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Who do you buy from? How do you choose from the wide range of products and services available? Is there a specific way we should be conducting ourselves and interfacing with businesses we choose to work with?
In this episode of The New Music Industry, I look at doing business in the music business, and offer some tips on how to get the best results possible from those you buy from.
Podcast Highlights:
- 00:18 – What’s to come for the podcast
- 00:58 – The music business is a handshake business
- 02:13 – Doing business in the music business
- 03:05 – Trust, but verify
- 04:33 – Two sides to the equation: The business and the customer
- 05:55 – You’re not paying for products or services, you’re paying for value and results
- 10:02 – The challenges that come with pricing
- 10:47 – Guilty until proven innocent
- 11:59 – Mistakes will be made (it’s human)
- 12:58 – Don’t ask a business to work on performance (unless that’s their model)
- 16:45 – Don’t tell someone how to do their job (unless you’re willing to pay more)
- 23:53 – Do your homework
- 25:51 – Final thoughts
Transcription:
Coming soon.
Founder & CEO at Music Entrepreneur HQ
Award-winning composer, best-selling author, professional musician coach, and podcaster of over 10 years. Wiebe helps musicians like you unlock your full potential. If you'd like to be notified whenever the blog is updated, click here to subscribe.
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