Business Tips

Bridal Bounce?

Brendan Lafferty of B-Sharp Entertainment in East Freetown, Mass., has two receptions coming up this fall with an...

How to Ace Your Linkedin Profile

One social network that continues to gain traction, even in some ways more significant than Facebook, is LinkedIn....

Why You Need To Send An E-Newsletter

One of the stronger pieces of marketing that we use here at Joe Bunn DJ Company is sending...

Exit Stage Left

When it comes to his eventual retirement, JR Silva in Orlando, Fla., is a typical small-business owner. Young...

35 Ways to Change Your Business—Via DJ Expo

By Gregg Hollmann Today’s DJ business owner operates in a fast-paced and changing world. One of the best...

Effective Marketing for Wedding DJs

By Laura Cave Identifying and attracting bridal customers can be a real challenge. Unlike corporate customers or entertainment...

How to Bring the Brides to Your Website—And Convert!

By Laura Cave Today’s millennial brides and grooms come from the most educated generation ever—nearly 75-percent have four-year...

DJ Expo Lesson: Get Down to Business

By Joe Molineaux As DJs, each one of you are experienced and have the skills necessary to move...

At DJ Expo, Learn How to Increase Bookings with Video

By Stu Herm At last year’s DJ Expo, the guys from Red Bank, N.J.-based Hurricane Productions offered a...

Social Media Campaigns— Are You Listening?

By Stu Fine Not too many DJ businesses can count on word-of-mouth to generate all their bookings. Like...

How to Market Your DJ Business to the Reptilian Brain

By B.C. Carney New York City—At the recent National Retail Federation convention at New York’s Javits Center, there...

Mobile DJs—Run Your Own Website SEO Jumphead: Business Line

By Ed Haas With many DJs generating as much as 90-percent of their bookings via their website, it’s...

Business Line: Takeaways from DJ Expo

By Gregg Hollmann The DJ Expo is always a boon for my DJ business, and this year I...

Sharpen your Business Skills—At DJ Expo

By Con Carney As you begin your Expo journey (or if you’re viewing from afar), this year’s cast...

Apps that Change your DJ Business

For DJs, Print is Dead Too

Prevent Bankruptcy–With Insurance

Train Your DJs–and Change Your Business

10 Ways to Slay the iPod Warrior

The Best Keyword to Engage Your Online Audience is…

How Expo’s “DJ of the Year” Enhanced My Business

By: Steve Moody I was in shock. Just as soon as I walked offstage, it had set me...

DJ Recalls Younger, Svelter Facebook

A young DJ recalls the early days of Facebook in college and how it seeded his business....

Bad Business Practice: Electrocuting your Clients

How DJs can avoid electrocuting their clients

First Impressions = Lasting Benefits

how to make a positive first impression

New Year Resolutions to 'Roid Your Bottom Line

Reminders for businesspeople to keep on top of their game

How Telling Lies Can Increase Your Business

What kind of story do you tell about your company? If you want to attract more clients, it...

How Telling Lies Can Increase Your Business

What kind of story do you tell about your company? If you want to attract more clients, it...

Coaxing Overtime from Holiday Gigs

DJs have many ways to ensure their gigs go overtime, meaning more money.

How to Kick A$$ on the Cold Call

Advice on how to handle a cold call to seal a booking.

Can Yelp Help Your Business?

DJs talk about how they use online sites like Yelp and WeddingWire to help their business.

Cut Back and Bolster your Bottom Line

Ways that DJ business owners can cut costs

Do You Have "The Gift"?

How DJs can use theater techniques to convert clients.

Are All DJs Narcissists?

Are all DJs narcissists? This article lists the symptoms.

Song requests: buzz kill or floor filler?

How Disc jockeys can learn from client requests

"America’s Got Talent" host Dishes Tips for DJs

America's Got Talent host Murray SawChuck gives DJ s advice on how to excite their audience.

DJs Offer Royal Music Tips

DJs offer suggestions for Prince William and Kate's wedding.

DJ Sales Tactic: Just Say "No" to Attract Clients

By saying "No" to some clients, DJs can attract business.

Recession-Busting Business Ideas

DJs can use these three recession-busting business tactics

Business Tip #1: You're too White

Use color schemes in your office to increase business bookings

How Globe-Trotting DJs Can Avoid Airport Agida

How global disk jockeys can ease their airport hassles.

Disk Jockey Adopts Actors' Techniques, Gains Stalkers

Disk jockeys engage audiences by using actors' techniques

Diffusing Boozing Club Kids

How disc jockeys deal with inebriated party guests at weddings or at clubs.

Moogfest Oracle Answers Question: What is Digital?

MoogFest attracts DJs to Asheville and rocks the halloween vibe

10 Richest Rappers

Courtesy of Forbes magazine…. 1. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter – $63 million 2. Sean “Diddy” Combs – $30 million...

One DJ’s Lesson Learned: You'll Never Win an Argument Against…

Like so many DJs, Paul “Rock” Spitale, owner of Blackrock Sound Solutions in Rochester, NY, endured the trial-and-error...

Singing the Holiday-Booking Blues? Sing No More…

We know, we know. We hear DJs of all stripes singing the Holiday Blues…holiday bookings are as active...

Can Swizz Beatz put Money in Your Bank?

For DJs looking to fill their sets with quality jams, at the right price, super-producer Swizz Beatz, who’s...

How Crayola Can Increase Your Business

What can a box of crayons teach you about persuading prospective clients to buy your DJ services? “We...

Got Godin? How to Read a Blog Post

Everybody’s favorite marketing guru, Seth Godin, offers these golden nuggets of inspiration about maximizing your time, from his...

This Product Might Kill You

Here’s another digital-DJ solution for Mac people and for those who wish the professional DJ industry grievous harm....

The Social Network & Your Business

Alright, we’ve seen the The Social Network movie, and it got us thinking not about the spot-on SNL...

So You're Thinking of Spinning in: Malta

So, you’re thinking of booking some DJ gigs in Malta, and the first question you have is: Where...

Got Your Biz Cranking? You Don't Know Jack

More than 5,000 people are attending the annual World Business Forum, held today and tomorrow at Radio City...

How to Make the "No Exit" Strategy Work for You

We’re all looking for that golden Kool-aid, that elusive elixir that you can pump into the water supply...

David Guetta's Keys to Success

David Guetta, world famous disk jockey and producer

Are You an Entrepreneur—or Simply Bat-Sh** Crazy?

A thin line separates the temperament of an entrepreneur from a person who could use psychiatric help. Many...

Tough Times = Rare Opportunities

Despite claims to the contrary, more bumps are expected on the long and winding road to economic recovery,...

Confessions of a Runway DJ

“Hands off the models!” So says DJ “Rock” Spitale about the first rule of spinning at fashion shows....

Why Airlines Hate You

What are the implications if the new Ultra-Compact Airline Seat idea actually, um, flies? In addition to spreading...

Back to School = Dirty Dancing

When he’s not spinning in clubs or broadcasting his mix show on local Top 40 radio, DJ Sticky...

How to "Do the Right Thing" In 'Bama

DJ Steve Metz moved from Chicagoland to in Hampton Cove , Alabama, in 2002 to find a console...

If Only Jet Blue's Slater Dealt Exclusively with DJs

Steve Slater, the Jet Blue flight attendant who popped a circuit and generated national empathy (we like the...

Do You Want Out of the "Commodity Trap"? Here's How

For many DJs, price is more of an issue than ever. And so it is for DJ Paul...

Are You a Jolly Roger DJ? The Perils of Piracy

Music piracy continues its thorny climb into popular consciousness, what with the recent court case awarding damages to...

AT&T Reaches Out and Touches a DJ

Who says AT&T is the worst carrier in the nation? Anyone who owns an iPhone, obviously, but try...

Your Most Powerful Business Tool?

DJ Steve Moody asked us: “What’s the most powerful and persuasive tool on your office desk?” We told...

The Dicer Will Change Your Game

Novation’s Dicer is a palm-sized control surface that packs quite a punch. It’s a pair of MIDI controllers...

Avoid Fuzzy Image Affliction

DJ Jason Jani says he has found a way to reach out to web-savvy audiences (let’s call them...

UFC DJ: How the Hell did You Get that Gig?

Dana White (left) and UFC DJ AL3 Albert Lineses III a.k.a. AL3, is the official DJ for Ultimate...

Maryland DJ Says: Stop! Thief!

A thief squeezed through a broken window at the Paris Museum of Modern Art on Thursday and stole...

The Keys To Managing Desire

Ah, the elusive science to cultivating leads from seed to flower, the key to the Golden Egg. Try...

Persuade the Masses to Return your Voicemails

Of the four billion voicemails left every month in the U.S., only eight-percent get returned. The next time...

Can This Man Make You Rich?

Twenty-five years after his best-seller In Search of Excellence, management guru Tom Peters continues to issue forth pithy...

Do Millennials Hate You? Online Price Debate is Over

It’s true: Millennials distrust “marketing,” are turned off by obvious attempts to “trick” them into buying, and they...

Monkeys Cash in on New World Order, So Can You

With all the bloviating going on about illegal immigrants taking jobs from Americans,  little attention has been focused...

How to EQ American Idol's Latest Loser

How would you EQ Willy’s vocals? We’re not too broken up about big Michael Lynche getting booted from...

The DJ Census is Here!

The U.S. Government’s not offering incentives to fill out the federal census. But we’re offering swag for readers...

How Pioneer DJ Makes Married Life Difficult

Pioneer’s CDJ-2000 Again, Pioneer DJ has made our lives easier–somewhat. Sure, they’ve responded to the music industry’s shift...

Capitalize on the Weak Economy–Before it's too Late!

The economy is showing signs of rebounding, but if the miniscule increase in retail shopping for the month...

Adopt BP's Slick Marketing Moves

We can’t think of a more impactful way to heighten brand awareness than the tactic adopted by British...

Submit to Peer Pressure and Increase Your Prices

When Roland Coutu first bought his DJ business three years ago, he was charging $450 for a wedding,...

Is Facebook Your Frenemy?

What is Facebook’s Open Graph? It’ll make it easier for you to share information about your likes (websites...

Get Your Phil in the Studio

In Arizona, cops would say “ID, please.” Beam us up! Stargazing apps like Pocket Universe ($3) and Star...

Are You "Givin 'em a Goldman"?

Don’t ignore the elephant in the room… Have we learned anything from the Goldman Sachs debacle? The Securities...

The New $100 Bill: How to Find Them

It’s still all about the Benjamins. The new $100 bill debuted this past weekend, and if you haven’t...

The Winner in the War Against Global Warming: Big Fur

Although our solution to global warming has tended on the side of practical—we just remove a layer of...

Be Like Tiger….Sort Of

We’re not big fans of golf, but we couldn’t help but notice Tiger Woods’ game at the Masters...

Charity Begins at Home, where the Heart is, which is a Lonely Hunter…

DJ Louie Munoz has been providing entertainment for the EJ Autism Foundation’s annual 4 Mile Run/Walk since its...

Wal-Mart Plays Evil—and You Can, Too

Looking for a strategy for business success? Follow the Big Dogs. Last week, Wal-Mart announced it was cutting...

DJ Says "Cheese," Revenue up 20%

Recession? Bah! DJ Mike Fernino isn’t buying it. “I’ve heard most of my colleagues complain that 2009 was...

Dancefloor Illiterati are Ruining the Country

One in seven Americans can’t read this posting. And that’s not because they have no interest in the...

Obama's Drilling Policy: DJs, Let There be Lights!

President Obama announced yesterday that large sections of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and an area off the...

Steve Jobs Wants to Destroy You

That bottom-feeder across town who will play for free food? His job will get easier this Saturday. That’s...

Deadmau5 Extends Brand on Gossip Girls. Can you?

Gossipmau5 (in back of limo) Deadmau5, a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman, appeared on Gossip Girls last night. We weren’t watching...

Health Care for DJ Biz Owners: Historic or Hellish?

Ushering in what’s expected to alter the way you buy health insurance, President Obama announced the passage of...

If You're Thinking of Spinning in: OZ

  Australia is a big place, where’s the best opportunity for DJs looking to get their Oz on?...

Small-Business Bromides: Who Stole My Sleep?

So you want nothing more than to get your phones ringing, right? So does Steve Moody, owner of...

Louisiana DJ Hit by Hurricane Happy

It seems like a rival to the Big Easy has presented itself on the Louisiana map, because Baton...

If You're Thinking of Spinning in: New Zealand

What’s the scene: Club music died 10 years ago, but Kiwis still get their drink on to house,...

Breaking News: Mitzvah Kids are Evil

There, we’ve said it. The only thing between you and completing a satisfying $1,500+ gig is a phalanx...

Newest Recession-Buster: Make your Colleagues Sick

The DJ business has been recovering nicely, thank you, with bookings on the increase in the last few...