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 Gig Heaven 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 to help promote it.
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, 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 and navigate to the location & travel section.Listings with YouTube videos always attract more interest than those without. If customers can hear and see you in action they are much more likely to enquire.
If you are a musical act, 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.
You can receive a text message to alert you immediately when you receive a new enquiry.
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 ten 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 to feature in up to 10 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 you section.