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wizardofsorts Special user Chicago, IL 935 Posts |
Hey everyone,
I was doing my numbers for last year and I noticed that May was a lack luster month. I was wondering if there is some sort of special events going on in the family/kid world that I could hook into to book some more shows. I figure its too late for schools. Do preschools do a end of "school year" thing? Any other ideas? Edd
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magic4u02 Eternal Order Philadelphia, PA 15110 Posts |
Edd,
I know that the festival season usually starts in May with spring festivals. They are always looking for children's and family-oriented entertainment. If you hit your local Parks and Recreation Depts., you can usually get somewhere with them fast. Parks and Recreation Depts. usually run 3 festivals type events a year and a lot of them run one in May., It certainly would be worth looking into. The money is also great for a day rate package of 2 shows a day or whatever you feel you want to offer them. If you want more information or tips, just let me know. I would be glad to help. Kyle
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macmagic Veteran user MA 400 Posts |
Pretty much any month can be great with daycares! I noticed that in general the first three months of the year are bit slow, so I sent a postcard to daycares offering them a huge discount, I more then doubled my income from my first quarter last year, so daycares are always good............could be an educational themed show(self-esteem etc.) or just a fun show, I played up the fact that here in New England the weather has been terrible and the kids could use a good fun show to chase those winter blues away!
Like Kyle said Rec. departments are good, you should mail to them a bunch of times during the year!
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magic4u02 Eternal Order Philadelphia, PA 15110 Posts |
I key into Parks and recreation daprs. 2 times a year. Mainly in jan. feb and early march and again towards the mid and late summer. I find this is the best time to get them when they are working on spring and summer festivals and then on harvest and fall fests as well as holiday shows.
Kyle
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7565 Posts |
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On 2005-03-04 19:52, wizardofsorts wrote: Hi Edd - You never know until you try. I book school shows year round, although I know some performers that tend to favor mailing at certain points in the year. I just booked some more shows recently, for this school year, and send out a certain number of mailings each week to different schools. If you have a show that is backed by lots of school show testimonials, that will help to get your foot in the door. Friendly approach and repetition in marketing (several times a year, over a period of several years), is the key with this market. Don't give up after one mailing, but don't be too forceful, either. Try some sort of coupon offer (instead of a discount, an alternative idea is bonus bookmarks or the like) if they book your show in May. This might help increase response to your offer. - Donald
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