Friday, February 27th, 2009

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A Free Shirt for Making my Day.

Posted by admin on 27 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Tips for Artists

My previous blog post is an excerpt of an email I sent out, which offered a free T-shirt to the first 3 acts who convinced me they’d done the basics.

This is an email conversation that followed, and put a big smile on my face, and sent a nice shirt out the door. I love my “job.”

On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Julie Sutton wrote:
1) Put the banner on myspace page (thanks for telling me how!)
2) Emailed a friend in St. Paul, where I’m traveling this summer, to suggest she and her husband host a house concert.
3) Accepted my first two house concert gigs!!! One is in March and the other is in June. Am now going to add them to my gig schedule on both myspace and reverbnation. I’m excited. :o)
Julie
p.s. Do I get the t-shirt? ;o)

On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:32 PM, Fran Snyder wrote:

That makes you #3. Congratulations! (Pause, while I spin in my chair.) Yahoo!
So, what size?  (M/L/XL/XXL)

Congrats on getting the house concerts… will they be your “firsts?”
And did you get them both through the site?
Can I reprint this fun email to inspire some more artists?

On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:29 PM, Julie Sutton wrote:

Yes, they are my first house concerts, and no, they actually weren’t through the site… except indirectly, because I probably wouldn’t have had the idea top of mind and brought it up in conversation [when I met the people who are doing the June concert] had I not been receiving your emails and newsletter.

The one in March is a musician friend who is not yet signed up to concertsinyourhome.com, but I mentioned it to her and also sent a link that you emailed the other day (the musician/cartoonist guy). They have just started doing this (once a month), and are already booked for the entire year.

So…we’re all connected and my joy is yours and vice versa! :o)

I wear a size Medium and yes, you may reprint the email. — Julie

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You go, girl. Check out Julie Sutton’s music, and pay attention to the lyrics.

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Artists: Are you doing the basics?

Posted by admin on 27 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: General

Booking house concerts…

I know it’s a challenge keeping up with all the things you “should” be doing to promote your act. I wrestle with it too. But if you’ve made an investment in us (CIYH) - I want you to succeed. More and more artists are realizing the growing importance of house concerts. Like Hans York says, “house concerts are the emotional anchors of every tour.”

So here’s a reminder, of 3 simple things you can do, right now, to create a few ripples out there.

  1. Put a CIYH banner on your website and/or myspace page. People get gigs this way, they really do. It’s the easiest way to inspire your fans to visit us, and contact you.
  2. Email/remind your fans that you are touring, and you want to delight them with a personal concert.
    Like this. Or, here’s another approach.
  3. Take a non-musician friend to a house concert. Inspire them, inspire yourself. Check the house concert calendars in your area, and send an invitation request for a show that interests you.

If there aren’t any shows listed, bookmark the page. We continue to get 20+ new hosts each month, and new dates go up every day.

The number one reason that new hosts start up a series? They experience one somewhere else. Make it happen.

Thanks for being a part of this.

Your fan,

Fran Snyder
ConcertsInYourHome

PS - Ambitious? Here’s another tip.

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