Bars and to some extent coffee houses are always looking for unique (and cheap) entertainment for their patrons. I have seen everything in local bars from hermit crab contests to magic shows to slot car racing. But, one of the most enjoyable events and the cheapest to put on is a trivia contest.
With a trivia contest, you simply have an MC who calls out questions which teams of participants answer on slips of paper. The questions are usually asked in rounds. Each round could consist of 5 10 questions.
At the end of each round, one player from each group takes their answer sheet to the MC and he tallies the totals for the round. Sometimes a prize is offered to each round winner with a larger prize going to the final winner. Other times a prize is only given to the winning team at the end of the night.
Prizes can be furnished by the bar or by the MC or a combination. A typical prize for a round might be a bucket of beer or an appetizer. Larger prizes for the end of the game can be gift certificates, T-shirts, hats, etc. These prizes can come from the bar or be donated by other businesses in exchange for a promotional plug by the MC. They could also come from a local radio station that would also sponsor the event in return for a plug.
Trivia questions can be found on the Internet. You can have questions based on Sports, Science, TV Shows, Movies, History, etc. Just do a search for trivia questions in Goggle.com and you will come up with loads of ideas.
Your fee for a Trivia Contest would be paid by the bar owner and range from $50.00 -- $100.00 depending on the amount of time involved. This is a bargain for the bar owner compared to the cost of bands, karaoke and other forms of entertainment. A trivia contest such as this can turn a usually slow Monday or Tuesday night into a busy evening.
You will have to spend some time up front finding the questions and answers and organizing them into rounds. The contest itself should run 1 2 hours. Over two hours and your participants will start to lose interest. You goal is to build up a steady clientele of repeat customers who come in every week to play trivia thus keeping the bar busy on a slow night.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Jeepers Peepers
Imagine that you have just bought a new house.
After years of living in an apartment you finally put together the money needed for a down payment on your own home. You find a nice newly built house in a suburban neighborhood and take out a mortgage.The day after you close on your house you begin the dreaded moving process. That night, after a long hard day of moving, you decide to treat yourself and the friends who helped you to a couple of pizzas delivered to your new house. You and your friends sit down to relax and watch a little TV. About 29 minutes later the doorbell rings.
You go to answer the door and that's when you realize:
There is no peephole in the front door!
What's up with that? You always had a peephole when you lived in an apartment. Now, you KNOW it's the pizza guy outside ringing the doorbell. But still -- it's nice to be able to see outside. Particularly since your wife will be alone at home on the nights when you are away on business.
You make a mental note that you need to get a peephole.
Fast forward to 2 months later. The doorbell rings. Dang, you still haven't got that peephole. You thought about buying one but then you would have to buy a drill and even then you are not really sure if you know how to install it. And you know these little things always turn into day long projects. Heck, you've got enough to worry about keeping the grass cut on weekends.
You answer the door. The person on the other side says his company installs peepholes. As he was driving by he noticed that your house needed one. He has a couple of different models with him and since he is already in the neighborhood he can sell you one for $29.00 installed.
Would you buy one? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on how bad you want to solve your problem. But, everyone who owns a house that does not have a peephole in the front door thinks about this little inconvenience every time the doorbell rings.
And that is where the Residential Door Viewer Installation Service comes in. A friend of mine came up with this idea a few years ago and he actually turned it into a fulltime venture that...
Netted him $50,000 his first year!
To get started you will need a drill with a 1/2 inch drill bit and a supply of door viewers (peep holes) which you can get at any home improvement store for less than $5.00.
Your target customer will be a middle income white collar "yuppie" homeowner who lives in a new house. He or she is not very handy and does not have a garage full of tools.
Most of your customers will be shocked at how little time you spend installing the door viewer. They usually think it is a more complicated process than it is. After all, you will soon see that all you really need to do is drill a hole and screw it in. It takes about 60 seconds.
After years of living in an apartment you finally put together the money needed for a down payment on your own home. You find a nice newly built house in a suburban neighborhood and take out a mortgage.The day after you close on your house you begin the dreaded moving process. That night, after a long hard day of moving, you decide to treat yourself and the friends who helped you to a couple of pizzas delivered to your new house. You and your friends sit down to relax and watch a little TV. About 29 minutes later the doorbell rings.
You go to answer the door and that's when you realize:
There is no peephole in the front door!
What's up with that? You always had a peephole when you lived in an apartment. Now, you KNOW it's the pizza guy outside ringing the doorbell. But still -- it's nice to be able to see outside. Particularly since your wife will be alone at home on the nights when you are away on business.
You make a mental note that you need to get a peephole.
Fast forward to 2 months later. The doorbell rings. Dang, you still haven't got that peephole. You thought about buying one but then you would have to buy a drill and even then you are not really sure if you know how to install it. And you know these little things always turn into day long projects. Heck, you've got enough to worry about keeping the grass cut on weekends.
You answer the door. The person on the other side says his company installs peepholes. As he was driving by he noticed that your house needed one. He has a couple of different models with him and since he is already in the neighborhood he can sell you one for $29.00 installed.
Would you buy one? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on how bad you want to solve your problem. But, everyone who owns a house that does not have a peephole in the front door thinks about this little inconvenience every time the doorbell rings.
And that is where the Residential Door Viewer Installation Service comes in. A friend of mine came up with this idea a few years ago and he actually turned it into a fulltime venture that...
Netted him $50,000 his first year!
To get started you will need a drill with a 1/2 inch drill bit and a supply of door viewers (peep holes) which you can get at any home improvement store for less than $5.00.
Your target customer will be a middle income white collar "yuppie" homeowner who lives in a new house. He or she is not very handy and does not have a garage full of tools.
Most of your customers will be shocked at how little time you spend installing the door viewer. They usually think it is a more complicated process than it is. After all, you will soon see that all you really need to do is drill a hole and screw it in. It takes about 60 seconds.
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