First Impressions
You are a professional with a track record of landing a number of piano jobs. You know it, people within your circle are aware of it, and previous clients certainly are convinced that you can deliver. People learning about your services for the first time need to know it, too. That’s why it will be worth your time to provide them with as much pertinent information as possible – and you want to do it in a professional way.
A Professional Image = More Piano Jobs
Shopping for services via the Internet has become the norm. As a service provider, getting discovered is a good thing. Peaking a prospective client’s interest is even better.
When you take the time to put together a profile that reflects professionalism, people can’t help but notice that. Your chances of getting hired for more piano jobs can increase substantially. It’s quite natural for a person browsing profiles to be attracted to one that shows evidence that the performer takes pride in providing service.
Create A Comprehensive Profile
As a Premium Member here at the Pianist Directory, you have the opportunity to really sell yourself.
Take full advantage of your description area. You can be quite creative with this. Did you know that you have the ability to include headers? This offers you the flexibility to divide this section into multiple sections.
For example, you might opt to include:
Background
Bio
Specialties
Sample Repertoire
Why Hire Me
Customize as you wish. There’s a lot you can present in your description section.
Use the bold (B) icon in the menu to emphasize these headers and follow each with the information you would like to include.
Go Platinum
As a Platinum Member, you have additional options available to greatly enhance your profile. Put them to good use.
Pictures Can Be Worth Thousands Of Words
Displaying photos of yourself in action can certainly contribute to a future customer’s confidence in you. Your Platinum Membership allows you to include multiple images, so be sure to spruce up your profile with some. Photos of yourself on previous piano jobs can sell in a big way.
Let’s Get Social
If you use social media to keep people up to date via channels like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and others, you can share up to eight of those links in your profile. Sharing these can contribute greatly to an onlooker’s confidence.
Special Offers
People love deals. It’s human nature to want to take advantage of a special opportunity. Included with your Platinum Membership is a very effective promotional tool that you’ll want to take advantage of. You can create a coupon or special offer that your prospective clients will be able to print at the click of a button. You can change or update it whenever you like.
By the way, using this terrific feature is not limited to creating coupons or discounts. You can have your potential customers print out any type of information that would help them to remember you. This could be what gets you the piano job.
Videos Lead To More Piano Jobs
Possibly the most powerful way to advertise your services and sew up the deal is to present videos of your actual performances. As a Platinum Member, you can include multiple videos of your performances. Perhaps you would even like to create a personal video introducing yourself. All you need to do is enter your YouTube or Vimeo links and your videos will appear as part of your profile.
Quick & Courteous Responses Are Golden
When someone contacts you after viewing your profile, that’s a sign you did something right. Super! Now it’s time to successfully proceed to landing the gig.
Make sure you follow through with a prompt and courteous reply. Even if you aren’t able readily have all the answers to questions asked of you, make sure respond quickly just the same. Reliable communication is most crucial at this point.
Decisions, Decisions
People looking to hire a pianist can be influenced by any one of a number of factors. It makes sense to give them enough food for thought. Make sure your profile projects competence and care. As a result, more piano jobs are apt to roll in your direction. Happy gigging!
