week 3 2/10- 2/12

2/10- Today I was given an assignment of contacting vendors for the April Bridal expo. I was given a list of multiple vendors in which I had to both contact through email and/or telephone to give information about the event. I had to ask vendors if they wanted to attend the event first of all. Most of the vendors attend every year, but some people are picky on where they want to show their items. Most of these vendors are used very often in weddings at the barn. I first off had to introduce myself to the vendors, many people want to make sure they are talking to a qualified person. I had to ask each vendor if they would be able to fit their items in a 8 ft table and if they needed access to electricity. I also had to ask if the vendors would be able to bring along a door prize for the brides. We ask each vendor to being a door prize because there is no fee for the vendors to show their products at the show. We use this expo to allow brides who have already booked an event to see what exactly would be seen at their event and wedding. I also continued to work on my Greek Life project. I contacted a friend of mine who was able to direct me to someone with contact information for the socials in sorority's, fraternities and sports teams. I need to compile a list of all these people in order to attempt to book an event with them, or just to make them aware of our facility for future events.

2/12- Today I continued working on contacting the vendors for Bridal event in the spring. I emailed most of the people, but decided that calls would be more sufficient. I was able to contact almost everyone on my list expect one vendor. Many of the vendors have been to the event before so they know what to expect, but i still filled them in on the differences we are making for this years event. Usually the event is a large show but this year we are doing to separate seating's. This allows the brides to have more one on one time with the vendors at the show. I was also given the task to start thinking of new vendors that we could ask to come to the show this year. I have not run my ideas by my boss yet, but some of my ideas include: a jewelry store, a vacation/travel agent and a print shop (for save the dates, invites, etc.). We need new vendors every year in order to show the brides more options and make them aware of local businesses they are able to use for their bridal event. They only complications with the new vendors, is we do not want to bring in vendors that have similar offerings as other vendors. We want fresh new ideas for the brides. I was supposed to help out at a wedding on Saturday 2/15/14 but unfortunately due to the snow the wedding went down a significant amount in the guest list so my help was not required. Many more events are coming up though, due to the warmer weather and bridal season approaching.