We had to share this with everyone because it is so dead on. If your DJ couldn't answer these questions correctly, why would you even consider working along with them on such an important milestone in your life?
We would like to honestly answer every question ourselves to give you an idea of our values regarding our business.
1. Yes we are a member of CPDJA and have been involved for several years now.
2. Absolutely, in fact when you book with us, you are booking us, we do not out source weddings.
3. Absolutely Yes. We would never take the risk to operate without proper licensing.
4. Once again absolutely. We do not take risks with our business especially when clients are booking for such important events.
5. Next year we will be celebrating our 10th year in business as a professional DJ service.
6. Hard to give an exact number as we have never truly counted, but probably close to 250 weddings so far.
7. Definitely, we have a mutual contract for all bookings.
8. We have tons of testimonials directly on our website and we would be delighted to have previous clients rave about our services directly to you.
9. We have that guarantee for every event. We would never leave our customers in such a situation with no equipment or even worse no DJ.
10. What is stated is what you pay. No extras, nothing unexpected.
While I was at this meeting, another DJ approached me a said, "Hey, I lost an event to you last week." I already knew this as my clients had talked about the other DJ's that they were interviewing. I responded "I know that I have lost events to you in the past too and I would rather lose them to another professional DJ then one of those other guys." I firmly believe that competition is needed in every business, it keeps the industry's up to certain standards. I just wish that all the competition was meeting these certain standards set in place by associations like CPDJA.
Do yourself a favour and when interviewing potential DJ's for your upcoming event, use this as a guideline for who you would like to work with further. You will be saving yourself time and grief. You will also be doing your part in keeping the standards up.
Happy Planning!
Dan and Laura Forbes
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