Local Fan Base

Estimated Local Fan Base: Gigmor Exclusive

We are super excited to announce the arrival of a new tool that will help both the artist and talent seekers during the booking process, Gigmor’s Estimated Local Fan Base! 

It’s designed to see artists’ audience growth and career trajectory in one place. We believe this will become an essential tool for indie artists who are growing their career and building a fan base as well as for talent seekers who are trying to predict ticket sales and concert attendance.

The Estimated Local Fan Base draws data from an artists social media in a way that is totally unique to Gigmor. Our engineering team developed an accurate way of counting how many fans that artist has in their own city. They also went one step further and developed a way to tell how many fans that artist has in the Talent Seekers city.

Let’s use Junior227 GigScore for example.

  • Junior227 is a Pro Member.
  • Lives in Denver. 
  • Below ‘Estimated Local Fanbase’ you will see ‘Artist Location.’ 
  • To the right, is ‘My Location’ which is where you are located.
  • Toggle between both to see the difference in the local audience estimate.

In his location, he has an Estimated Fanbase of 60. In LA, it’s 412.  Pretty cool information to have in your arsenal, right? Take a look around Gigmor and you’ll find some pretty amazing artists with some really high scores. Scores that will, hopefully, make booking easier and more reliable for you!  

We’re already planning to add more functionality to what we hope is an essential tool, so stay tuned! To check out how big your local fanbase is, just head to your public profile and click the GigScore tab.

Thanks,

Team Gigmor

From the archive: How to book shows

book a show

Host a Gig in Your Own Space

Live music is one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses. In fact, 90% of live music fans say that brands can enhance the live music experience and 63% of fans say they are more likely to connect with brands during a live music event (https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/90-of-live-music-fans-say-brands-can-actually-enhance-the-experience/). Hosting a gig in your own space is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a real relationship with your customers. 

At the Governors Ball Music Festival, both Subway and Citibank experienced tremendous success with their promotions. Subway hosted a tasting area with sandwiches and other refreshments that included a DJ and Citibank had a private viewing area for Citibank cardholders.

It’s one thing to realize the potential that live music could have on your marketing strategy but it’s quite another to plan and host a gig. The good news is that it’s a lot easier than you think. Follow these steps and you’ll be hosting your first gig before you know it!

  1. Make sure your space is good to go.
    • Ask yourself a few logistical questions to get an idea of what kind of artist you want to book and when you want to schedule the concert. How many bathrooms do you have/need? Will the neighbors be angry if you book a metal band? Stuff like that. 
  2. Artist booking and scheduling.
    • Obviously, Friday and Saturday nights are the most popular nights for live music but they also have the most competition. Hosting a concert mid week could be a great strategy if your neighborhood has good pedestrian traffic. 
    • Artist booking is the fun part. What kind of artists do your customers listen to? What kind of music resonates with your brand? Once you decide this, you can create your gig post (link) and find a band. Make sure the artist knows what equipment they need to bring and what you can supply. If you don’t have speakers or microphones, no worries! Most artists are used to this and will be able to supply their own gear. 
  3. Promote and plan.
    • Once you’ve set a date and booked an artist you can finally start to promote. Artists will help carry the burden so make sure they are posting to their social media and getting their fans to come. You should do the same – put flyers on your sales counter, send a message to your email list, post to social, put a sign outside your store. Do everything you can to get people excited and bring them in the door. 
  4. Show time! Hosting the gig
    • So, you found a band, promoted the show and and brought people in the door. Congratulations! Now, make the most of it. Make sure people know where they are and what you do. Yes, it should be obvious, but don’t take that for granted. If you’re a gym, pass out flyers for membership discounts. When you’re introducing the band, introduce yourself, talk about your business. Pass out free samples. TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEO. Rinse and repeat. 

It may seem daunting, but once you get going you’ll find it’s a much smoother process than you think. Remember, we’re here to help! 

Good luck, 
Team Gigmor

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booking shows

Booking Shows – How To Book a Gig

Booking your first gig is hard. Even if you’ve played a few shows before, booking can still be challenging. That’s exactly why we created Gigmor – to make booking shows as quick and easy as possible. Here are our top tips for early-stage artists to book more and higher quality gigs. Follow these tips and you’ll book a gig in no time!

·      APPLY AND MESSAGE TALENT SEEKERS EARLY

         Most venues and talent bookers will plan their schedules many months in advance. If you’re looking for shows this month, you’re probably out of luck. They want to plan well in advance in case anyone cancels or reschedules. That’s why you should reach out at least 4-6 weeks before you want to play. That gives them time to check you out and to begin putting together a full bill of other artists.

Pro Tip: Even though we recommend planning ahead, you can also check out our gigs page for last minute gigs. Talent seekers will often post gigs with short notice to Gigmor because they had a cancellation or change of plans and need to find an artist fast.

·      UPDATE YOUR GIGGING HISTORY

         This is probably the most overlooked but important part of your Gigmor profile. If you don’t have any gigs under your belt, don’t worry! You’ve probably played at house parties, busked or streamed a performance on YouTube. Put that in your gigging history! Talent seekers want to know where you’ve played and how many people you can draw but, more importantly, they want to know that you’re putting in the effort to play live and build an audience.

·      NETWORK, BUT NOT REALLY 

         Networking is not what you think it is. We should really just eliminate the term and change it to “hang out and make friends” because that’s what real networking is. Let’s say you book a gig on Gigmor, you play the show and it goes well. But now what do you do? Don’t talk to anyone and bounce after your set? NO. This is the perfect time to just hang out. Get to know the people working at the bar, have a drink, make friends. That is key to getting repeat bookings in better time slots.

Hope that helps you gigMORE! 

Rock On, 

Team Gigmor

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