What I\u2019ve learned? AFGE. AFGE? That\u2019s \u201cAnother Effing Growth Experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we\u2019re sitting at the bar at Circa last March and my client, a national sales manager, tells me my Encore Villa gig (see previous post) was the best corporate event in the company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I already knew that. I saved them $100,000 and launched their new EV-charger line, selling a million simoleons\u2019 worth in 90 days. But I\u2019m cool, so I say, \u201cLet\u2019s do it again. For the Super Bowl! Upstairs at Stadium Swim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\u2019s cool too. \u201cI\u2019m in for fifty K.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGreat!\u201d (Lesson One: Stop talking after you close the deal.) And we go to dinner at Barry\u2019s Prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lesson Two: Get it in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lesson Three: Get my fee upfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A month before the event, he cancels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, I\u2019m a guy who grew up in very unstable environments, so I always have back-up plans. Yes, plural: sometimes back-up plans to my back-up plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it was good I\u2019d made a completely separate set of reservations and, since I\u2019d been greasing palms, I flip the deposit. Phew. But wait! What?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My casino host quit? Ruh roh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Okay, but are my reservations still good? Yes? Pass the CBD, please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See, I still have a dozen folks flying in and those rooms I booked last August? They\u2019re gold today, literally half-price for Super Bowl weekend. Should I have resold the cancels? Hmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the corporate guys are on the fence. \u201cWell, we might go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lesson Four: Bang head on desk. Repeatedly. \u2019Til numb.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait. The other sales manager is going and he wants two extra rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh! The ones I cancelled because of you? ARGHHH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, it\u2019s a good thing I\u2019m on a first-name basis with the entire reservations department, so I take three back and they give me my original rate. How good? $875 for Super Bowl weekend Downtown Grand Gallery Tower kings, Friday through Monday, taxes and resort fee included. Today those rooms are $1,600. And I still have 11 reservations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And did I mention that I employed my Super Bowl futures strategy? (Lesson Five: Hedging is a good bet.) I\u2019ve won on the Super Bowl three years in a row (Bucs, Rams, Chiefs). I expected to blow this year, but guess what? Even though I had the Lions and Ravens, I’m still carrying the 49ers and am a 100% Brock Purdy fan. I am, however, nervous about the Taylor Swift effect and the very dangerous Chiefs juggernaut. Well \u2026 we’ll see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be continued \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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