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I Took Part In A Local Metaphysical Fair
Posted by on 2024-11-21 at 4:43 PM
This weekend I took part in my town’s local healing arts fair, and I wanted to share my experience and what I’ve learned from my first public event.
The event is held twice a year in the spring and fall and is hosted by a local crystal shop, and has been running for a few years now. I’ve gone to the fair for the last three years as a guest that I’ve lived here, so naturally it was a goal of mine to take part in it to promote my quantum healing work.
My booth was $100 for an information only booth, it’s one day from 10-5pm. I opted to make a poster board to provide information and created a flyer and had business cards on hand to offer as takeaways. I don’t remember how much my poster board was, but it probably cost under $15 to put together. I printed out 100 flyers for $53 and 100 business cards for $21 from VistaPrint.
I had a friend join me (who is also a client) to keep me company. My fear was that I would be sitting there alone all day and killing time on my phone. That only partially happened lol.
I made a post on my instagram and TikTok accounts to advertise the day before. I have a tiny following on instagram with some local people, and on TikTok I doubt any of my followers are in the area. The fair was also not heavily advertised on their social media. One of the other vendors, another crystal shop, did a little more advertising however.
The fair wasn’t so busy, there was a steady stream of people during 12-2pm. People did stop to read my board and took my flyer and business card. Maybe a handful of people had questions, and I got a few compliments on my board, and three expressed interest in scheduling a session.
The demographics of the fair were on the older side, which may not have worked in my favor, since I work online. One of my main goals for the show was to get more followers on social media, and get my name out in the community. So far, I haven’t noticed any action on social media and haven’t had any outreach on my website/email.
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From a business perspective this was not a very fruitful event, but I am still glad I did it. It was a big step outside of my comfort zone to meet new people in person and to advertise myself as a “spiritual” person lol, which I’ve kept to my private circles. I don’t know if I’ll do it again next year, but my town has a lot of different farmer/art market type events that I plan on taking part in. All in all it was a great learning experience.
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Good for you to step outside of your comfort zone! You were purposefully aligned with everyone you met that day, and you most definitely made an energetic connection with them. You never know how many seeds you planted. Sometimes it’s hard to quantify the value we are bringing into any setting. :u+2764:
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It’s a big step to do a public event like that the first time, so congratulations!
I wrote about my first such experience here: https://quantumhealers.com/community/blog-articles-to-reblog/my-first-holistic-healing-fair-2/
I did a second fair in the spring, and offered a couple of free group regression sessions which were popular.
Good idea to make a poster board. I’ve been using a powerpoint, but people don’t stop to watch it all the way through, and spots with electricity are few, so maybe I’ll do that next time.
I’ve had a couple of clients come from seeing me at the fairs, and though I missed the last one for health reasons, I would pay to do them just for the meaningful contact with the community, and for the service aspect of doing group regressions with people who might not come out to an event that I organize or to a private session.
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@heather-holm Thanks, I do also really like the idea of having a free offering or event to promote. A lot of people assumed I was teaching a class, so I’m going to play around with that idea and see what I can come up with for the next round.
@allison-brown Totally agree, I think it was a success alone to have gotten me out of the house and a new experience under my belt.
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Congratulations on getting out there!
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@alexisbutts680gmail-com, Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I’ve been getting into my community with a networking group I joined for $200 for a full year. It has paid off for sure. I haven’t done fairs yet but it’s on my list of things to do. Congrats on getting out there and starting up. I have some things in the works for my own business and social media, so I’ll look up your social media and start following you!
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@alexisbutts680gmail-com, Can you share some more information with us on how to follow you? I looked your information up on the directory and there were not links for social media or website for me to look you up and follow your sites. oxoxo
CB
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@christinabrady I’m definitely looking into other way to get more involved with my community, we have a very strong small business community which is exciting. And thank you for the heads up, there should be links but they may need a refresher. I’m @ObserversWithin on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram I appreciate it!
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Hi Alexis,
Thank you so very much for letting us know about your outreach efforts! I add my congratulations to the others about getting out there. That energy is helping to propel you for SURE. Keep going.
I tried to zoom in on your poster but was unable. I am curious as to what it said! I have never done a vendor table at any fair myself, but I have attended a few, and having something to offer there and then seems to be the most popular. Yes offering something… like a mini group regression may work.
I have known a few practitioners who have offered 5-10 minute Quantum Connect Sessions at fairs with great success. This works because it is open eyed and quick. Do you have a deck of oracle cards? People LOVE them and letting them pull a card seems to draw people in as well, another thing one might offer that sort of translates to our work. Even Bibliomancy with a Book of any kind or one of Dolores’!
Maybe a big visual might be a draw. A vintage photo of any sort that could match with the phrase “Who were YOU in a past life?” I have printed that phrase out on cards for group regression events with good results. A good “hook” like that getting people to talk is often all you need.
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Candace
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@candace Thanks thats really good advice, I’m going to put those ideas in my back pocket for next time!
Here are some larger photos, technology hasn’t been my friend this week I hope they’re readable.
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