Let me add my 2 cents here. We live in an ever changing world and what worked yesterday may not work tomorrow. I have always profited most from word of mouth and live situations. Very rarely have I ever sent out CD's. Two weeks ago while in Florida for a few days, I got a call from an activities director who had my demo CD. I really couldn't remember sending any out. She refreshed my memory. I handed a few out at a senior expo two years ago. She proceeded to hire me. I just got a call from another person from the same organization requesting that I send her a CD. The bottom line here is, this has the potential to turn into a really big account. So my position is never say never. While it's not my first line approach, it's working in this instance. Something else I never did much of that is really working out well, cold calls. I made a series of cold calls last fall and got lots of positive responses. One of them has booked me for 25 dates during 2006. We need to use whatever tools are out there to get into the door, and then deliver the goods. I never consider a job successful until I book at least one more job as a result of that one. This is an awesome business we are in and I'm having some of the most fun I've ever had with it right now.

Happy hunting,

Joe

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Songman55
Joe Ayala