"We didn't get your contract." Those are words you hate to hear! But sometimes they get lost, or you forget to mail them or email them. Hasn't happened to you, yet? To avoid hearing those word, you need to Advance Your Tour dates from now on. It's not magic and it's not rocket science. It's just a system of tracking your contracts, when they were sent, when they came back and then touching base with each venue in a strategic order to ensure all the details for your upcoming gig at their venue are in place. What, not issuing contracts? We need to talk! Had you been advancing…
The Webinar Replay is still up today, but will not be available after today, so check it out while it is still up. We covered some great strategies that you may not have come across before and you can apply them immediately to your touring career. Start to reap the benefits of using these in your business and next year could be your best touring year ever. I'd love to share this valuable information with you so join me for the premier session of the new video course. Don't miss this opportunity to work with me and learn how to book more gigs, book better gigs and get paid more money. …
Get paid higher gig fees by building your value in each market. But, how do you build your value? One way is to track every gig you play in and around each market. Track your audience numbers, your merchandise sales, the percentage of seats sold in relation to the size of the venue, the weather on the day of your gig, whether any other events might have presented a conflict for your audience and what sort of media coverage you got. Now when you have hard, cold facts like numbers, you are better able to negotiate the next gig by leveraging the facts to increase your guarantee…
Want to hit the road all expenses paid? I'll bet you think it is impossible? Well not when you are able to get some or all of your tour expenses sponsored. No I don't mean you need to wrangle with major beer companies or try to talk with those huge corporations who slap their logos on t-shirts and splash their celebs all over TV ads. On the contrary, I'm talking about starting with local businesses and organizations. Does this take some work? Absolutely! Is it worth your time and effort? You bet! I want to teach you how to work with logical, well chosen potential sponsors. You'll learn how to create your pitch, design your benefits and incentives and win…
Wow! We had a great webinar this afternoon with lots of people attending live from all over the world. If you missed it, you can catch the replay. It will only be available for a few hours. And while you are there, check out the course. I'd love to share this valuable information with you so join me for the premier session of the new video course. Don't miss this opportunity to work with me and learn how to book more gigs, book better gigs and get paid more money. I can't wait to help you create more profitable tours. Registration is only open until Sunday, November 24th so don't…
Registration is now open and we are on a roll. How to Book Gigs & Tour Profitably is the premiere system for success for performers that turns the tables in your favor by showing you how to book better gigs on your own and get in front of an audience who appreciates your music...all without waiting to be discovered! How to Book Gigs and Tour Profitably is a system for touring success that you access online...takes only 8 weeks...and it's the only solution that allows you to effortlessly manage your time and focus on what will make YOU a successful touring musician without wasting time on things that just don't matter! …
Did you know that Thanksgiving is the best Gig weekend of the year to perform? Here in the U.S. Thanksgiving is just a week away. I remind you of this every year. Meanwhile, I hope that wherever your holiday travels take you, you end up enjoying the friends and family that surround you. Now, speaking of being surrounded by friends and family, did you know that Thanksgiving weekend, Friday and Saturday are probably the best days of the entire year to do concerts? Think about it. Everyone travels during the week to get somewhere where they will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Even if you are staying home, then other people…
It's time to conquer your empty calendar syndrome! Here it is November. As you look at your calendar for the new year, January February, March and even into the summer months, are you relieved to see tons of booked gigs filling dates far into your future? OR are you shocked to see week after week with no gigs staring back at you, better known in my world as the “Empty Calendar Syndrome.” As a booking agent, I dreaded seeing empty calendars and struggled to get those tours booked far enough in advance, so I never had to deal with “empty calendar syndrome.” That prompted me to come up with a…
How Many Gigs Do Your Really Need? Did you ever consider exactly how many gigs you really need? I ask my artist clients this all-important question and wow it is an eye-opener! Most artists operate under the presumption that they have to play all the time and if they are not, there must be something very wrong with how they do their booking. I’ve devised a simple exercise that can help put you on track to booking and playing the exact right number of gigs for your situation. When you do this exercise, you can watch stress and overwhelm just slip away and experience confidence and feel motivated to book…
Whether you are ready to book your first gig or just need to fill in a few dates, booking those gigs can be challenging. If you are just getting started, you probably don’t have many or any fans on a mailing list or social media. So how the heck do you get a crowd to buy tickets to your show? And, if you need to fill a fast date with little or no lead time to round out a tour or just put something on the calendar for an off time, you don’t want to be phoning up venues who you know are probably already booked. So frustrating and such…
