I had an event on Saturday night. I was the co-emcee and the auctioneer. There were about 700 people in attendance and I had a team of 9 with me to assist in raffle sales and bid spotting. I auctioned off 7 items and 2 of them were doubled. The bidding was fast and furious. At on point I was counting by hundreds up to $4200 before I started to even chant. I brought a lot of energy to the auction and kept it very upbeat. I am saying all of this to point out that in order to be able to do what we do and to not sound winded and keep the energy up sometimes for 45 minutes or more, you need to practice. Thanks to this school I started practicing everyday for 15-20 minutes and every time I am in the car. You also need to take care of your health and exercise. Remember, we are the product. Bobby and I have talked about this. We are the package, we are selling ourselves, so make sure we represent the best we can. I writing this up fast, but I am sure @Bobby D. Ehlert will create a post about it. Good luck to everyone out there.

@Cj Monsen I will also add, that if you get a late bid, just say: wait a minute, we are here to raise money and normally a sold is a sold, but tonight it is about raising the most money we can. I am going to take that bid and continue on. Be sure you do this in a fun a loving way not to upset anyone. Also do what Bobby suggested and make sure you give them some time. A lot of what we do is reading the audience and knowing when it is time. This weekend I was done at $7,000 , but then managed to get it going again and taking it up to $8,000. Benefit auctions are way different than traditional auctions. The audience is not trained in how this works and they are bidding off of emotions. You will get better at this and it is great that you are even aware of this. Keep going, and each event you get that much better.

I am contacting some people and offering a healthy referral fee for the month of February to my current clients and potential clients. I have also offered it to a select couple of individuals that could help secure signed contracts.

And what do we want?..... More Money!!!!! How are we going to get it?... We ask for it!!!

Thank you @Bobby D. Ehlert for these.

@Bobby D. Ehlert Ha ha I didn't even see that.

@José de Alba Nice job. That is great. Keep up the good work.