How Far????

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Capital Disc Jockeys

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Nov 5, 2006
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Would you travel to meet with a potential Bride and Groom not booked? You've spoken to them, they have all of your information. You are going into the meeting with the mindset that you're getting a deposit and signed contract.

How far would you travel for this???

After a few responses, I'll let you know how far I did travel today..

Thanks!
 
No more than an hour. Even if their wedding is significantly farther away, an unbooked customer is just that, an unbooked customer. Odds are that if they want to meet, they're serious about your service. Or they could be meeting with every DJ in the book.
 
Yup - Hour or an hour and a half.

But it all depends on the opportunity - which is always discussed first by phone.
 
I spoke with a couple interested in ceremony, cocktail music, reception music and photo montage. It was my biggest gig to date.

I agreed to meet at their house about 70 minutes away. I left with a deposit from them.
 
I don't travel any if I don't have a signed contract and deposit in hand.

I don't try to sell a customer in a face to face unless they come to me at the office/studio. When I meet with "Clients" it is just for planning. Then I am going to limit travel to 1/2 hour or less.
 
I have met with clients 200 miles away before. This was not for a wedding, but a corporate event that we now do every year; Tuesday event, $4000+.

I have not yet turned down a client in meeting them locally. It's just good for both of us. We also tend to work for $2000-4000 per day, and our primary market is recurring events, so it will usually work out well.
 
Yes how far did you drive and how much time did you spend with the people to get your headache? ;>)
 
Do you add the time and expense to the next gig when figuring cost versus profit for the Month or year?
 
That's terrible Tim, sorry to hear it.

I try to have clients meet me here. When they won't I have driven over an hour to them. Always though with a signed contract or they are meeting me to sign the contract as part of the consult.

Recently, one I drove to the next county a little over an hour. For the reception and the consult. My fault I didn't ask exactly where it was before the quote, never again, didn't include the travel time.
 
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