"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." High School History teachers love this phrase. When I was a student it mostly seemed like a trick to get me to care about the Louisiana Purchase, but now I see the importance of learning from the past. With that in mind, we've analyzed a year's worth of data to find the performer and vendor categories that received the most leads in 2012.

Michelle Loretta is a consultant for wedding and event professionals and writes daily for the Sage Wedding Pros’ business blog. She blends her past as an accounting nerd, sales vixen, and stationery entrepreneur to help entertainers better their businesses.

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When we interviewed Michael Karas a few months ago, we got the short story on how he became a “world-renowned juggler.” After we met him, we became even more curious about his talented upbringing. So, he was kind enough to write this 'blogography,' which is an inspiring story for any entertainer.

World-Renowned Juggler, Michael Karas, stopped by the other day to chat about performing at the White House and juggling to hip-hop.

A few years ago nobody knew much about Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Today she is a pop superstar who has sold over 23 million albums, performed all over the world and built a rabid and loyal fan base along the way.

You might know Stefani better as Lady Gaga.

Our friends over at CD Baby know a thing or two about helping out musicians. That's why we've invited Chris Robley, CD Baby Marketing Coordinator and prolific blogger at CD Baby's DIY Musician blog, over to share his thoughts about making the transition from open mics to bigger, better gigs. You budding stand up comedians might just want to listen up too...

In my first post of the week, I introduced you to five-star acoustic guitarist Matthew Cutillo. He holds the record for most all-time client reviews on The Bash, and not surprisingly, most all-time five star reviews.

I figured I should stick with the theme today and offer a few thoughts of my own on the art of earning five-star reviews.

When it comes to collecting great client feedback, nobody beats 5-star acoustic guitarist Matthew Cutillo (Amityville, NY). With an amazing 365 client reviews Matthew holds the record for most all-time feedback on The Bash. What's even more impressive is that these reviews are remarkably positive, nearly every single one of them are 5-stars (see for yourself here).

We wanted to recognize his amazing accomplishment but we also think that there are a few lessons to be learned from Matthew and his thoughtful, dedicated approach to interacting with clients.

Today, we made a big, bold commitment to expand our wedding business. The Bash has partnered with TheKnot.com to bring over 270 of our top wedding musicians to The Knot's 1,900,000 registered brides and grooms. This is the perfect example of our strategy to work with the top names in various industries to make sure our members get seen and heard around the web.

If you’re one of those folks who pride themselves on being on the cutting edge of social media and tech, then you already know all about Pinterest, the photo-sharing service that lets users curate their own collections of images from across the web. It’s no secret that Pinterest has absolutely taken off since launching last year. Some reports claim the site has over 10.5 million registered users !