Tips Your Staff Should Know About Maintaining Your Ice Machines
Photo by Kike Salazar N Chicago is a city full of cocktails, and one of the most important components, aside from the liquor is the ice! In this article, Brittney Shader from Empire Cooler is giving us 5 tips business owners and staff should know about ice machines....
Get Your Hotel, Restaurant, or Venue More Business from Event Planners with These 4 Easy Website Updates
Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash While marketing is important, once you get someone to your website, make it is easy for them to work with you. For busy planners, they want the details cleanly and clearly laid out, with minimal needs for a back and forth...
How to Build Your Vendor List
Photo by micheile henderson on Unsplash One of the most important things a planner can have is a solid vendor list. It's important to make sure you have reputable partners who can help you execute a great event. Building (or refreshing) your vendor list can feel...
New Chicago Restaurants Coming Soon
New venues coming to Chicago – from restaurants to the new St. Regis hotel restaurants, including a British Steakhouse making its way to Chicago, and Guinness’ new brewery opening in the West Loop
AI Headshots Don’t Have to Ruin Your Photography Business
Photo via DailyDot Kelly Baums is one of many TikTokers talking about AI generated headshots. This conversation quickly has professional photographers following with "I'm worried." But the reality is that the person who is only spending around $20 on these headshots...
Tips Your Staff Should Know About Maintaining Your Ice Machines
Photo by Kike Salazar N Chicago is a city full of cocktails, and one of the most important components, aside from the liquor is the ice! In this article, Brittney Shader from Empire Cooler is giving us 5 tips business owners and staff should know about ice machines....
Get Your Hotel, Restaurant, or Venue More Business from Event Planners with These 4 Easy Website Updates
Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash While marketing is important, once you get someone to your website, make it is easy for them to work with you. For busy planners, they want the details cleanly and clearly laid out, with minimal needs for a back and forth...
How to Build Your Vendor List
Photo by micheile henderson on Unsplash One of the most important things a planner can have is a solid vendor list. It's important to make sure you have reputable partners who can help you execute a great event. Building (or refreshing) your vendor list can feel...
New Chicago Restaurants Coming Soon
New venues coming to Chicago – from restaurants to the new St. Regis hotel restaurants, including a British Steakhouse making its way to Chicago, and Guinness’ new brewery opening in the West Loop
AI Headshots Don’t Have to Ruin Your Photography Business
Photo via DailyDot Kelly Baums is one of many TikTokers talking about AI generated headshots. This conversation quickly has professional photographers following with "I'm worried." But the reality is that the person who is only spending around $20 on these headshots...
How to Plan the Perfect Dinner Party
You are the host, so unless you have help, make sure that whatever you are serving allows you some time to interact with your guests while still providing them with what they need.
Women Leaders in Business: Cynthia Johnson
Cynthia Johnson is a dynamic go-getter and her efforts to be successful in the male-dominated field of technology have lead her to be featured by major publications like Forbes, AdWeek, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, TIME and many others. LinkBird has listed her...
What’s Happening in May 2016
Major Events & Conventions Love Bacon? Time Out Chicago has all the info on BaconFest starting this month and many more fun events! (click the image) Click Here for Networking Events from Crain's...
Every Event Planner Should Read These
Here are 5 articles every event planner should read this month. (Click on the images to read.) MARKETING/BUSINESS MANNERS INTERESTING & THOUGHT-PROVOKING
12 Signs Your Client is the Worst Ever
Not all clients are a dream. Here are 12 signs you may be working with your worst client ever. Every time they call you pick up the phone like And then they hang up with a list of demands for you to do by tomorrow When you've put other clients on the back burner for...
Spice House
HOW TO MAKE AMAZING FOOD Ever wonder what the secret to amazing food is? It's the quality of the ingredients you use. While that sounds like cooking 101, I can tell you that better food doesn't have to mean more expensive food or something that is more difficult to...
The House Guest Checklist
Having people stay over? Be prepared with our house guest checklist so your guests can enjoy themselves and you can maintain your sanity. IN THE ROOM Make your guests comfortable while planning ahead. Having things they may need already available to them in the...
Bangtel: Better Than a Hotel
ABOUT BANGTEL (And why you may love it more than a hotel) Home Away from Home When Airbnb started, they introduced a concept that has been around since the beginning of civilization: staying in someone else's home. In modern times, hotels have long been the standard...
Celebrate World Health Day by Eating Less Sugar
Thursday, April 7th is World Health Day. In the spirit of being healthy, we are talking with Barry Friedman, author of "I Love Me More Than Sugar", an amazon.com #1 Best Seller to learn more about how we can work towards being healthier people. You can even take...
Spring Fashion 2016 & Wardrobe Essentials with Trunk Club Stylist Tiara Perry
WHAT IS TRUNK CLUB? Perhaps you have heard of Trunk Club or perhaps you have not. A few years back I'd come across a few sorority-like girls at a networking event who told me they helped pick out clothes for higher end clients, men only. They said they worked at...
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