Research
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How do you handle the business side?

I'm doing some research into how working performers deal with bookings, quotes, chasing money and all the admin around the actual work. About ten minutes. I'll send everyone who wants it a summary of what the whole group said.

There are no right answers and nothing here is a sales pitch — I'm genuinely just trying to understand how this works for people.

What happens to your answers
  • I collect your answers, plus your name, email and Instagram only if you choose to give them at the end.
  • Two things are recorded automatically: your browser type and how long the survey took — only to spot spam and rushed answers.
  • As you answer, a copy is kept in this browser only so you don't lose your place if the page closes. It is never sent anywhere, and it's deleted the moment you send.
  • It's used to understand how performers run their business. Nothing else.
  • Only I see individual responses. They are never sold, shared, published or passed to anyone.
  • Only combined, anonymous summaries get shared — nothing that identifies you, your business or your clients. If I want to quote something you wrote, I'll ask you first.
  • Your details are used to send you the results, and to arrange a call if you ask for one. No marketing list, ever.
  • Responses are kept for up to 12 months, then deleted. Email dimipkaram8264@gmail.com any time and I'll delete yours — no reason needed.

About your work

What do you do?Required

Tick all that apply.

Do you work on your own, or with other people?
Where do you usually perform or work?

Tick all that apply.

Who handles your bookings — enquiries, quotes, confirming dates?Required
Who handles the money — invoices, deposits, chasing payment?Required
In the last 12 months, roughly how many paid jobs did you do — gigs, shoots, events, whatever your work is?
In your busy season, how many paid jobs do you do in a typical week?
What share of your income comes from this work?
What's a typical fee for one job?

Start typing to search.

How you run it today

Think about your most recent booking — how did that client find you?
And where did their first message reach you?
How did you send them a price?
Which of these do you currently pay for?

Tick all that apply.

Roughly how much do you spend per month on tools for the business side?

What actually goes wrong

In the last 12 months, which of these actually happened to you?

Tick all that apply — be honest, it's anonymous.

How many hours a week go on the business side — messages, quotes, invoices, scheduling?

Getting paid

Do you take a deposit before the event?
How do clients usually pay you?

Tick all that apply.

Roughly how much of your income arrives in cash?
Have you ever asked a client to pay you online — a link, an online invoice, anything?

Whatever actually happened, including if it went badly.

Would you use a link that showed your quote and took a deposit online — by card or a wallet app?
Which would you choose?

How much you'd let software do

Has anyone else ever replied to clients for you — a manager, an assistant, a partner, anyone?

Whatever actually happened.

Would you let software write a reply to a client enquiry for you to check before sending?
Would you let it send replies to enquiries?
Would you let it chase a late payment on your behalf?

Price, and where you spend your time

If one tool handled your enquiries, quotes, calendar, contracts and invoices — and did most of the typing for you — what's the most you'd pay per month?
What would stop you using something like that?

Tick all that apply — be blunt, this is the most useful answer here.

Where do you go for advice about the business side of your work?

Tick all that apply.

How did you hear about the last new tool you started using for work?

One last thing

When you send a client a quote or an invoice, would you rather…

Staying in touch

Before you leave your details

  • Only I see this. Your name, email and Instagram are never sold, shared or published.
  • They're used for two things only: sending you the results, and arranging a call if you ask for one.
  • No marketing list. Email dimipkaram8264@gmail.com any time and I'll delete everything you sent.

Optional. Leave it blank if you'd rather stay anonymous.

Optional — a short paid call

How this part works

I'd like to talk properly to a small number of people. Ten minutes, whenever suits you, on whatever you prefer — phone, WhatsApp, video.

Not everyone who says yes will get a call. I can only do a handful, and I'm choosing a spread — different kinds of work, different countries, different ways of running things. It isn't first come first served, and it isn't about who's biggest or busiest.

If you're picked, I'll message you to arrange a time and send a small thank-you for the ten minutes. If you're not picked, you've lost nothing — you still get the results, same as everyone.

Saying yes here just puts you in the pool. You can still say no later, or simply not reply.

Would you like to be considered?

Your answers go straight to me. Nothing is shared with anyone else.