Comments on: Letting Clients Sing Your Praise

By: Jeffrey Daymont

Jeffrey Daymont — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:19:38 +0000

The free T-shirt thing is brilliant. It puts a bit of your promo in their wardrobe!

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:15:21 +0000

Great news, Steve!

It’s amazing, but once we stop asking people to think and tell them exactly what we want them to do, they can’t act fast enough!

Absorb this concept and start using it in your life – everywhere in your life – and you’ll be blown away.

Barry

By: Steve Langley

Steve Langley — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:01:27 +0000

Hello all,
Just wanted to chime in here with a little news of some success using your info.
This weekend I performed at a small private party for the president of Johnson & Wales. The act was a hit and although I was unable to put an internet page or voice recorder in such short time… I did use some of your verbage and techniques to request a letter… and it worked!
I just received his email reply stating how much the guests enjoyed it and how happy he will be to write me a testimonial letter on University letterhead (even though it was a private party at his residence) Score!!! Can’t wait to get something up and running similar to what you use. That is such an amazing system you have. I love it! Thanks Barry.

By: Steve Langley

Steve Langley — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:58:07 +0000

Information gold, once again. Very smart and very clever method of getting those letters. I have tried a couple of different methods with varying degrees of success, but none with the degree that I had hoped for. Can’t wait to start putting this info to the test. Thanks for sharing your tips.
Steve

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:01:03 +0000

Scott, I’ve gotten letter from agents/producers before but I have never really gone after them. I have always been an end-client guy as far as letters of recommendation go. I have probably a dozen from producers but I’ve never sent them out. I guess my thought is that they are going to other producers and who knows what kind of baggage there might be between them – good or bad.

Thanks for the tip on this. I probably won’t start asking because I am so focused on the end-client letter but I hope some of the other folks here do.

Barry

By: Scott Xavier

Scott Xavier — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:34:19 +0000

Agents are worth their weight in gold for letters. The work I do get from agents always has a letter with it. They keep up to date on getting letters and contacts thats their job.

However, I find as David Blaine once said to me: the only one who will make you a success is you.

So never stop at just one booking stream. Keep booking…

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:07:30 +0000

Hey Alex,

The timing gets better on the delivery. It’s a bit funky at the beginning as they promise the first one within 24-hours (although it comes right away) and the 2nd one within 24-hours after the 24-hours they had for the first one! Go figure!

Getting the client to talk to other possible clients? Easy man, you ask them to do it. If they loved you they will do it in a second.

Make it fun… turn it into an Ad Lib! Remember those? This is just coming to me as I type but how cool would that be?

Dear _________ (associate),

I hired Alex recently and he was absolutely ___________ (some expression of greatness). Our audience was ____________ (expletive) blown away!

Give that a try and let me know how it works…

It boils down to making it fun and easy for them to show you off. There are other ideas around the blog and on the future lessons…

Thanks for the enthusiasm. Now send this to 10 of your performing buddies. Do it because you are a ____________ (adjective) friend.

Barry

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:54:08 +0000

minutes after I post this I get the link to the second video in my inbox. too funny.

Something I have a question about is getting the client to talk to others- and I’m a bit surprised that no one has asked about this yet – as to me – it seems like the most important part of the whole video.

I thought this little nugget of gold was FANTASTIC.. I never would of thought of it myself as it seems a little pushy…. although i’m sure the way you do it is not at all.

can you expand on this idea at all. do you just out right say – it was wonderful working with you – please tell 3 people for me (and i’ll send you another t-shirt.) …or is there a more subtle approach to it.

I would love some feedback on this as it really seems if this can be mastered you can be receiving extra phone calls from almost every gig.

genius!

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:23:10 +0000

some great advice here – i love this site more every day…. can anyone email me the links to the days 2 – 7 tutorials – it’s been a few days since I’ve signed up and I’ve only gotten the day 1 video sent to me – must be something wonky with the programming…. no biggie – but would like to see them if anyone can send them my way.

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:46:17 +0000

What a great report, Steve. I am not the least bit surprised. You see, you took care of the absolute, #1, most important detail in dealing with a client either before, during, or after hiring you – you removed the need for them to think. Not that they’re stupid or unable, it’s literally that people are just too busy to put the time into anything extra. Give them the gift of being able to do something extra without having to think and you will have whatever you want.

Everyone – don’t miss the power of what I talked about in this lesson or what Steve went out and proved. Don’t make this something you look back on at the end of 2009 and say, “I wish I would have tried that”.

Oh, and in regards to something “costing a little bit, but it pays even more” – let me ask everybody something: How many times would you pay $2 for something that gives you $3?

24/7/365 is my answer

Barry