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Business pulse master sheet

Hot leads master sheet

Upcoming events next 30 days

This week calendar

Past 2 weeks — recap material

Upcoming — tease-in-advance material

Seasonal + timely hooks late April → mid May

Ready-to-draft social post ideas 5 ideas · all IG / TikTok / FB ready · tell me to draft any

1. "3 takeaways from Midwest DJs Live" — Instagram carousel (5–7 slides), follow-up to Friday's recap. Pulls from real takeaways rather than just "I went." Positions you as a DJ who invests in the craft. Cross-post to TikTok as a voice-over reel with the same slides.
2. "Songs you should NEVER play at a wedding (and what to play instead)" — short engagement reel. Couples save + share these because they're actively planning. Saves = Instagram algorithm signal. Talk-to-camera or screen-text format, 15–30 seconds. Ending CTA: "Comment your most-hated wedding song."
3. "First-dance tip: the 3-song rule" — short reel or carousel with a genuinely useful piece of advice (e.g., "pick a song you love, one your families will recognize, and one to keep the floor moving for the transition"). Couples planning weddings bookmark these. Cross-post everywhere via Metricool.
4. "Still booking 2026 dates" — availability-urgency post. Pick 2 open Saturdays from your DJ Calendar gaps, post as a Story + Reel. Your current upcoming-wedding count is only 2 in the next 30 days, so this maps to real gaps worth filling. Use this one when the pipeline's soft.
5. "Why I quit Wedding Pro" — Instagram carousel, transparent take on the $357 net cost, 0 bookings from 28 leads. DJ community engages with this kind of ROI-honesty content. Keep it non-bashy — frame as "what I learned trying it." Also signals to couples that you're thoughtful about your business.

Wishlist 5 items · ~$4,930 total (some prices estimated) · all currently wait

Suggested purchase sequence when reserve is ready

1. First priority: build business reserve to $5,000. Everything else waits until this is established — no amount of cool gear is worth the risk of a cash crunch in July.
2. Once reserve is solid, order by revenue potential: (1) iPad photo booth — direct revenue add-on, highest ROI. (2) Dancing on a Cloud — another direct upcharge. (3) First wave of 8 more IR4 uplights (~$560) — immediate capacity unlock. (4) BPM moving-head spots pair — production value bump. (5) Next wave of 8 uplights. (6) Third wave of 8 uplights (reaches 32 total). (7) CO2 cannon last — cosmetic only.
3. Stop-check at every purchase: re-verify reserve stays above $5k after the buy. If any single item would drop you below, defer or split.

The rules I apply

• Needs (essential / replacement / required for a booking) — green-light if cash stays above $2,000 after purchase. Yellow if an upcoming event balance in the next 14 days would put you above the threshold; I'll name the specific balance to wait for.
• Wants (upgrades / nice-to-have / new capability) — green-light only if cash stays above $5,000 after purchase AND past-30-day cash-in is ≥ $8k monthly target. Wants can always wait.
• Big-ticket split rule: any item over 25% of your cash-above-floor gets a suggestion to split the purchase (essential part first, upgrade later) or defer entirely.
• When you buy something, just tell me "bought the K12.2" and I'll mark it purchased and move it to the history section.
• Changed your mind? "Nevermind on the mixer" moves it to deferred history.

Purchased history

Deferred history