26 Jun
2019
26 Jun
'19
5:09 p.m.
I have been tied to GigSalad for years. I sent them a note telling them not to send me
leads that required flying to a gig. So you know, I have not paid an annual fee for years.
I answer and give a quote within four hours. I pay them a commission on only those I’m
booked for.
A plumber charges from the time they leave their office. I do the same, charging for miles
and time.
Otto Warteman
On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 10:41 PM, karendunnam(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
How did she end up finding you? I would add weight to that resource. Perhaps it's her
level of google-fu.
On a forum for professional and semi-pro musicians, someone asked that same question last
week. The consensus was that GS and GM are not worth it.
I took a look at each site tonight; your answers are right there in the listings. GM has
exactly one "square dance caller" listed. If it were working, there would be
more.
GS has 48 "square dance callers" listed. Most seem to have 0 - 6 "verified
bookings," suggesting that this isn't working for them. They guy in San Francisco
who says he's "led over 10,000 dances in the past 37 years" has no verified
GS bookings. This guy has 4. https://www.gigsalad.com/elvis_tribute_artist_napanee
Looks like they've dropped their freebie listings.
A friend who runs a fire performance troupe had a very bad experience with GS. A client
wanted them to perform under an EZ-Up style canopy (I am not making this up). Show time
was early evening in the summer, and he complained that the fire work didn't look as
spectacular as he'd hoped. There was more. On GS, you can't edit or change or
delete a review. Several of us helped her compose a reply to help ease that.
I get referrals from dance communities, other callers, other onezie-dance party callers,
and other performers. I also reach out to event venues and other entities that could
benefit from have a dance event.
True confession: I snuck a peek at the source code on your website. Didn't see any
metatags, but I did see some links that you might want to remove.
--Karen D.
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