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Author: Kevin Kosky

Kevin Kosky is a renowned business communications trainer. He is member of the Professional Speakers Australia and a certified trainer. Kevin is an expert on inbound phone skills, presentation skills and delivering sales presentations.

Due Diligence Checklist for Buying a Hospitality Business

December 31, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Due Diligence checklist

Avoid the Biggest Mistakes of a Hospitality Business Buyer by doing Due Diligence Over many years in the Hospitality Industry, as an Owner and Consultant, I have been involved in the purchase, growth and sale of many Businesses. Both as a Business Buyer and a Business Seller. Here are some of the lessons I learnt
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How To Get Your Venue Website To Rank Better In Google

November 3, 2019 Kevin Kosky
SEO Google Ranking

SEO Tips to get a Higher Google Ranking for Your Event Venue or Hospitality Website  Google wants to give users the best possible search and website experience by providing the best quality content. The BEST websites do more work on their Content and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and get the highest Google rankings.   LATEST
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How to Grow Your Venue Online Reputation using Reviews

November 3, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Online Reputation

Manage Your Venue’s Online Reputation by getting more Customer Reviews and managing unhappy reviews Your unhappy customers can tell thousands of prospective guests using online review sites and social media. Other prospects read these reviews to judge your venue. Encourage your guests to write more positive review on key review websites and actively manage your
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Get More Event Enquiries with an Online WebMarketing Strategy

November 3, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Webmarketing Online Venue Strategy

ONLINE WEBMARKETING STRATEGY CHECKLIST for a Function Venue or Event Centre Using a Structured Online Approach to Get More Event, Function and Wedding Enquiries A good webmarketing strategy can help you generate more high quality, pre-qualified prospect Event & Function enquiries for your Venue or Property. The more pre-qualified your prospect BEFORE they contact you, the
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How to Increase Your Function, Event and Wedding Sales – 10 BEST Ways

November 3, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Function Sales

10 BEST Ways to Increase SALES for Functions, Events and Wedding Venues Is your Venue Diary looking quiet? Want to boost your function sales? Need more weddings or events ASAP? Here are the 10 Best Ways to increase Function Sales for Venues – get more leads, convert more enquiries and get more repeat clients & referrals
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How to Sell more Functions & Weddings – 20 Simplest Event Sales Tips

October 9, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Event Sales

Grow Your Function, Event & Wedding Sales with these 20 Simple Event Sales Ideas Here are some simple and easy things you can do to grow your function and events revenue. This blog will help venue owners, event managers and function sales professionals. 1. Improve Your EMAIL SIGNATURES on Your Outgoing Mail Make sure you
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How to make more Xmas season function & event sales – 10 Festive Season Tips

August 31, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Festive Season Xmas Event Sales

Selling More Xmas Festive Season Events & Functions – 10 Top tips You can Make LOTS more function sales during the busy Xmas Festive Season by following these 10 top tips and preparing in advance. 1: PLAN Ahead for the Festive Season Planning ahead for your busy festive season really helps,  here are some things
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How to Sell more Addons & Extras for Functions, Events & Weddings

August 24, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Addons and Extras for Venues

Selling more Optional EXTRAS and ADDONS for Functions & Events to increase average event spend You can increase the VALUE and average spend for any Event or Function by offering more Extras and Addons. This will generally result in a much better event and your Venue will benefit from more word of mouth recommendations &
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How to be a better Event Sales Co-ordinator – Sales Tips

January 16, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Better Coordinator Sales Tips

10 EASY SALES TIPS for any Event Salesperson to make more function, event and wedding sales Your attitude and skills will always determine your success as a Function Sales Coordinator. You also need a few great techniques and sales tips. Here are 10 simple sales tips & techniques that can help you land more function,
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How to Increase Profit in Your Venue: Focus On Your Financials

January 16, 2019 Kevin Kosky
Venue Profit

Increase Profit in Your Hospitality Business by Knowing Your Financials and Numbers Are you working hard but not making enough money? Are your Food or Wage Costs too high or unknown? Are you having difficulty paying your Wages, Super, GST or Workcover Bills? Then you probably need to work on increasing your Profit & Sales
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