Anyone a Promoter?

**wully00** · 08-12-2007 02:30 PM

Hey guys,

I'm wondering if anyone in here is a promoter or knows a lot about the industry. I was thinking music promoters. I'm wondering how they purchase printing services, obviously a large part of their business, and whether or not they accept bids or have agreements with specific companies.

Thanks for the help,
Michael

**jasaunders** · 08-12-2007 06:41 PM

My company used to do promotions.
We had a partnership with Anhauser Busch and they would handle all of our printing jobs, which was a really big perk. We were able to get pretty much anything in any size printed for free.

**silversurfer** · 08-12-2007 08:12 PM

I was a music promoter many many years ago.

We printed cards relatively cheaply by using a local 4 color printer that did postcards. We were getting cards done for 1.75 cents at the time, but that may have been 2 color printing. I disliked all those photoshop novice rave cards.

**wully00** · 08-12-2007 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by jasaunders

My company used to do promotions.
We had a partnership with Anhauser Busch and they would handle all of our printing jobs, which was a really big perk. We were able to get pretty much anything in any size printed for free.

A-B has the largest install base of Digital Wide Format printers in the country (well they were a few years ago, not sure now) so seems like that would be a killer partnership. Unfortunately, its hard to compete with free!

**wully00** · 08-12-2007 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by silversurfer

I was a music promoter many many years ago.

We printed cards relatively cheaply by using a local 4 color printer that did postcards. We were getting cards done for 1.75 cents at the time, but that may have been 2 color printing. I disliked all those photoshop novice rave cards.

Yeah, I know what you mean. It seems like everywhere you go someone is handing those out...

I'd be more interested in small run (quantity between 1-100) posters and banners. Thats really were my prices are extremely competitive.

**Paint and Air Sportz** · 08-13-2007 11:54 PM

Iev promoted for a few clubs not a real big deal but i got to make an extra 20$ a night and got in free. Printing is getting very very cheap online with so many diffrent shops, you can get several thousand fliers for under a 100$

**syia** · 08-14-2007 07:57 PM

you mean like printing for concerts?

**a11bu5ine55** · 08-14-2007 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by wully00

Hey guys,

I'm wondering if anyone in here is a promoter or knows a lot about the industry. I was thinking music promoters. I'm wondering how they purchase printing services, obviously a large part of their business, and whether or not they accept bids or have agreements with specific companies.

Thanks for the help,
Michael

I m a promoter, but only for like parties, concerts and things like that. I have a promotion team, our name greenchucksentertainment.

**Esco** · 08-19-2007 12:40 AM

if your promoting for a major record label, the record label provides all the promotional material and pays you for distributing them. you dont need to pay for printing yourself.

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