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Southeast House Concerts, Workshops, and Gatherings with Fran Snyder
In late September through early November, Fran Snyder will be touring the southeast to meet with artists, hosts, and to put on workshops for any friends you’d like to inspire. Aside from…
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The $250,000 Email – Effective Emailing to Book House Concerts with Fans
The $250,000 Email – A Preamble The first time I tried this, thirty minutes later I had an offer to play a house concert. I’m not the first to have success emailing…
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Artist Guide to House Concerts
This post is packed full of the best, free advice I can offer from my 10 years of full-time devotion to the world of house concerts. As an artist, as a host,…
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ConcertsInYourHome.com is 9 Years Old
Message from Fran: ConcertsInYourHome is 9 years old. The official launch was May of 2006, but I’ve been working on this for ten years, if not my entire adult life. It was…
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Voting System Success Story
A few months ago we developed a voting system for our hosts to give their friends a voice in choosing acts for their house concerts. This gets a host’s friends to “buy…
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The Importance of Reminder/Confirmation Emails
Your friends are busy. Your friends are forgetful. Your friends don’t fully understand that not showing up is a big deal. Guests who don’t warn you that they aren’t coming will cost…
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Suggested vs Expected vs Enforced Donations
The second biggest challenge to hosting house concerts (after attendance) seems to be finding the right balance for the collection of donations. The standard for house concerts is a “suggested donation,” and…
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Promote Your House Concerts with Webflyers in Short Emails
As a host at ConcertsInYourHome.com, you can take some basic steps to make the promotion of your events easy. Create a Webflyer Create/Expand Your Mailing List Send short emails with the link…
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TenTen – House Concerts Made Easy – Listening Room Festival Edition!
We’re looking for 7 more hosts in the Tampa Bay area for concerts during the Listening Room Festival, April 19-27 (www.ListeningRoomFestival.com) Let’s thrill your friends. You’ve undoubtedly heard of house concerts, and…
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The Facebook Event Commitment Solution
This is written in terms that apply to a house concert host, but it could be useful for anyone who uses Facebook to promote their events. Many who use Facebook events to…
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