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061: The Party People’s Dean Salakas discusses how he used PR on TV to get to $2million turnover (inc Shark Tank)

August 1, 2016 By Ellie Leave a Comment

Dean Salakas is the ‘Chief Party Dude’ at The Party People. The Party People is a bricks and clicks retailer, with 2 Australian stores and a market leading website. The first online store was launched in 1998 and Dean’s always been focused on keeping The Party People at the forefront of eCommerce development. They’re now turning over $2 million a year.

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Dean Salakas of The Party People
About the business

  • eCommerce Business Structure – Bricks and Clicks
  • Product Range Scale – niche
  • On a Magento platform
  • 9 people in the eCommerce side of the business
  • Based in Australia
  • Key widgets in the website:
    • Feefo – for reviews
    • Celebros – for search

Listen to hear how Dean Salakas got started in eCommerce

Most Awesome Thing Right Now

Dean really likes the fact that his business is a party shop, it’s a fun business and he loves what he does.

Listen to hear more about how The Party People have used product placement to grow their business

On the Radar for the Coming Months

With the online success of The Party People, Dean’s current focus is on looking at further ways to transfer the businesses’ achievements onto the high street. He will be working on his bricks and mortar strategy and looking at how he can form synergy between his bricks and clicks business.

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eCommerce Book Top Tip

Jab Jab Jab Right Hook by Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson

eCommerce Traffic Top Tip

Dean admits that Google Adwords have worked really well for The Party People – but admits that is a bit of a dull answer.  He suggests trying Bing, the traffic numbers are lower but not as many people are using it so you’re more likely to get a bigger percentage of the traffic for a lower cost.

Tool Top Tip

Dean and his team use Asana  a project management tool, he started using it when developing their website. It’s easy to use, you can easily keep up to date with what stage various projects are at and it’s free for up to 15 users.

Start Up Top Tip

Dean’s top tip would be to start with a niche focus with a business that you know you’ll be really good at and target that small area. Be the best at that you can be and then begin to build up from there.

If your business didn’t exist, which eCommerce Business Would you like to be Running?

Although Dean is really passionate about all eCommerce there is no question in his mind that there is no other business he would rather be running it’s all about The Party People.

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