



๐ค Ian Smith, Founder
How Bearded Social House unlocked a predictable pipeline of corporate event inquiries
Bearded Social House is a social venue built for group experiences, team events, and corporate outings. Corporate events represented a major growth opportunity, but consistently reaching the right planners was the missing piece.
Before working with Event Captain, Bearded Social House struggled with one specific problem: contacting and engaging corporate event planners.
While demand existed, there was no reliable way to get in front of the people actually responsible for booking team events and corporate outings. Without direct access to planners early in the decision process, many opportunities never progressed beyond awareness.
“Our biggest challenge was contacting and engaging with corporate event planners.”
Ian Smith, Founder of Bearded Social HouseEvent Captain implemented a focused outreach strategy designed specifically to connect Bearded Social House with corporate event planners in their local market.
Outreach focused on direct conversations with planners responsible for team events and offsite bookings. Rather than waiting for inbound inquiries, Event Captain helped the venue proactively reach decision makers earlier in the planning process.
This shift allowed Bearded Social House to build direct relationships with planners instead of competing for the same last minute inbound demand as other venues. Corporate outreach became predictable rather than opportunistic. It was all visible in Event Captain: Ian could see every planner in the pipeline, how many had events planned in the upcoming quarter, and know follow-up was happening at the right time, turning inquiries into bookings and bookings into repeat business.
After launching with Event Captain, Bearded Social House saw a clear improvement in corporate interest and inquiry volume.
“After starting with Event Captain, we saw a measurable uptick in corporate event inquiries.”
Ian Smith,ย ย Founder of Bearded Social HouseThose inquiries translated into real business impact. New corporate customers more than justified the investment and created a repeatable pipeline of high value bookings.
“Iโd recommend Event Captain all day. They are wonderful to work with, have delivered what they advertised, and have more than paid for themselves with new customers.”
Ian Smith,ย ย Founder of Bearded Social House