building a $1 million company<\/a> without displayin any of those negative traits. We know that there are rewards for business owners \u2013 event planners included \u2013 who make a conscious decision to demonstrate trust, loyalty and generosity.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat goes around, comes around.\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n
Remember this chant from your school days? You might not have set foot in a classroom in a long time, but the old adage is still as true in the business world as the playground. People will remember how you treat them. Trust your customers and treat them with respect, and they will become ambassadors for your brand. If your suppliers make a mistake, remember they\u2019re only human \u2013 take a deep breath, be nice, then come up with a plan together.<\/p>\n
Suppliers value honesty.<\/b><\/h3>\n
If it looks like you could have financial issues, it\u2019s likely that suppliers will have to wait longer than originally anticipated for payment. If you give them the runaround, refuse to answer phone calls, or pretend you hadn\u2019t had time to address their multiple emails, they\u2019re not going to be happy. Quite simply, it\u2019s just not nice! Being honest about the situation and putting in place a realistic payment plan will help to salvage the relationship.<\/p>\n
When things go wrong, stay calm.<\/b><\/h3>\n
Event organisation is a stressful business, that\u2019s for sure. You\u2019re juggling lots of balls \u2013 including attendees who have paid a lot of money to be part of the event \u2013 and if something goes wrong, EVERYTHING can easily come crashing down. It\u2019s easy to lash out, but that won\u2019t solve anything. In fact, the only result will it will achieve is to secure you a reputation as someone to avoid working with.<\/p>\n
You might be the event organiser, but you\u2019re not alone. Whatever the size of your organisation, you will be working with suppliers who are professionals. The likelihood is that they will have plenty contacts who can step in to help. Get them to make some phone calls, pick up the phone yourself, and the issue will be sorted.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be afraid to ruffle a few feathers.<\/b><\/h3>\n
Being successful means spotting an opportunity and seizing it. The chances are, someone else has spotted that opportunity too. So, it\u2019s important to be aware of the competition and what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n
Event organisation is a constantly changing marketplace, where it\u2019s vital to stay on top of trends and tech. If you see an area where your competitors can improve, then build that improvement into your business and make sure your customers know about it.<\/p>\n
Do you agree that being a \u2018nice\u2019 event planner is the best way to building a good reputation? Share your thoughts below or on Twitter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you need to be selfish, economical with the truth, and see your customers as walking pound signs in order to be successful? We don\u2019t think so.\u00a0Being \u2018nice\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re not serious about your business. We\u2019re proud of building a $1 million company without displayin any of those negative traits. We know that there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getinvited.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}