How to Succeed with a Store or Field
"Shooter-Tag" Marketing
               
          Registration is from 8:45am to 9am, and classes begin at 9am.

Tuition cost ... $100  (one day class)
         

The PTI "How to Succeed" course has been been restructured and is highly acclaimed by students. This class gets into the meat of paintball, as well as some new concepts and opportunities that may expand your universe into low impact forms of shooter-tag. Marker-Ball, Foam-Ball IR-TAG... learn how to make money with paintball and associated opportunities, like paintball-to-go, and several low impact game forms that market well with paintball.  Here is your chance to learn tricks and techniques as well as upcoming industry trends that will make a difference in your business. This class is personally taught by Bob McGuire, and draws on his decades of business experience, as well as fifteen years of close personal relationships with the top figures in paintball.

Bob starts each class with an industry update, then asks the participants about their specific interests. The ensuing spirited lecture covers certain critical elements, and then is customized to suit the unique needs of the class participants. Students will enjoy the same satire and revealing insight that Bob offers in his monthly "NewSplat" column in APG Magazine.

Options the students select from for every class:

• . Critical elements of a business plan

• . What a banker looks for when you ask for a business loan

• . How to run a successful paintball store

• . How to run a successful paintball field

• . How to get free publicity from local media

• . Tricks and strategies that make a difference

• . Where is paintball headed and how can I prepare for it?

• . ASTM & Insurance Requirements… What do they mean?

• . New technology and game formats designed for small fields
     and pro shops.

The new inflatable Shooter-Tag gallery (with bunkers) will be on display, along with the new PMI foam-ball launchers, and special IR-TAG equipment, at all of the 2007 PTI classes. In addition to Foam-Ball launchers, this gallery will include IR-Tag guns and will be available as a turnkey business, complete with insurance. Foam-Ball and IR-Tag will be very popular with parents who want their youngsters to experience the feel of paintball games without the feel of stinging hits. There is a demonstrated need for dry options, and lower impact games for younger players, and perhaps for back yards. All this, and more, will be on display for PTI students, and some very special deals will be available direct from the manufacturers, for PTI graduates.

Heavy Duty Shooter-Tag Gallery... Tough enough for paintball,
but perfect for the new low-impact Shooter-Tag  games such as
Foam-Ball, IR-Tag, and the new 55 cal PMI SportShot Paintballs.
Bunker-Ball, Quick-Draw and many new party, game. and
entertainment markets are available to paintball stores and fields
who want to invest in an inflatable "Shooter-Tag Arena". 
PTI students can see this arena when they attend the
PTI "How to Succeed" class.