{"id":3253,"date":"2022-03-07T14:13:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T22:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2022-03-07T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T22:20:26","slug":"selling-more-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/selling-more-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling More Drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attachment-id=\"3255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/selling-more-drinks\/fan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fan.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"fan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fan.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fan.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fan.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fan.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fan.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of times in entertainment is about selling drinks (that&#8217;s why a bar has a show. that&#8217;s why the nba has halftime shows). For a seated show like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/scot-nerys-boobietrap\/\">Scot Nery&#8217;s Boobietrap<\/a>, this can be challenging. Here are some ideas to consider. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People don&#8217;t drink as much during the week. People don&#8217;t drink much at a seated show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So you can raise prices on drinks, force people to buy drinks(like a comedy club), sell something else, change the environment, or promote to drinkers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some ideas&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Encourage everyone to Uber to the show<\/li><li>Make special must try cocktails<\/li><li>Add an intermission<\/li><li>Presell drinks with tickets like a Hertz presells gasoline &#8211; it&#8217;s cheaper to buy drink tickets in advance<\/li><li>Make the bar more fun<\/li><li>Get a cocktail waiter<\/li><li>Do something pre show<\/li><li>Sell double sized drinks so people can sit thru the show<\/li><li>Sell mocktails that you can&#8217;t get anywhere else<\/li><li>Tell ticket buyers the drinks are great after they buy a ticket. Get them excited to drink but also ensure they don&#8217;t go to another spot before the show to pregame<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of times in entertainment is about selling drinks (that&#8217;s why a bar has a show. that&#8217;s why the nba has halftime shows). For a seated show like Scot Nery&#8217;s Boobietrap, this can be challenging. Here are some ideas to consider. People don&#8217;t drink as much during the week. People don&#8217;t drink much at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-Qt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2286,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/entertainment-not-pivoting-is-weird\/","url_meta":{"origin":3253,"position":0},"title":"Entertainment NOT Pivoting is Weird","author":"scot","date":"January 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"With our global economy changes, people are using the word 'pivot' more and acting like it's an abrupt, new activity. 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