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About a year ago, I posted a revelation entitled “The Balloon and the Pin that Popped it” on both ProDJ and DJChat. In those discussions I discovered a many things about myself, the posting DJ community, people’s intentions, and whose opinions really mattered.
Last evening was our Christmas Party, Fourth Quarter awards, and our yearly awards banquet. The DJ’s numbers are looked at: evaluations, generated events, requested DJ, show counts, ect. to determine the awards.
I was given an award that is generally presented to a newer DJ. I was presented with “Most Improved DJ – 2006”.
At face value, I should be embarrassed that my name would appear on this certificate. No DJ with 8 years ('99 to '06) experience in the field and no DJ with about 900 events performed in their career be given this award. Yet knowing exactly why I earned this award, and that I shared with the entire posting DJ community what caused the platform of judging the award - made sharing the conclusion a must.
The platform was simply – I had dwindled my numbers down over the course of a few years by incorporating influences (that only peers deemed valuable) to a total of 6 (six) generated or referral shows to perform in 2006 from events performed in 2005. Of events performed in 2006, they created desirability for over 45 event performances in 2007. That was the improvement.
I attributed the decline in being a desired entertainer due to altering my event away from consumer-sought, just to create an event that would make my peers on chat boards pleased. I blamed myself and a few key names for the decline. I also took responsive action to correct what needed done. Listen to my clients before seeking praise from an online DJ community.
I learned about the impacts of fiddling with my end product at the suggestion (implied or direct) of others.
But the fact I not only learned it, but acted on that knowledge - “Grew My Business.”
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