Ideas
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Hints and Tips to help members run a better and more profitable bouncy castle/inflatable hire business.
Hire secrets revealed!!
This "ideas library" will be continually expanding to help all members improve their business.
If you have an idea, hint, tip or innovation, that you feel improves profitability, reduces overheads, saves time, reduces hassle, increases enjoyment, or just simply means that the children/adults have more fun on the inflatables, then we need to hear from you URGENTLY.
As a result of over 9 years experience of hiring bouncy castles and inflatables, we have, through trial and error come up with some great ideas to make running the business easier and more profitable. These will all be shared with members.
If you have an idea, or innovation, that you feel will benefit other members of BIHA, then please email it to us,
HINTS & TIPS
If you become a member of the BIHA – you will receive the answers to the following questions (and many more) in your Welcome Pack.
1) What is the best method of cleaning your inflatables?
2) How can I quickly and effortlessly dry out my inflatables?
3) How do I prevent my bouncy castle from smelling musty after it has been stored for a long period during the winter months?.
4) Where can I find paint to touch up the existing artwork on my inflatables?
5) What is the best way of bagging up the balls in ballponds?
6) What else can I do in the winter to earn more money?
7) How can I get more referrals?
8) How do I stop rainwater being sucked in through the blower – when it is raining?
9) How do I ensure that the children keep as dry as possible (if it is raining) ?
10) What is the best method of getting lots of bookings very quickly?
11) How can I make sure that my customers NEVER throw my business cards away?
12) What is the best method of getting lots of bookings very quickly?
13) What should I know about the stitching on my inflatable.
14) How do I remove biro pen marks?
15) What emergency equipment should I always carry?
16) How can I easily pull the stakes out?
17) What colour should be avoided on your inflatable?
18) I am looking for the best possible deal on van insurance – who should I contact?
19) How do I best find reliable staff to help me during the peak times?
20) How can I quickly suck the air out of my inflatables?
21) How do I ensure that slugs & snails never get onto the my inflatables if they are left outside overnight?
22) What are the best FREE marketing ideas.
23) What is the most profitable hire product in the world, (in terms of hire price compared to purchase price) and how can my business benefit from this?
24) I want to run a safe business – what do I need to know about health and safety of inflatable hire?
And there are many more hints and tips which will be shared with you when you become a member of the BIHA. Also please click on www.biha.org.uk/inflatedprofits.htm for more hints, tips and ideas which will be given to you when you become a member.
Further IdeasIdea 1: How to get so many bookings for your bouncy castles etc, that you are turning customers away. (This amazingly simple idea, does not need any advertising, only about a dozen letters need to be sent out, works 99% of the time). Idea 2: A simple idea to increase the power of your electric fans/blowers by up to 25%. This takes just 5 minutes per fan and does not involve dismantling the blower, or undertaking any electrical work. Idea 3: How to make sure that adults don't bounce on your children's bouncy castles and cause unnecessary damage. Idea 4: A very simple idea to make sure that even if the weather has been very wet, and the inflatable has hardly been used, that you still get paid! This idea works about 80% of the time and is extremely fair, you will even get more customers if you put this idea into practice. Idea 5: How to clean your inflatables the lazy way, this will save you hours and hours of time. Idea 6: How to get access to dozens or even hundreds of new customers by creating cross promotion deals with other businesses. Idea 7: How wet weather can actually boost your profits. Idea 8: Some simple ideas and tips to reduce your business overheads. Idea 9: How to reduce your household expenses. Idea 10: How to use add-on support products to delight your existing customers and attract new customers. |
Idea 11: A unique and very simple way to protect your inflatable against theft. Idea 12: How to use the deluxe approach to increase profits. Idea 13: How to reduce wear on the bed-seams of the inflatable. Idea14: Another idea of how to reduce bed wear on the seams. Idea 15: A very unusual way of reducing bed wear on the seams. Idea 16: How to easily prevent rain-water from being sucked into the inflatable, through the blower when it is raining heavily. Idea 17: An essential tool which can repair your bouncy castle/inflatable in an emergency, e.g. at a customers house. This method usually works well for small to medium repairs, and is an alternative to using glue and patches. Although, after the booking, we always recommend that you have the repair professionally stitched or patched. Two words you can use which will dramatically increase your trust and credibility in the eyes of your customers, when they are thinking of booking an inflatable with you. How to get high quality crash mats FREE OF CHARGE from a source in your local area, who are desperate to give them away. They are yours for the asking! How to reduce the stress you experience in the peak summer months by 50%, (Without the need to employ any extra staff). How to earn an extra £500 to £5,000 per year providing a much needed service to other local businesses who are also in the party and children's entertainment business. This brilliant idea does not require you to do any work whatsoever, apart from a one-off 2 - 3 hours to telephone these local companies to inform them that you will be helping them get more business. All will be revealed in your BIHA member's welcome pack!! How to get a lot more inflatable hire business in the winter months. |