Tents in the music industry

December 1, 2007  |  Event Production, Features, Management

Collaboration and customer service are keys to pleasing your music industry clients. By Maura Keller On summer evenings across the country, drummers drum, banjo players strum and singers serenade concertgoers—all underneath elaborate tent structures. For the music industry, tents add a dramati…
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The debate about tent companies as event planners

December 1, 2007  |  Features, Management, Markets

Some tent rental companies are adding event planning to their services. Is this a good move? By Carla Waldemar Should a tent rental company take on the role of event planner? These days that’s morphed from speculation into reality. It’s practical, some say. Others contend that practicali…
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Utilizing digital images

December 1, 2007  |  Markets

Let high-quality photos make the sale for you. By Jessica Sellers High-quality, attractive photos of your past projects are essential for showing off what your company is capable of. Photos should play a central role in promotional materials and ads, and there should be photos of projects or product…
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Inflatables insurance premiums could decrease

October 1, 2007  |  Management

Insurance companies are coming around to lower prices for inflatables premiums. Renting inflatables can be an excellent source of revenue for a rental company, but the profits can come at a high cost. A few years ago, insurance was not just expensive: It was difficult to find carriers that would eve…
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Solving seasonal labor problems

October 1, 2007  |  Features, Management

How companies manage the ebb and flow of tent-rental labor. By Jamie Swedberg If you ask around, most tent rental companies can probably tell you what their state’s or province’s minimum wage is. They’ll have to think about it, though. They certainly haven’t paid it in a whil…
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The role of the crew chief

August 1, 2007  |  Features, Management

Crew chiefs do more than just make sure a tent is installed correctly—they’re the employees you can’t afford to lose. By Holly O’Dell Anyone running a business these days will tell you that good help is hard to find. Owners of tent rental companies regularly face this conundr…
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Strong vendor-planner partnerships lead to profit

June 1, 2007  |  Features, Management

When event planners and their vendors develop good working relationships, profits will follow. By Stacy Stern, CSEP As our industry evolves with new equipment and ideas, there is—and always will be—one consistency: the vendor-client relationship. Often, vendors’ best clients are ev…
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Making the most of your online presence

June 1, 2007  |  Features, Markets

Employ the latest Web marketing strategies to bring in potential clients and stay one click ahead of your competitors. By David Caruso Many tent rental companies and event planners mistakenly believe their online activity finishes when they successfully launch their Web sites. Reclining in their hig…
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Breaking into the custom printed tent market

June 1, 2007  |  Features, Markets

Providing custom printing options and sideline services can enhance your bottom line. By Julie Young At any given event, a sea of white tents can be a little baffling to navigate. And with companies constantly looking for ways to stand out from the competition, a custom-printed tent may be the answe…
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The HIRE Act and capital expenditures

January 1, 1970  |  Management

In addition to providing tax breaks for hiring unemployed people, the newly–passed HIRE Act extends the 2008 and 2009 expensing thresholds so that businesses can write off up to $250,000 of certain capital expenditures, subject to a phase–out once expenditures exceed $800,000, in lieu of…
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