If You Build It, They Will Come...Yeah, Not So Much! Part - 2

If You Build It, They Will Come...Yeah, Not So Much! Part - 2

How to Open an Escape Room Business Part 2. 10 more things to think about before opening an Escape Room business. 

So Sue Me! Tips for Preventing/Dealing with Injuries in Your Escape Room 

So Sue Me! Tips for Preventing/Dealing with Injuries in Your Escape Room 

Guest blogger, Laura Kendall, co-founder of Escape Assist room management software, provides some tips on preventing and dealing with injuries in escape rooms. Note: This article should not be construed as providing legal advice.

How to Market Your Escape Room Business

How to Market Your Escape Room Business

I have looked at literally hundreds of Escape Room Facebook pages and I have noticed a few common traits among them. Most ER owners have no idea of the power behind their FB page. Their page is a stale bulletin board of player photos and nothing more. Many Escape Room pages don't engage with their audience eliminatitng the purpose of liking your page. Without engagement there is little to no reason for someone to like your ER Facebook page. The vast majority ER page owners don't post real content for their audience to like, comment and share, further reducing the reasons for people to like and follow your page. You have got to give your audience a reason to keep liking and following your page. 

So what steps can you take to increase the organic reach and engagement of your facebook page. Here are 10 suggestions to get you going. You don't have to do all of these things but if you do you should see your page likes increase, your organic reach increase and your bottom line grow. 

Chicago Room Escape Conference - A Round Table Discussion

Chicago Room Escape Conference - A Round Table Discussion

One evening a group of Escape Room owners got together at the Chicago Room Escape conference to have a roundtable discussion about the industry. Here is what I learned.

April 30th, It's National Military Brats Day! Here's 5 Ways to Celebrate!

April 30th, It's National Military Brats Day! Here's 5 Ways to Celebrate!

In case you didn't know, April 30th is National Military Brats Day! Did you know that there are 1.2 MILLION children of active-duty members worldwide? This is a day to celebrate the children of military personnel, who have had to deal with all sorts of unique challenges. Being a military brat can be tough, but it also comes with a lot of benefits. As a member of this special group of people, you learn how to be adaptable and thrive in new environments. Today is your day to shine! So what are you going to do to celebrate? Here are 5 ideas to get you started.

How to Open an Escape Room Business - Full Transcript

How to Open an Escape Room Business - Full Transcript

Full transcript of How to Start an Escape Room Business seminar presented at Midsummer Scream 2017. Original content recorded by Christine Barger

25+ Awesome Escape Room Themes

25+ Awesome Escape Room Themes

You've decided that you are going to open an escape room, now what? Besides a whole host of things that you need to do just to get your doors open, there's this one other small task. That's deciding what your room themes are going to be? 

When we decided to open Cracked it! Escape Games we were faced with this same decision. We had a very limited budget to purchase or design our first game and we chose to design our own game. First, we had to choose the core concept of the game and that is the point of this post. Give you the fledgling operator some ideas to design your own escape room games.