we have to do in order to make this work. We have to take at least 15 -30 mins for an initial conversation just to figure out what your needs are. We then have to fit it into our schedules or find other artists to fit the bill. Which at times takes a day or two.  We have to write up invoices. Make sure you get the invoice in a timely manner. Educate ourselves on technique, which is an expense. Show up on time  and do a great job.

In order to all  of this and run our businesses in a professional fashion we need to do the following: Build a brand, set up a tax id #, buy supplies, set up ways to take deposit payments, have a website, set up social media, apply for annual  liability insurance, have a mode of transportation, have insurance for transportation and a ton of other things. So by now I am sure you get the point. This is all  just the beginning of what we expect from ourselves to do a great job for you!  Without all of that we could not possibly achieve a job well done,  from ourselves. 

So with that said, I am wondering now what you expect from us? Maybe a discount? Maybe more for your money? Consider this...If I were a lawyer or a doctor, would you ask for a discount? I don't expect to be compared to any of those professions, but am I not entertaining your kids? Am I not making their event special? Do I teach them a thing or two about customer service, entertainment, art and fun? Yes...and don't forget a bit of patience...which in the instant gratification generation should be first priority. As an entertainer I want to make sure your child feels special and that is my job.

Our expectations of customers is fairly simple. First we would like to thank you for being our customers. We really don't expect too much. We want to be treated fairly. For you to have a reasonable idea on what it costs us to run our companies well. Pay us what we are worth, have a table ready upon arrival (if not we will bring our own), be courteous and offer at least a glass of water..believe it or not that doesn't happen often. Have the final payment ready upon arrival so we are not waiting around. Sometimes our jobs are back to back and we have a very small window to work with. It is very important for us to to arrive at your event on time and we expect to arrive to the event after yours on time as well.

There are tons of companies that are just starting out that will give you a great discount. That's great and that happens..but ask yourself, What are they bringing to the table? Will they be professional? Will their kits be clean? Will they have a great and fun personality? Will they leave you with a great sense of accomplishment? Having your friends say that your event was great is important..So consider all this when hiring an entertainment company..Consider the expectations..

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