Dave Wakeman

Dave Wakeman's The Business of Fun Podcast

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When you work in entertainment, you are in the business of fun. This podcast will focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with helping your customers create memories and special moments. We will talk about sports, theatre, performing arts, and other forms of entertainment, highlighting the best ideas in marketing live experiences, creating long-term customers, and growing revenues.

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Dave Wakeman

Episodes

The Business of Fun: Aaron Holland 21.05.2019 54:03

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect. Check out www.bookingprotect.com for their blog with ebooks, information on customer service, and revenue generation. My guest is Aaron Holland. CEO of Season Share. This app is great and it focuses on bringing value back to the season ticket and giving sports teams the chance to have more opportunities to sell to customers. I think it is...

The Business of Fun: Charles Davis 21.05.2019 33:03

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection. Any listing! Any sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. My guest today is Charles Davis from Tailgate House. We talk about experiential marketing, customer experience, and a lot more.

The Business of Fun: Gary Lustig 13.05.2019 50:25

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection. Visit www.bookingprotect.com and find out how you can give your customers a better more personalized buying experience and create a new stream of revenue for your organization. My guest today is Gary Lustig from Lusticks. We talked about customer service and the role of customer service in driving rev...

The Business of Fun: Eric Fuller Part 3: Launch of On-Sale Pro 26.04.2019 50:25

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leader in Refund Protection! Any Listing! Any Sector! Any Where! Booking Protect helps you deliver a better buying experience by giving your customers world class customer service, a better buying experience, peace of mind in their purchases...and, you can create a new stream of revenue for your organization. Today my guest is Eri...

The Business of Fun: Sean Kelly 23.04.2019 37:11

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leaders in Refund Protection. Find out how you and your organization can partner with Booking Protect to offer a better buying experience, more peace of mind in their purchases, and how you can create a new revenue stream for your organization by visiting www.bookingprotect.com My guest today is Sean Kelly from Vatic. We get into a...

Me and Brett Zalaski, Round 2 11.04.2019 1:19:07

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leaders In Refund Protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you and your organization can partner with Booking Protect to give your guests a better, more personalized buying experience, visit them at www.bookingpro...

Stephen Glicken 26.03.2019 40:32

This episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection. To find out how partnering with Booking Protect can help you deliver a better buying experience, greater peace of mind, along with creating a new revenue stream for you and your organization, visit www.bookingprotect.com My guest today is Stephen Glicken. Stephen is the CEO of Project Admission. We get in...

Dave Wakeman: a replay of my premium marketing and selling webinar 22.03.2019 1:03:04

Today's special episode of "The Business of Fun" is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection. Find out how you and your organization can partner with Booking Protect to offer your customers a better buying experience and you can create a new stream of revenue by visiting them at www.bookingprotect.com I'm my own guest today. I did a webinar on Monday, March 19th...

Lawrence Peryer 20.03.2019 54:22

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! To find out how you can offer your guests world-class customer service, a customizable buying experience, and you can create a new stream of revenue visit them at www.bookingprotect.com I'm excited to share my conversation with Lawrence Peryer. We talk about his wor...

Kyle Wright 15.03.2019 42:02

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. My guest today is Kyle Wright, the digital projects director with the Shubert Organization. I am excited to have Kyle on to talk about the Broadway Tech Accelerator . This...

Guislaine Bulman 04.03.2019 42:14

This episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection! Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has your guests covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you and your organization can offer your guests a better buying experience, more peace of mind, and you can create a new stream of revenue for your org...

Episode 51: Alan Gefland 27.02.2019 1:06:53

This episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leaders In Refund Protection! Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you and your organization can offer your customers more peace of mind, a better buying experience; and, how you can create a new revenue stream for your organi...

Episode 50: Terrin Waack 25.02.2019 36:59

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leaders In Refund Protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you and your organization can partner with Booking Protect to offer your guests more peace of mind in their purchases, a more customized and better buying...

Episode 49: Kirk Bentley 14.02.2019 1:01:29

Episode 49 is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leaders in refund protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Any where! Booking Protect has you covered with the #1 Trustpilot rated refund protection product. To find out how you can work with Booking Protect visit them at www.bookingprotect.com My guest today is Kirk Bentley from Wordfly. We're buddies with Seattle in common. I wanted to h...

Episode 48: Caroline Gibbs 12.02.2019 46:48

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: the global leader's in refund protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Any Where! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you and your organization can offer you customers a better buying experience, more peace of mind, and you can create a new stream of revenue for your orga...

Episode 47: Jason Maglantay 06.02.2019 1:02:31

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leader in Refund Protection. Find out how you can offer your customers a better buying experience, more peace of mind, and you can create a new revenue stream by visiting www.bookingprotect.com My guest today is Jason Maglantay from the Canadian Football League. This is a really great talk. We cover so much ground between strategy,...

Episode 46: Nick Begley 23.01.2019 43:03

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect, the global leaders in refund protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you can offer your customers more customization in their purchase, a better buying experience, and peace of mind for their buy; and, you can create a new re...

Episode 45: Martin Gammeltoft, Second Appearance 22.01.2019 1:11:31

Today's episode is brought to you by my friends at Booking Protect, the global leaders in refund protection. Any listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you and your organization can work with Booking Protect to offer your guest a better buying experience, more peace of mind in their purchases, a...

Episode 44: Danny Kambel 16.01.2019 45:56

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect. The global leader in refund protection. Any listing! Any sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the most comprehensive refund protection product. If you are going to be at INTIX in Dallas, make sure you check us out. Send me an email at dave@davewakeman.com with the subject line "INTIX" and we will get together for coffee or...

Episode 43: Michael Hughes 09.01.2019 40:36

This episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leader in Refund Protection. Any Listing! Any Sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you can offer your guests a better buying experience, better peace of mind, and you can create a new revenue stream, visit www.bookingprotect.com . My guest...

Episode 43: Corey Gibbs Part 2 25.12.2018 46:57

This episode is brought to you by Booking Protect, the global leaders in refund protection. Any listing! Any sector! Any where! Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you can offer your guests a better buying experience, more peace of mind in their purchase, and how you and your organization can create a new revenue stream,...

Episode 42: Chris Asa 13.12.2018 56:44

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leaders in Refund Protection. Any listing, any sector, anywhere Booking Protect has you covered with the world's most comprehensive refund protection product. To find out how you can give your guest's better peace of mind in their purchase, offer them a better buying experience, and create a new stream of revenue for your organizat...

Episode 41: Matt Dewire 10.12.2018 53:19

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leaders in Refund Protection. Any booking! Any sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered with the industry's most advanced refund protection plan, award-winning customer service, and a digital customer service platform that allows your customers to receive service like they demand it. To find out more visit www.bookingprot...

Episode 40: Maureen Andersen 20.11.2018 52:12

This episode is brought to you by Booking Protect: The Global Leader In Refund Protection. Any booking! Any sector! Any where! Booking Protect has you covered. To find out why some of the biggest names in the world work with Booking Protect, visit them at www.bookingprotect.com My guest today is Maureen Andersen from INTIX. Maureen came on the podcast to discuss all things ticketing and we cov...

Episode 39: Sam Sherman 05.11.2018 52:12

Today's episode is brought to you by Booking Protect. The global leader in refund protection. Any booking! Any sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered. With the world's most comprehensive refund protection, Booking Protect offers your guests better peace of mind in their purchase, a better buying experience, and allows you to create a new stream of revenue for your organization. To f...