How to create a successful snowball stand

By: Wendy Potter

1. Save up1. Save up

To make a snowball stand you have to To make a snowball stand you have to have money!!! Not only have enough to have money!!! Not only have enough to get the necessities but extras i.e. stools, get the necessities but extras i.e. stools, tables, paint!! tables, paint!!

2. Buy Property!!! 2. Buy Property!!!

• You have to try to find a area of property that has enough land to have a stand and a (shady) area for people to relax and eat their snow ball!!!

3. Do your research3. Do your research

You have to research where You have to research where there are and are not Snowball there are and are not Snowball stands. Find out what the stands. Find out what the population of that area is. population of that area is.

If you can find out which type of If you can find out which type of machine they use. Ask what machine they use. Ask what flavors are popular.flavors are popular.

4.Buy a SnoWizard4.Buy a SnoWizard

The most popular snowball stands The most popular snowball stands have the SnoWizard snowball have the SnoWizard snowball machine.machine.

You have to look around at different You have to look around at different places. Mainly thrift stores or garage places. Mainly thrift stores or garage sales have them. If you can’t find any sales have them. If you can’t find any look online at look online at

http://www.snowizard.com/http://www.snowizard.com/

5. Buy flavors, bottles, and 5. Buy flavors, bottles, and ice!ice!

You have to buy as many flavors as you are You have to buy as many flavors as you are allowed to. The more flavors you have the allowed to. The more flavors you have the better your business is. People will get tired of better your business is. People will get tired of getting the same flavors over and over again.getting the same flavors over and over again.

Make sure to have a few extra bottles of the Make sure to have a few extra bottles of the most popular flavors so you don’t run out most popular flavors so you don’t run out before you absolutely have to put in a new before you absolutely have to put in a new order.order.

You have to have ice to make a snowball!!! So You have to have ice to make a snowball!!! So have a weekly or monthly order of ice and have a weekly or monthly order of ice and keep a ice room.keep a ice room.

6.Fix it up!6.Fix it up!

You don’t want to hang out at a boring, You don’t want to hang out at a boring, bland place! So why would your bland place! So why would your customers? Even if only employees are customers? Even if only employees are allowed into the building you want to allowed into the building you want to attract people with bright colors, but attract people with bright colors, but not bright enough to blind people. So not bright enough to blind people. So paint the place, fix the roof, and put paint the place, fix the roof, and put price and flavor boards up next to or price and flavor boards up next to or above where people order.above where people order.

7. Set up7. Set up

Set out your floor plan. You want to have the Set out your floor plan. You want to have the Snow Cone maker near the order area, Snow Cone maker near the order area, people like to watch what happens when a people like to watch what happens when a Snow cone is being made.Snow cone is being made.

You want to have the spoons and straws You want to have the spoons and straws near the tip drawer so they don’t have to ask near the tip drawer so they don’t have to ask if they want a extra straw. if they want a extra straw.

8. Name It!

Think of a cool, easy to remember name. People would want to recommend you if they could remember the name. Examples:

Good: Sasha’s Snoe Cones or A Summer Day Snoe Cone

Bad: The Best Ever Snow Cone Place You Have Ever Tried In All Your Days

9.Go Public

Advertize!! Set up signs around the area of your snow cone place. Tell your friends to tell their friends. If you have enough money get a T.V ad or a newspaper article.

10. Hire!!!

You want to hire your employees based on your space.

If you have a small area where only workers are supposed to go don’t hire many people. You may only want to hire your family if it’s a small place. You would mainly need someone to make the snowballs and clean. Sometimes you only need one person

11. Set days and times 11. Set days and times

If you hired people or if you want to If you hired people or if you want to run it by yourself, set days when you run it by yourself, set days when you would be open and how many hours would be open and how many hours you will be open. If you notice its you will be open. If you notice its busy on Tuesdays at four you want to busy on Tuesdays at four you want to be open from 2-6 on Tuesdaybe open from 2-6 on Tuesday

12. Open up!12. Open up!

Set a date to open your store try to Set a date to open your store try to make it during spring or summer make it during spring or summer when it’s hot. People don’t want to when it’s hot. People don’t want to eat something cold on a cold day. Tell eat something cold on a cold day. Tell your employees the day and hours your employees the day and hours you are openyou are open

Works Cited

http://snowizard.com/