£60 quid sid has struck again!!
I had a booking passed on by Steve off the forum this week, phoned client and she has booked someone cheaper !!!
Just recently this has been happening more frequently to the point i'm thinking of dropping my price !
Bear in mind I have had to relocate and i'm reastablishing myself.
Would anyone on here drop their prices because of this?
Last edited by simon1969; 25-08-2010 at 01:06 PM. Reason: spelling
Nope, time to put your prices up if anything.
Plus you gotta get across to the customer what you offer which is worth paying the extra.
If you find that you are competing too close to Sid's stomping ground then my advice would be to improve your service offering and go upmarket.
No there is more than one Sid that is the problem and people won't pay over £100.00 for a birthday party!!!!Originally Posted by Vectis
I dont charge a fortune but have recently been replaced by someone doing it for NOTHING - should I pay a tenner?
A very short answer.
No
If you drop your prices , people will always expect that low figure , I am speaking from experience, there will always be clients that only care about price , trust me , they are not your clients , stick with it mate.
Daryll
darylldj.co.uk , serving hampshire , Surrey and sussex
She wasn't interested about P.A.T & PLI to be honest ludricous but true!!
Or the quality of service from me only the price!!
No there is more than one Sid that is the problem and people won't pay over £100.00 for a birthday party!!!!
Has this forum not taught you anything?
Firstly thing I learnt is statements like that are untrue in any area.
Time for a review of your business perhaps?
Yes this forum has!!
But evidence i.e (enquiries from potential customers have brought me to this conclusion).
I was speaking to a gas engineer today about prices (not on a bad wage) and he said same and I said not for a wedding? His answer was no!!?!
I won't be dropping my prices but im getting increasingly frustrated
Review in what way ??!!
Apart from marketing but advertising isn't cheap these days!!
Red rag to a bull timeNo there is more than one Sid that is the problem and people won't pay over £100.00 for a birthday party!!!!
I regularly get more than double that for a 2-hour KIDS birthday partyMy area is full to bursting with Sids, I kid you not.
Anyway, not wishing to stir up the hornets nest which is "you'll never get that round here"...
No, marketing isn't cheap. It can be, but that's a false economy because cheap marketing usually brings far more cheap enquiries than decent ones.
You need to decide whether to:
a) trim your costs and take the lower-paying jobs
or
b) hold (or increase) your costs and target the better-paying jobs
Option (a) is the easiest, but in the long run you'll find yourself stereotyped in much the same way Sid is, working very hard for not much return and this will erode your passion for the job. Ultimately it will break you, financially, physically or mentally.
Option (b) is the hardest. Start by revisiting (or writing) a proper business plan. Suddenly decent marketing might not seem such a big problem when you consider the returns you could achieve.
This forum is, in my experience, made up of about 90% of folks who will help you down road (b) and about 10% who will push you in the direction of (a). Keep asking questions and cherry pick the advice and you'll do well.
If your DJ'ing skills are any good that is....
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