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Sally is Founder and CEO of BestPartyEver.com a special event planning social network. This is her blog, coming live from sunny Scottsdale Arizona.

Archive for September, 2007

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Testimonials

Here are some of the wonderful testimonials that BestPartyEver.com has received during the past two weeks. Thank You!

“The BPE site is very clean, uncluttered and easy to navigate, unlike 99% of the other wedding planning sites I’ve seen. Search response time is fast and I haven’t found any broken links. All I have to say is keep up the good work!” -Stu Chisholm from DJ Stu & His Crew

“What a great site to save money and time and to contact and communicate with terrific event companies! I am excited to see what your site will be offering in this fabulous season to come!” -Elizabeth Stahl Parkinson from ESP Freelance Assistance, LLC “Day-Of event assistance”

“…BPE has really put me on the right track- thank you!”. -Dianne Lyisan from Frikkin Awesome Face Painting

“Loved the site, lots of ideas.” -Mary Sinacore from QCC Services

“The website was easy to use. Found what I was looking for easily.” -Melissa Santos from Sonia’s Chocolate Delights

BestPartyEver.com wants your feedback. Whether your feedback is positive or negative, one sentence or one page, we still value your thoughts.

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Your Feedback Matters- Part 1

Your Recommendations on Generating More Leads and Finding Information.

Theresa from “The Amazing James Kellogg, Jr.” and “Entrée Acts” would like more qualified leads.

“Entrée Act” and Deb Jones from “Business of Baskets” want to be able to find information easier on the site.

Lee Dean from “Kriket Puppet Shows” thinks the vendor photo should be bigger when clicked on, and should allow vendor website reference link.

bestpartyever912-s.jpgBestPartyEver.com’s Solution- BestPartyEver.com will no longer be just a directory. Soon, it will be your special event industry marketing platform. The new BestPartyEver.com takes the traditional special event web directory equipped with planning tools and adds the power of social networking to create usability and stickiness. Your potential clients can easily find your product/service, party ideas, recipes, articles, and planning tools. We encourage your potential clients to build profiles and share their content with their friends. We encourage you to build business profiles, publish articles, describe your business, answer standard industry questions, provide a link to your websites, and befriend your potential clients as well as other vendors.

Your Feedback Matters- Part 2

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Your Feedback Matters- Part 2

Your Recommendations on Pricing

Dianne Lyisan from “Frikkin Awesome Face Painting” and Theresa from “The Amazing James Kellogg, Jr” would like to have a higher listing with more features for a lower fee.

Deb Jones from “Business of Baskets” and Merry Pavlak from “P.S. I Love You” would like to remove no charge ads and make BestPartyEver.com a pay to play website.

BestPartyEver.com’s Solution- As a “Thank You” to our wonderful vendors who signed up early, all paid and no charge listings prior to Oct. 1 will receive an additional two years on us. After Oct. 1 our pricing will change to low monthly payments starting at $9.95 and we will remove the no charge listing. All new vendors will contribute to a compounding market strategy. In other words, by pooling numerous low monthly payments, your marketing dollar will stretch further towards receiving more qualified leads.

Testimonials