In this conversation, Tricia of Noree Events shares her journey of building a successful balloon decor business in a small community. She discusses the challenges and advantages of operating in a small town, the importance of community support and the strategies she employs to network and grow her business.

She emphasizes the significance of personal connections, the role of local businesses in fostering a supportive environment for entrepreneurs and the importance of staying true to herself.

Before we wrap up Tricia shares her business expansion goals with us as well. I find her situation so relatable, her personality so friendly, and I think so many in our balloon industry will, too!

Then in the UGlu Hotline, hear how one listener uses hooks to attach her foils.

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In this episode, I’m walking you through the exact steps I take to help determine whether my constant business ideas are worth pursuing. I’ll share some of the most recent things I’ve considered, what I almost immediately scrapped and what is still a possibility.

I’m talking about:

• Gut checks on passion and ease
• Profitability
• Time, energy and bandwidth
• Business compatibility

Then I’ll share a few actual tactics I use if an idea passes all of those marks: soft launching, asking fellow balloon artists to borrow content and getting insight from industry contacts.

I wrap up with a bit of “homework” that you can do to further explore your ideas, or maybe get past them.

Then in the UGlu Hotline, hear about an item that one listener wishes she bought sooner.

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We’re excited to have Kalisan curating another month of episodes for us, and to kick things off this time is DJ of Balloons in Bold. He is a fine artist who uses balloons as his medium, so it was cool to get yet another take on balloons as a form of art!

He had worked as a balloon twister before turning to fine art as a form of emotional expression. Little did he know how much it would take off and get noticed in the way it did. Before he knew it he was the feature of a gallery show and by using a medium that is usually associated with fun and joy to display darker imagery, it really grabbed people’s attention.

We’ll hear about his strategy for making the balloons last during gallery prep and throughout the show, including how he found a way to put balloon dogs into a pattern and what products he used.

DJ also shares more about what influences his art and describes several of his show exhibits. I appreciated him being willing to share his story!

And in the UGlu Hotline, hear about one of my own favorite inflators!

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