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What can you do before next season to improve your brand, your marketing, and your attraction? Are you focused on the right things? 

Philip Hernandez, from the Haunted Attraction Network, lets us in on a few things he noticed in 2023 that will be game-changers for the future of your haunt. 

Find Philip here: Haunted Attraction Network

Start and grow a Haunted Attraction business here: Haunters Toolbox

Buy ScareIt Badges for your haunt crew and yourself here: ScareIt Badges

Music by The Crypt Keeper and Midnight Syndicate

What makes a Haunt a GREAT one? The Scare Factor reveals their secret list of what they look for as they review haunted attractions. What to do and what not to do. We all can improve our attractions, here's your list.

Become a member of The Haunter's Toolbox and make your attraction great.

Come with us as we tour a couple of haunted attractions in and around Hannibal, Missouri. 

Haunted Hollows Haunted Trail

Warehouse of Nightmares

Don't forget your ScareIt Badges for your Haunt parties and to reward your haunt staff this season. Buy them here.

Hannibal's inaugural Halloween & Horror Con!
October 7th 2023 ~ 1:00PM until 9:00PM
Celebrity Guests, Vendors and Costume Contest.
Kids 10 and under are free.
Price of admission: $20.00
Guaranteed to be frighteningly fun
Admiral Coontz Recreation Center ~ 301 Warren Barrett Dr.~ Hannibal, MO. 63401

More info: https://www.facebook.com/wickedfest

Don't forget the ScareIt Badges for your Scare Actors and Staff. NEW badges this season!  See our entire collection at ScareItBadges.com

Get your Haunt started at HauntersToolbox.com

Japes Palles, a scare actor manager and scare actor, shares many tips and tactics to build a strong team and how to make your haunted attraction one to remember. 

We cover things like queue line acting, creating zones, actor safety, handling rude customers, how to scare someone using the word BOO! (yes, it's true), and lots more...because Japes loves to talk about acting! 

Find Japes at https://www.lostsoulschicago.info/

Check out the Haunt Hour every Tuesday and their LIVE program for Haunters at https://www.facebook.com/haunthour

The tables have turned! We get drilled by the team at Haunt Hour. Everything from how we got started in Halloween, who we would choose "Dan or Troy"??, and what is going on with ScareIt Badges...

PLUS a ton more questions and BS from the Haunt Hour crew. These people are funny and informative. We love the energy over there. You might too! Let us know what you think.

To get some ScareIt Badges for your scare actors and staff, go here: Buy ScareIt Badges

Join our Facebook Group, The Haunter's Toolbox

Join our membership community at HauntersToolbox.com and talk with the Haunt professionals each month. 

Leonard Pickel shows you how to design your haunted attraction for people with disabilities so that they can enjoy your show as well. Not only wheelchair accessibility but other disabilities as well.

Contact Leonard Pickel at Hauntrepreneurs.com

Would you like to have more control over your queue line? Would you like to know how many people are going to be there for the entire night before you even open? 

Implementing a virtual queue line can let your customers be entertained the whole evening while they spend more money at your event. Timed ticketing can let you streamline your ticket sales and fine-tune your throughput. 

Alex Linebrink from HauntPay.com explains how you can add these solutions to your attraction.

Justin Hill (Haunted Hills Haunted Attractions) uses some of these ticketing solutions in his attraction and explains how you can do it too. Plus, his customers are happier and they are spending more money at his haunt!

To start a Haunted Attraction or grow your current one, start here: Haunters Toolbox

To start rewarding and retaining your team, check out ScareIt Badges here.

The Haunted Attraction Network interviewed 5 new board members from the Haunted Attraction Association about their experience in the haunt industry and picked their brains. You get to enjoy their tips & strategies!

To check out the Haunted Attraction Network, go here: https://hauntedattractionnetwork.com/

To learn more about the Haunted Attraction Association, go here: https://hauntedattractionassociation.com/

To learn HOW to start or grow your haunted attraction, go here: https://www.haunterstoolbox.com/

To join us once a month in these LIVE Master Classes, be a Haunt Master Member at HauntersToolbox.com

A business plan for your haunted attraction is necessary for keeping you on track with your goals and it helps when you need to get your permits or funding. Think of it like a "road map" or an "outline". It shows you how to get there and keeps you on the right road to success.

Find Allie Stones at Heart of Horror Productions or on Facebook.