Meet Eric Lothrop, an extremely successful Boston DJ. Eric's life has been devoted to playing music and hosting parties since 1994. He has played at gigs for many celebrities over the years, including James Brown, The Foo Fighters, Mark Wahlberg, Slash, Sharon Stone, Rick Springfield, and Gwen Stefani, to name a few. 

Because of his success we wanted to interview him to find out more - How did he get started as a DJ? What attributes to his success? What should clients look for in a DJ? What advice does he have for new members of The Bash who don't have a booking just yet? Keep reading to find out.

If you feel like your leads are getting out of hand, we're here to help. Your leads will always be added to your inbox, but you can organize them into folders of your choice. Creating and naming your folders is a great way to make sure no potential booking falls through the cracks!

Every day, The Bash helps party planners book entertainment for some of life's most important events. Everything from weddings to funerals, corporate events to proms, and literally everything in between.

Longtime SEO expert at The Bash, Robert Inconstanti, recently presented "The Top 5 SEO Must-dos for Local Business" at a NYC workshop and we wanted to share these helpful tips in this blog so you can also utilize them for your own business. Below is the video presentation and 5 key takeaways.

In part three of our blog series on the Habits of our Top 100 Bookers, we take a look at some stats around how these top bookers on The Bash are responding to party planners and offer helpful tips on how you can achieve the same success.

Music is an important part of any celebration - especially weddings, birthday parties and corporate events, which happen to be the top 3 most requested event types for live bands on The Bash!

Clients are always looking to hire talented musicians for their special events to set the tone and ensure their guests have a blast. In fact, live bands are one of the top requested vendor type on The Bash and with our goal being to help turn these requests into bookings, we wanted to share some tips on how live bands can be most successful.

Just like you, all of our clients get a Control Panel (just as soon as they submit a gig request). Unlike you, our clients aren’t always so familiar with how to use their Control Panel as it’s often their first time on The Bash. That's why we thought it would be helpful to take you through the booking process from the client’s perspective, including some screenshots of the Client Control Panel.

In part two of our blog series on the Habits of The Bash Top 100 Bookers, we take a look at some stats around how top bookers are utilizing our features - including EventPay, Saved Responses, Featured Profiles, and Performer Initiated Bookings.

We all know that client reviews matter—the more positive reviews your business gets, the more trust and confidence potential clients will have in your services. The bottom line - positive reviews lead to more bookings! But, what happens when you receive a negative review? What's the best way to handle it?

We know that many venues (and even clients) require proof of insurance. While we  aren’t in the insurance game, we are all about helping you manage your business. We recommend using EventHelper.com to purchase liability coverage on a per-event basis.