Thank you to Kate Sorensen of Selfie WRLD Omaha for the email interview of her new business at Shadow Lake Towne Center.
Selfie WRLD Interview for PapillionBusinesses.com
PapillionBusinesses.com: Please tell us a little about yourself.
Kate Sorensen: The owners of SelfieWRLD Omaha are entrepreneurs at heart. We have young kids that are involved in our communities and love having an impact on the lives of individuals.
We are also ridiculously happy and uplifting, so the “Love Your Selfie” mantra of Selfie WRLD is what we hope to impress on others.
PapillionBusinesses.com: How did you come to be in this business?
Kate Sorensen: When the pandemic was nearing its end, the owners/friends knew that bringing a concept like Selfie WRLD to the greater Omaha area would be a welcome concept. It was finally time to start seeing people SMILE again!
Selfie WRLD is the #1 Trending Selfie Museum in the country with a combined 500,000 social media followers. We will soon have over 40 franchises from coast to coast. The original location was in Des Moines, Iowa and it has grown from there. Each location is managed individually by local individuals, no corporate money involved, all local small businesses.
Selfie WRLD TRULY feels like a family business (because it really is!) The CEO even has her Dad and Aunt both on her staff!
PapillionBusinesses.com: Please describe your business.
Kate Sorensen: Selfie WRLD Omaha is a 5,000 sq. foot space with new, interactive and innovative photo booths that are each themed.
Inside Selfie WRLD Omaha you’ll find 20+ photo opportunities to get that perfect pic – whether for a birthday, last day of school, prom, senior photos, family pictures or social media profile pictures.
Remember Glamour shots?? Yah – like that, but not nearly as cheesy! Ha!
PapillionBusinesses.com: Please tell us about your different rooms.
Kate Sorensen: From an LED pool pit to a bathtub filled with “bubbles”, sports room with bleachers, an illusion room where you can “climb the wall”, a diner with a real working jukebox, swings, a coffee diner, a “shoot your shot” with a basketball hoop you can actually sit on, and of all things, a jumbo sized lip couch – there is a room that can fit into anyone’s life.
PapillionBusinesses.com: What is included with your ticket?
Kate Sorensen: When each group is welcomed into Selfie WRLD Omaha, they receive their own ring light with a quick tutorial from our staff that will give them the perfect lighting for their pictures as well as a remote timer to connect to their phone wirelessly and use with their phone’s camera (Hello, not having to use a timer – YAY!)
The ring light also has a holder for your phone inside the ring to get the perfect shots!
PapillionBusinesses.com: Please tell us about the different uses for these rooms.
Kate Sorensen: anything and everything
PapillionBusinesses.com: How does booking a room or rooms work?
Kate Sorensen: Walkins are welcome at Selfie WRLD Omaha, however, as time slots start to fill up, you may want to reserve your tickets online at selfiewrldomaha.com to get the best experience.
As customers enter the store, they either redeem their pre-purchase by showing the ticket qr code on their phone
PapillionBusinesses.com: Do photographers need to pay extra to have sessions at Selfie WRLD Omaha?
Kate Sorensen: No! We welcome photographers with open arms and are so happy to have them use our space.
Photographers pay regular admission, and the same goes with their clients. We even have four dressing rooms for the photographer’s client to change their outfits in.
Each dressing room has a key, so the client can leave their belongings in the fitting room and carry the key with them inside the store until they’re finished with their session!
Do you know a professional photographer? We would love for them to email us at selfiewrldomaha@gmail.com to collaborate!
PapillionBusinesses.com: Do people spend the whole one hour time slot inside Selfie WRLD Omaha?
Kate Sorensen: YES! As long as we aren’t sold out for the upcoming timeframe, they are welcome!
We often have people buy a second hour when their hour is up!
Most times that this happens, customers have come in in a group, and haven’t hit all of the booths because they’re having so much fun getting all of the best pics and photo combinations!
PapillionBusinesses.com: How did you choose this franchise?
Kate Sorensen: Selfie WRLD is the number one selfie museum in the country and it’s fun, that’s reason enough! Plus, you can’t not feel happy and SMILE inside a Selfie WRLD! (We guarantee!)
At the time of writing this article, Selfie WRLD is in: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Northern Virginia/DC, Wisconsin and soon to be California. We are for sure up and coming!
PapillionBusinesses.com: What is the best thing about Selfie WRLD Omaha?
Kate Sorensen: The best thing about Selfie WRLD Omaha is that we cater to people of any age and our goal is one thing: for everyone in the building to SMILE and take a load off. It’s the perfect place for any type of group, person or demographic!
PapillionBusinesses.com: Why did you pick Papillion?
Kate Sorensen: Papillon is the perfect community for Selfie WRLD Omaha! We are within a 25 minute drive of every city inside the greater Omaha area, and a convenient drive from Lincoln, Nebraska as well.
Plus, the shopping and dining options in Shadow Lake like locally owned Copps Pizza, locally owned Real Deals, Bath & Body Works,Old Navy, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Rooted Soul leave our “non-selfie” guests something to do while our “selfie” guests are having their fun inside the store!
We LOVE our neighbors!
PapillionBusinesses.com: How do you see your business fitting into the economic development of the area, especially Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion?
Kate Sorensen: We work very closely with the Sarpy County Tourism office in hosting events, and collaborating on what we can do to make an impression on guests’ visits to Sarpy County. We want the visitors to have a fantastic time in Papillion and the greater Omaha area!
PapillionBusinesses.com: What is your public contact information?
Name: Kate Sorensen
Business: Selfie WRLD Omaha
Address:
7474 Towne Center Parkway, Suite 111
PapillIon, NE 68046
Phone: (402) 916-9064
Email: selfiewrldomaha@gmail.com
Website: https://selfiewrldomaha.com
Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/selfiewrldomaha
https://www.instagram.com/selfiewrldomaha
https://www.tiktok.com/@selfiewrldomaha
