7 Ways Show Bands Bring Los Angeles Style Corporate Success

What is Los Angeles style corporate success, and why does it matter?

The possibilities could be endless, but they're not... I've traveled the world, and seriously, there's only one Los Angeles... EVER. Anywhere. The key to the style of corporate success that comes directly from Los Angeles, is laid back, easy living, something that identifies with the beach-bum lifestyle and lets you ride easy.

Have you ever seen an ocean wave rolling in? Surfers riding the curl, believing they were the only man on the ocean. They have no other human being in their vision, it's just that one man on the surf board in the water, and he's slicing that wave like a pro. Whether he is or not... Slicing the wave like a pro is all he can see, because that's what he wants!

And that's why Los Angeles style corporate success matters. Now, here are 7 ways show bands bring that to your corporate training event.

#1 - Set the mood.

Whether you're going for a casual beachy weekend, or a glamour and glitz Hollywood Extravaganza, the Show Band you select will set the tone for you. They'll already be wearing the wardrobe, looking the part, and playing the songs that set the mood for your corporate event.

#2 - Raise the bar.

Because you give your show band a list of tunes, you determine the quality of the songs, the value of the message, and the modem appreciato for the entire show. The show bands play what you select, once they have the playlist, you've got the whole bar for your event set to a higher status.

#3 - Increase memorabilia.

When you take home great memories from a training event, you remember more details. Some can actually remember the dates they learned specific details when they have something to associate the memory with. Didn't we study that the trip when we danced to show band classics at the midnight jamboree?

#4 - Improve overall feelings.

Training events take time out of busy schedules. Often, for mundane tasks that could be taken care of during the work week. But team building is important. So why not use a show band to make the corporate event more successful? If the corporate event feels more fun, your attendees will learn more, and be more successful on the corporate level.

#5 - Bring on thematic learning.

Pick a theme, and focus your whole event on the theme. Los Angeles has many theme options, from Celebrity Gala, to Beach Party. Take your que from the team you're training, and select your show band for that theme. Bring on the corporate success!

#6 - Add compassion and romance.

You're concerned with how your employees respond to each other on the job, but if they know each other's spouses, it's more likely they will treat each other with respect. By incorporating fun, compassion, and romance in the weekend training event, you increase the power of having a "family business" relationship. Invite spouses and significant others.

#7 - We offer training solutions.

No matter what your situation, budget, or desire...

David Levine Entertainment offers a solution based answer to the act of scheduling the BEST show band for your event. We offer Las Vegas Show Bands, for any event. Our best solutions for California beach front events, often come with Los Angeles based groups. We love our show bands! You will too.

15 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Gold & Silver

Today gold is more than $1600 per ounce, and silver is nearly $16 per ounce. It doesn't take many ounces of silver to reach into the hundreds of dollars, and it doesn't take much gold to reach into the thousands of dollars. But I caution you: there's a great deal of "Smoke and Mirrors" you'll face when selling your precious metals, and it's all designed to help the Buyer and not the Seller.

If you don't know how the game is played, if you don't know precisely what you have... before you sell it... then you're a prime candidate to be taken advantage of when selling. Here are just a few things you should know, and a few things you should own, before attempting to sell your precious metal treasures.

• Avoirdupois vs. Troy Ounces: If you don't understand the difference between the two, and if you don't know how to convert one into the other, then you'll probably be taken advantage of. Avoirdupois Ounces are bathroom scale or delicatessen scale weights. Precious metals are weighed using Troy Ounces, which are a totally different weight measurement. You had better learn the difference.
• Ounces vs. Pennyweights vs Grams: Each Troy Ounce contains 20 Pennyweights (dwt.) or 31.1 Grams (g). Some Buyers use Grams to calculate value, while others use Pennyweights. It will vary from store to store. And if you don't understand how these work, and if you can't convert one into the other, you will probably be taken advantage of at some point.
• Sterling Silver Fineness: You must understand the Sterling Silver is always 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% base metal. Never any more or less.
• Other Silver Fineness: You must understand that some countries used a silver standard other than Sterling, such as 95%, 90%, 90%, 83.5%, or 80%. Each is marked differently and you need to understand how to identify the various markings, and differentiate one from the other.
• Solid vs. Weighted Sterling: There is a big difference between Solid Sterling and Weighted Sterling. Both metals contain 92.5% pure silver, but Weighted Sterling contains a heavy cement to help prevent the piece from tipping over. And no one is going to pay you for cement.
• Non-Silver Silver: If you think that German Silver, Alpaca Silver, or Sheffield Silver are real silver, you would be mistaken. And it could cost you.
• Gold Fineness: If you don't understand the difference between 10k, 14k and 18k gold, it could also cost you dearly. This is very basic and, with gold at $1,600+ per ounce, a slight miscalculation could cost you thousands.
• Other Golds: If you don't know the difference between Rolled Gold, Gold Plate, Gold Fill, Gold Vermeil, or Gold Tone... it could also cost you big bucks.
• Troy Weight Scale: If you don't own a $15 precious metals scale, you can't properly weigh what you own, and you won't know precisely what you have.
• Precious Metal Test Kit: If you don't own a $15 acid test kit which enables you to test and/or confirm the fineness of gold and silver, then you won't be able to confirm precisely what you do, or do not, have.
• Diamond Tester: If you don't own a $15 Diamond Tester, how will you know whether it's a real diamond or fake paste? (Did you ever hear the story of the family that sold Mom's $10,000 diamond ring for $10 because they thought it was costume jewelry?).
• Is the Buyer's Scale Accurate? Can you determine whether the Buyer's scale is set to a measurement that favors them over you?
• Fake Gold and Sterling Items: Fake US and Foreign Coins are made to look authentic but they're not. And we're seeing an increasing number of fake jewelry items marked "Sterling", or with fake "10k, 14k, 18k" gold markings. Most have been manufactured in China and imported here. Can you tell the difference?
• Are the Gemstones Real or Faux? Can you tell the difference between real and fake gemstones? And the value of each?
• Buyer Reputation & Longevity: Does the Buyer have extensive experience, or have they recently opened? I would much rather deal with someone who's been in business, at that same location, for a long time period of time. You don't stay in business for decades unless you treat people fairly.

Always remember this: The Seller always wants as much as possible, while the Buyer wants to pay as little as possible. If you end up somewhere in the middle, you're probably okay. But if you don't understand the value of what you own... before you sell it... you'll probably be taken advantage of. Need some helping selling Jewelry, Coins and/or Sterling Silver? We can probably help. Call us at 215-264-4304 if you have any questions or need our help converting your treasures into cash.

WHAT'S IT WORTH?: We were helping a woman from Florida to sell some Sterling Silver flatware she had sent to us. Before we sold it, we called her with our calculated weight and estimated re-sale value. Her immediate response was that our weight did not match hers and sounded too light. I asked her three questions

• Did she weigh it on a bathroom scale? Yes, she had.
• Did she weigh it while the cloth wrappers that protected the various pieces were still on? Yes, she had.
• Did she weigh the Sterling-handled knives at full weight rather than just factoring in the weight of the hollow Sterling handle. Yes, she had.

We took her weight, then subtracted the cloth wrapper weight, and the Sterling knife weigh, and converted her Avoirdupois weight to Troy ounces. and guess what? We were spot on. And she was ultimately happy.