Due to the fact that so many students missed out on fun school events last year, such as Homecoming, proms,…
Has the pandemic impacted pricing? We asked DJs: Are clients now looking for deep discounts? Do they think you’re so…
Often, we hear from new DJs who ask, “How do I build my business to be more recognizable or noticeable?”…
You spend months working on each event, prepping your crates, creating new mixes, practicing your craft, all to have a…
Some of the best business decisions came about from strategic alliances. Picture this: a bride walks into a florist shop…
Instagram is a vital resource for businesses, especially DJs and individuals in the private event industry. This platform is the…
For many of us, running a small DJ business can be challenging. We’re still dealing with a pandemic, our clients…
How do you keep good people working for your company? You know that scene in “Jerry McGuire,” where Tom Cruise’s…
What a wild year it has been for many of us. There have been so many changes in the way…
How do you keep good people working for your company? You know that scene in Jerry McGuire, where Jerry enthusiastically…
Over the past 15 or so years, our industry pricing has gone to hell. Unfortunately, becoming a mobile DJ is…
In today’s business world, marketers are always looking for the newest way to get people to buy their product or…
Just about every DJ has written off 2020 as an all-time low — both for business and morale. But optimism…
While “alternative revenue” has been the calling card of 2020, KC Kokoruz at Keith Christopher Entertainment is making inroads with…
2020 is just about (thankfully) finished. It has been a whirlwind of a year and we’ve seen something so unprecedented…
How does a DJ turn the negative of the pandemic into a positive? Answer: Creating mid-week work. Looking for a…
As we all know, COVID-19 has completely changed the world of search – so, how do mobile DJs react? If…
Users on Social Media make billions of posts a day on networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, etc. Every day,…
With live gigging brought to a minimum due to pandemic concerns, many DJs have turned to live-streaming as a method…
As DJs, entertainers, and business owners, we are constantly searching for ways to inform clients of our services and to…
Editor’s Note: Longtime Cali-based DJ Randy Bartlett recently retired, but he hasn’t stopped chiming in on the industry’s goings-on. He’s…
With nearly all 2020 gatherings called off, there has undoubtedly been a surge in online media consumption as people crave…
For the moment, most of the gigs have stopped, and the DJ, nightclub and festival scenes are hitting reset. But…
For mobile entertainers, properly designed business cards and banners are important to gaining new clients. They quickly communicate the key…
Despite the downturn in business due to the pandemic, some fortunate DJs are out there doing select gigs. Fully aware…
Are you ready to rebound from the Pandemic Blues? Is your DJ service set to hit the ground running? At…
Atlantic City, N.J. — With most of the entertainment world still recovering from lockdown, DJs are itching to get back…
“What Would You Do” is written by JOSP’s Mike Kindlick, where each month he explores various situations, offering insight to…
As we all know, DJs around the world are hurting from canceled gigs and loss of income due to COVID-19.…
Over the last few months, I’ve written about and discussed many different types of simple or basic marketing tactics that…
Ever since the Coronavirus quarantine began this past March, we’ve been introduced to a new, cloistered reality. Accordingly, platforms like…
Over the last few months, I’ve written about many different basic marketing tactics that DJs can employ to help increase…
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a bit complex, but it doesn’t have to be. I’ve learned so much about SEO…
What I’m hearing from a lot of DJs is they’ve applied for the Emergency Declaration Loan and a lot of…
Mike Wieder has been driving through neighborhoods in his SUV and playing music and blasting bubbles, going slowly so people…
As DJs, we’re most likely all “gear heads” and tweaking our setups. One thing that I struggled with for years…
By Alan Chitlik I often think about what my business is. It is not DJing weddings. My job is to…
Mike Garrasi from Albany-based Music Man Entertainment isn’t sitting idly during the coronavirus crisis. He booked a DJ gig during…
With all the rescheduling that’s going on in the DJ world, new questions emerge related to DJ insurance and subcontracting.…
As the DJ industry continues to hemorrhage money in the absence of income, help is on the way for DJ…
We all know how damaging the spread of COVID-19 has been to our businesses. But now is the perfect time…
SEO is a daunting task. There are nearly 300 ranking signals that Google rank calculation takes into account, all with…
If you find yourself bored to tears during this time of voluntary self-quarantining and you have no events on the…
We recently spoke to DJ Chris Bartosik from Raptor Productions in Baltimore. He’s been in the business for decades, but…
All the following insurance questions have been answered by our insurance professional Dale Wittick, CPCU who has his Bachelor’s Degree…
“What Would You Do” is written by JOSP’s Mike Kindlick, where each month he explores various situations, offering insight to…
In my last column, we talked about DJ marketing — creating a go-to-market strategy. The first order of business is…
The coronavirus is beginning to have real impact on the wedding and corporate event industry (even Pearl Jam cancelled the…
By Dan Blankowski My “Dano’s Monday Funnies” weekly DJ newsletter has it roots in the ’80s when I had a…
Wedding toasts need not be a crapshoot. The tipsy Maid of Honor who drops the F-bomb; the Best Man who…
By David Dallas Bryant I wish that in my younger days I was mature enough to know when DJ burnout…
By Mike Melice For many DJs looking to make the leap to full-time DJing, there exists a reluctance to make…
By Brian Kelm Before I took Bill Hermann’s Entertainment Experience Workshop in 2011, performing a wedding was a far different…
By Tony Schwartz I knew it was a keeper for my Facebook cover image immediately. I was just hoping my…
Here’s how to travel for free on a cruise vacation — and get paid. I get asked by DJs all…
Wedding industry 2020: the beginning of the end? That was the gist when Mike Fernino, owner of Music in Motion…
For the last few years, I’ve served as a seminar speaker/keynoter at DJ Times’ DJ Expo in Atlantic City. And…
Here are some DJ business tips for pricing and dealing with a client who asks for your old rate: After…
OK, wedding jocks… looking to see how to DJ a wedding that your guests won’t forget? It’s all in the…
Dan Quinn recently returned from his first “DJC” Experience in Scottsdale, AZ. This is part 2 of his experiences at…
Matt Radicelli, owner of Rock The House Entertainment in Cleveland, recently sold a majority stake of what started as a…
Since 1994 Jimmie Malone has been running a single-op DJ business in Binghamton, NY. Of course, the load-in is a…
Speaking on all things Digital Marketing at the DJ Expo for the past three years now has been an eye-opening…
Bob Morgan started his DJ business, BME Event Group, from his house in Vineland, New Jersey in 2003. He went…
For nearly a decade at DJ Expo in Atlantic City, N.J., the “All-Star MC Secrets” seminar, helmed by Steve Moody…
In this series of posts, “How to DJ a Wedding,” we’ll go through the intricacies and attributes of a flawless…
Mike Wieder, owner of Ultimate Sounds Entertainment in New Jersey, has DJed at thousands of events over the years, with…
In 2018 Darryl Jake Jacobsen pulled up stakes and moved his family and his mobile company, A2R DJ’s and Entertainment,…
Eumir Gutierrez has been DJing full time for 11 years in Atlanta clubs, and like most DJs he’s had his…
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, a collective chill went down the spines of the LGBTQ community. DJ…
In 2001, I created a training system for wedding and event DJs called The 1% Solution. Over the years, as…
Of the five victims killed at a party at an Airbnb home on Halloween night last week in the San…
Bridal shows are often referred to as “Cattle Calls.” Most wedding vendors seem to think that this is because brides…
All business owners have challenges, but DJ-business owners have unique ones: You’re part-business owner, part-entertainer, which means a lot of…
By Jordan St Jacques George Costanza from TV’s “Seinfeld” said it best: “Why must there always be a problem?” He…
I’m going to make a confession here right from the start: As a longtime DJ, I’ve become fanatical about hearing…
At DJ Expo, Nick Spinelli from SCE Event Group and Rachel Lynch of DJ Rachel Entertainment will co-host “The Art…
By Con Carney From August 12-15 at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., the DJ Expo is poised to once…
By Jerry Bazata Our economy has been in a growth mode for the past 11 years with the bull markets…
Dave Stephenson has been a DJ for over 30 years. In addition to running his DJ company, A Time for…
Most people believe that being a “mobile DJ” or “entertainer” is all about creating a particular atmosphere for the couple…
By Jerry Bazata Each year thousands of entrepreneurs take the leap of faith. You did, remember? Dropping the full-time employment…
By Mark Battersby Is your DJ business designated as an S corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship — aka a “pass-through?”…
It was a sunny afternoon in July of 2014 when a motorcycle in Marion, Ky., hit a patch of gravel…
By Leon Mendoza At last year’s DJ Expo at Harrah’s in Atlantic City, N.J., DJ Rob Peters presented “10 Things…
The best DJ is not always the one who mixes the best or has the most gear, but, rather, the…
Anyone who uses technology a great amount these days is very likely availing themselves of a concept that has become…
With 150 party animals packing the floor of the Andorra Banquets and Catering venue, DJ Paul Segal found himself with a perfect…
Running a DJ business in 1988 seems light years from running a one today — like the difference between the…
At DJ Expo, DJ Mick Uranko of Uranko Productions in Pottsville, Pa., led a seminar (“Tech Innovations for Mobiles”) that…
When a guest at a corporate party once asked Michigan mobile DJ Corey Rusch to play Eminem’s explicit song “Chloraseptic,”…
Long before I became introduced to online DJ courses, my original interest in DJing began nearly two decades ago during…
In the Bay Area of San Francisco, it seems like summer all year long. According to Mark Haggerty, the director…
After being hired to work a wedding reception for one of his wife’s co-workers, Indiana mobile jock Chad Hough was…
Whether you’re a single- or multi-system mobile-DJ operator, you can gain a lot of insight from job interviews — if…
There are DJ gigs and then there are DJ gigs. As many of us know, playing a New Year’s Eve…
This past DJ Expo in Atlantic City was another resounding triumph for education — dozens of seminars helped DJs improve…
When Lisa Capitanelli-Kasberg auditioned for a mitzvah-MC position in Los Angeles in 1990, little did she know that she would…
The most recent DJ Expo—presented by DJ Times in Atlantic City, N.J. this past Aug. 14-17—was another triumph for education,…
When we asked mobile DJs across the country about using drones, some cited reasons why they don’t use these flying…