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<blockquote data-quote="Lisa Lane-Collins" data-source="post: 12385" data-attributes="member: 2967">All my hire work so far has been word of mouth, and cold canvassing when I hear a place is looking. This has limited me to very slow growth though and my trickling income says I need to get more proactive finding work for my gear. My dilemmas are, I&#039;d still potentially prefer to be hired by an existing hire company (although even with years of experience under my belt now, this still seems to be a completely Not happening thing, even during the busiest time of the year and I think I&#039;ll starve if I wait for that). And, I don&#039;t have a formal place of business (too small for that). So, I don&#039;t have the benefit and legitimacy of a warehouse and I&#039;m reluctant to start advertising publicly officially declaring myself a competitor to these other businesses that I would prefer to work for if the jobs were going.Because if has been done to me by another company here, I know hire company owners sometimes approach a place in person with their business card asking &quot;are you happy with your AV installation?&quot; Which seems like a low act but apparently is fair play. So, it could be time to print off business cards and start targeting the venues that do live music (my target market for now). I&#039;m just wondering if there are other ways of seeking out hire clients that I haven&#039;t thought of? And if going formal and public about my status as a hire company is going to scuttle my chances of employment elsewhere? (Although to be fair, Every hire company I have worked for has had some older freelancers who run their own businesses!) And also, if I land clients who would like me to take care of the installation audio visual too, if I&#039;ll actually be able to do that part of the job justice as I haven&#039;t had any decent practice with that (just one venue where I learnt everything Not to do regarding audio....I suppose I could subcontract a more experienced tech to take care of that side of things....).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lisa Lane-Collins, post: 12385, member: 2967"] All my hire work so far has been word of mouth, and cold canvassing when I hear a place is looking. This has limited me to very slow growth though and my trickling income says I need to get more proactive finding work for my gear. My dilemmas are, I'd still potentially prefer to be hired by an existing hire company (although even with years of experience under my belt now, this still seems to be a completely Not happening thing, even during the busiest time of the year and I think I'll starve if I wait for that). And, I don't have a formal place of business (too small for that). So, I don't have the benefit and legitimacy of a warehouse and I'm reluctant to start advertising publicly officially declaring myself a competitor to these other businesses that I would prefer to work for if the jobs were going. Because if has been done to me by another company here, I know hire company owners sometimes approach a place in person with their business card asking "are you happy with your AV installation?" Which seems like a low act but apparently is fair play. So, it could be time to print off business cards and start targeting the venues that do live music (my target market for now). I'm just wondering if there are other ways of seeking out hire clients that I haven't thought of? And if going formal and public about my status as a hire company is going to scuttle my chances of employment elsewhere? (Although to be fair, Every hire company I have worked for has had some older freelancers who run their own businesses!) And also, if I land clients who would like me to take care of the installation audio visual too, if I'll actually be able to do that part of the job justice as I haven't had any decent practice with that (just one venue where I learnt everything Not to do regarding audio....I suppose I could subcontract a more experienced tech to take care of that side of things....). [/QUOTE]

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