Splendor for Your Vendors!!!: Little Tips for Big Sales - Softcover

Dabney, Karen E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492297631 ISBN 13: 9781492297635

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

This handy book will create a more enjoyable experience between hosting organizations, event planners and vendors no matter how large or small the event.It will especially appeal to vendors because some of the simplest suggestions inside are often overlooked.Business owners must keep in mind that vendors are also in business and help lend credence, entertainment, expertise, and excitement to any event. This is because they are also a part of what is bringing people to your events past, present, and in the future! Treating vendors well will help all sell! Even if the event is free of charge to its attendees, you are “selling” something. It may be an idea, a fundraiser, a reception, or information. The impression your attendees leave with will affect how they view your organization for quite some time.Constructive reciprocity is the golden key to a healthy symbiotic relationship. ~Karen E. Dabney

About this title

About the Author

Karen E. Dabney, a native Detroiter, possesses a BFA from The University of Michigan and a BA from the University of Detroit Mercy.
Karen attended writing workshops with the Voices of Our Nation's Arts Foundation (VONA) and The Hurston/Wright Foundation. She is a member of the International Reading Association, National Association of Teachers of English,National Conference of Artists, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Motown Writers' Network, Broadside Poets' Theatre, Concept East, Project B.A.I.T.,Urban Theater Magazine, Gifted in Michigan, and ART4EYES&EARS!
Karen is the owner of Dabs & Company; an organization dedicated to promoting literacy and keeping minds 'lit'.

One of her major dreams is to be able to give away books to every child she meets!

#GIFT   #READ   #MULTICULTURAL   #SCHOOL   #CHILDREN   #TEENS   #EDUCATION    #ENTERTAINMENT #LITERACY  #EDUTAINMENT   #LEARN#SELFLOVE   #YOUTH   #ENCOURAGE   #UPLIFT   #SUCCESS   #RESILIENCE#STRENGTH   #OPPORTUNITY   #KWANZAA   #CHRISTMAS   #LITERACYLITERALLY
 
Books by Karen E. Dabney
~The Magic Pencil
~The Magic Pencil Black Language Glossary
~The Magic Pencil Curriculum Guide
~I am a YoungStar and I Love Me Some ME!
~I am a YoungerStar and I Love Me Some ME Too!
~StarLeader Guidebook
~Jenga
~Unhappiness Is ...
 
Books produced by
Dabs & Company
~Necessary Roughness by Safi
~The Elephantom in the Room by Nuru
~Dreaming by Chicara J. Brassell
 

From the Back Cover

WARNING!!! THIS BOOK MAY TURN YOU OFF!

When I wrote SPLENDOR FOR YOUR VENDORS!!!, I was writing about what vendors may need in order for their host and themselves to have the best outcome. After an objective business owner read it and said there wasn't much about the serious responsibilities a vendor should assume when participating in an event - I - grateful for the input, revised the book and published a second edition.

SFYV!!! has a no-holds-barred look at the relationship that will exist between vendors and their 'sponsors'. It is - as implied by the title - advocating for more thoughtful treatment of vendors - who are in business, also - by the host business.

I am not writing about how to act as a not-for-profit business. My approach is a simple one. My legal background allows me to better understand the importance of taking a side and sticking to it. However, it is not my intent to be adversarial and I am aware all situations are not "either or". When I mention how vendors are treated by organizations who have a mission and are advocating for their attendees, I am with them in spirit but I am also aware of the disadvantages. Vendors generally are not told of some of the expectations a hosting organization have for them. I have yet to see a contract that spells out the fact that many EXPECT a vendor to act as a babysitter, philanthropist, social worker, security guard, etc. I am especially sensitive to this because these things are what is usually expected of teachers. I worked as one in public schools for a total of 16 years so I know whereof I speak. Of course, vendors should and are basically willing to do all of the above but it is presumptive to expect all to understand these things are usually considered a REQUIREMENT. Even if the vendor has been allowed to participate free of charge, a business should include ALL of what is 'desired'. Many organizations may provide a sternly written, strict, enforceable, impersonal contract of other expectations and overlook the need to be explicit about 'soft expectations'. It is not a fair way to conduct BUSINESS. I don't crow about the times I have given away books, t-shirts, poems, and sheets with participating authors' names and signatures so EVERY CHILD may walk away with something for show and tell. I don't get upset when my extra efforts to provide a table with art and other activities for youth during events are overlooked. My aim is to positively effect the lives of my visitors whether they purchase a book or not. I eagerly look toward the day when I can start a foundation where I AM able to afford to do more. But I need some considerations in order to do so!

So, if SPFYV!!! rubs you the wrong way, you may need to take a good look at the way "your" vendors are treated.

And, yes, I enjoy being a vendor even if the weight of my baggage remains the same as when I arrived with it.

Thank you.

From the Inside Flap

It's your EVENT!
So, you're having an event and have already put the word out that it's a go. You may have worked with a public relations firm or hired a promoter or both!

You've decided to have vendors present and have alerted your "go tos" ― the dependable ones ― offering them a discount off the final cost if they register early. On top of that, you are offering a separate discount to any other prospective vendors who register by a certain deadline. You may have even decided to allow the vendors to participate free of charge.
Maybe you are inviting them to advertise in your printed program at a discount.

You've crunched the numbers, mapped the layout, decided on the rules and regulations, procured a press release, made the initial heads up contact with the media and other connections, and have come to a decision of what the charge(s) will be for the vendors' participation.

So ... what's next?

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492297631
• ISBN 13: 9781492297635
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Dabney Karen E.
• Number of pages: 68
• Editor: Company Dabs And