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  1. Should Recommendations Be Paid For?

    in Marketing & Business Matters

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    Theres something that doesn't "quite sit right" if you are paying merely for a recomendation especially if the venue is recommending more than one service provider as the venue will be in a "win win" situation regardless of your outcome, if however they are only recommending a single service provider it may be useful especially if the overall fees are good.

     

     

     

    Surely the recommendation fee would only be payable if a gig was secured from it?

  4. £120 Djs

    in Marketing & Business Matters

    Posted

    Sounds like horses for courses to me.

     

    At the lower end of the market price competition will always be fierce. Selling on price only, when that is clients' only criterion, leaves nothing else with which to persuade someone to book.

     

    What price anyone goes out for is something that can't be controlled and is up to the individual.

  6. Soundlab Vite Go17jc 4 Head Moonflower Set

    in Techie Talk

    Posted

    I bought a set of these recently for a very low price.

     

    The set consists of one sound activated master and 4 slaves, each connected to the master by a 3 pin XLR cable.

     

    I'm missing the standby/blackout controller which is connected to the master by a 3 hole female XLR.

     

    Despite the fact that the set is shown as available on the Electrovision site, I have been told it is discontinued and spares are not available.

     

    I'm guessing that a simple push to make/push to break switch would do the job but I'm not sure how to wire it.

     

    Does anyone have the answer please?

  19. Should Recommendations Be Paid For?

    in Marketing & Business Matters

    Posted

    If you think that 12% - 15% is bad, hire a PR / Marketing company to get you work :D

     

    Seriously its a small price to pay for the hours of leg work that 'you' aren't willing to put in yourself.

     

     

    No-one said 12-15% was bad as an agent's fee.

     

    This wasn't about agent's fees per se.

     

    It was about the suggestion that 12.5% is a fair price to pay for a recommendation - not a booking, just a recommendation.

  22. Should Recommendations Be Paid For?

    in Marketing & Business Matters

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    £50 from a £400 gig every month seems reasonable enough I suppose.

     

     

    £20 is reasonable in my opinion.

     

    £50 is 12.5% - close to what an agent would charge for getting the booking, issuing all the paperwork, collecting the money, etc. etc., all the things that the "recommended" DJ would have to do himself since he still has to sell his service to the prospective client.

  23. Should Recommendations Be Paid For?

    in Marketing & Business Matters

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    Basically it's a backhander! I don't like the practice at all, if another DJ offers them more of a cut they're likely to drop you in favour of them. And I wonder if it goes through the books or straight into a back pocket - does anyone who has to do this get a receipt?

     

     

    Just what I was thinking this afternoon. It's open to corruption because someone offering a bigger backhander could be recommended over someone better but not prepared to pay so much.

     

    Don't forget though that supermarkets charge manufacturers for providing a prominent shelf position. Isn't that similar?

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