I’ve been in the IndyVisual kitchen the past week cooking up some cool new ways to display and share our work with our clients and website visitors, so I’ve been a little more under the radar than usual. Hopefully I’ll wrap that all up soon, as one of my three months of down time is already slipping away. The bookings have been incredible so far in January, even more than usual, so that makes this down time that much more precious. I’ve already taken my boys out for a couple of fun weekends away. We spent last weekend at the Holidome in Columbus, at Great Times on the south side, and looking at RVs and boats just because I never have before. It’s amazing how easily entertained the kids are when they get out of the house.
I’ve heard the question “What’s on your iPod” used in many interviews to provide insight into the interviewee, but my own answer would be that I don’t own one. But in what I consider to be a modern “golden age” of television, perhaps what’s on my TiVo could be just as revealing about me: Apprentice, Desperate Housewives, Battlestar Galactica, 24, Heroes, American Idol, Lost, 30 Rock, The Office, Scrubs, Grey’s Anatomy, Entourage, Ebert & Roeper, ESPN’s Sports Reporters and Sportscenter. Oh, and the Colts/Patriots game, which may take me awhile to delete. What’s on yours? (If you don’t have one, trust me – best…invention…ever!)
I’ve never been a big fan of doing bridal shows, largely because of the cost and the pain of transporting my plasma screen to and from the shows. But the new two-day format of this particular show was a stroke of genius on the part of the PWG folks, as it allowed us to mingle with almost twice as many brides as usual, and it divided all the moving hassles over two days. (It was nice to just walk leisurely into the Scottish Rite on Sunday morning and have everything already set up from Saturday.) I had a fun time at the show meeting with current clients who came by to say “hi,” answering questions for prospective clients, and networking with my friends in the vendor community, several of whom were displaying our work at their own booths. This was the first time that I was honestly happy with the presentation of my own booth, as I finally updated my flyers to work together visually and found a layout for our materials and equipment that was appealing yet practical. This was also the first time that I played our video clips off of a PC instead of a DVD, which was great because it allowed me to show off some of our high-definition footage, and it allowed me to easily stop the presentation in order to show certain brides clips from specific venues. My only regret was that I didn’t have more down time to walk around and chat with other vendors there, but I guess that’s the sign of a successful bridal show.