The Business of Guitar

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Comment by Edward Sparks on July 9, 2012 at 3:02pm

The next Sparks & McCoy gig...this Thursday!  We put these flyers on the tables the Thursday morning the week before we play, then again Wednesday morning of the week we play. That way we hit the previous Thursday night crowd and alert them to come the next Thursday and hopefully lure the Wednesday night crowd to come out the next night.  The club owner thought that this was just great and commented that none of her other acts did this kind of in-house marketing.  Note that the only nights listed on this flyer are for this venue, they don't like it when you put out flyers advertising your gigs at OTHER venues...truth is though that the Facebook page name is at the bottom so people can go home and look us up on Facebook to see the others bookings.    Try this, it works!  

Comment by Luis Motta da Silva on May 30, 2012 at 2:54pm

Hi, all you 17 members!

Glad to be the 18th! Though i'm not exactly in the business, the truth is, sometimes I sell a guitar made by me, sometimes I repair an instrument and charge for it, sometimes I get payed for playing ... and many-a-time I do it only for the pleasure!

Anyway, I think it's been a great idea to start this group, congratulations, Jeffrey! And I'm sure to have a lot to learn from you!

Comment by Edward Sparks on March 9, 2012 at 7:43pm

My latest flyer:

Comment by Edward Sparks on October 21, 2011 at 8:29am

Hey, found another great article called "Gig Proof Your Rig"

Edward

 

http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/uncategorized/gig-proof-your-r...;

Comment by John Morgan on September 20, 2011 at 11:03am

Jeffrey,

I'm so busy with the business of teaching and gigging it's hard to find time to market.  Here's my deepest marketing insight so far: "If you don't tell people what you have to offer, they won't drop in to buy it:-)  Thanks for a nice page with some good ideas. I will try to drop in more often.

John

Comment by Jeffrey D Brown on August 16, 2011 at 2:12pm

Hey, we're up to 13 members... I think that must be quorum... or something like that.

Comment by Jeffrey D Brown on August 3, 2011 at 9:13pm

Welcome to all new members... I hope you'll get some good from this group... one tidbit can make a huge difference... can change the game... we only need to be open to receiving it... (the tidbit, that is). Of course, I'm thinking plural but let's see what develops. Thanks for showing up! ~ Jeff