Clients base their decision on reviews above everything else. At the bottom of every listing you can add new reviews and ratings out of ten. You can add reviews yourself from events past or present (as long as they are genuine).
Ask your recent clients to click the add a new review button towards the bottom of your listing.
Click the reviews button in my account to see your reviews.Display your Last Minute Musicians rating on your own web site by embedding one of our ratings widgets or choose one of our badges to promote your listing. You can also link to your listing from elsewhere on the internet, or share on social networks to help promote it. To share a review of your listing, please click the Facebook / Twitter buttons under each review - for help please see our sharing help article.
Customers want to know as much as possible about your act before they book, so to help you get more enquiries, fill in the answers to frequently asked questions from customers on your listing. When you edit your listing, you can fill in answers to preset questions in the following sections: Technical Info, About Your Act, Performance Info and Clients & Venues. You can also create your own custom questions and answers.
To add FAQs to your listing, go to my account and click edit listing.To set your travel distance click edit listing inside your account, navigate to the location & travel section and set the distance you are willing to travel for gigs. Try to set your distance as high as possible (the maximum is 500 miles). You can also set the number of miles you are willing to travel for free.
To set your travel distance, go to my account and click edit listing.Listings with YouTube videos always attract more interest than those without. If customers can hear and see you performing they are much more likely to enquire.
For step by step instructions of how to add YouTube videos, read our YouTube tutorial.Potential clients like to hear the versatility of your performing so try to include a whole range of audio clips showcasing your range of styles and line-ups.
If you have more than one line-up it's a good idea to label the audio clips to make it clear which ensemble is performing which clip. Shorter clips of around a minute tend to work well.
To edit your audio clips, go to my account and click edit listing.You can receive a text message to alert you of a new enquiry. If you turn text alerts on, customers will get given the option to mark their enquiry as an 'urgent enquiry' (this will also be indicated on search results). You can choose whether to receive alerts for all enquiries, or only enquiries marked as urgent.
To set up text alerts, go to my account and click text alert settings.Clients love to know rough costs straight away as this helps save everyone time. Try to mention all the different booking options you have available - methods of payment you accept and details of any extras you offer.
e.g. Now available as a duo, trio or quartet! or Book Monday to Thursday and get 15% off!
To setup a price guide, go to my account, click edit listing and navigate to the prices section.Selecting the correct categories for your listing is imperative. You can go in up to five categories as long as they are all appropriate to your listing.
To select more than one category, go to my account and click edit listing. You can choose a main category and up to 5 sub-categories.Listing tags allow customers to refine their search results based on more in depth criteria.
To choose your listing tags, go to my account, click edit listing and navigate to the about your act section.You can indicate your interest in open enquiries that are yet to be filled. If a customer enquires for an act who aren't free for their event, that enquiry is sent to our open enquiries section so that other members can apply for it.
Simply login to your account and then visit the open enquiries page.Sponsoring a category allows you to feature at the top of every page of a category (above the search results) pointing to your listing or website.
For more details please visit our sponsor a category page.There are various advertising options to further promote your listing. Including: