TEM166: Booking a $25K tour and building lifelong connections with fans through house concerts: A conversation with Shannon Curtis

The Entrepreneurial Musician with Andrew Hitz

TEM166: Booking a $25K tour and building lifelong connections with fans through house concerts: A conversation with Shannon Curtis

Shannon Curtis is an artist and the author of No Booker, No Bouncer, No Bartender: How I Made $25K On A 2-Month House Concert Tour.

What You’ll Learn:

• How Shannon booked her first ever house concert
• How she initially used house concerts to fill in dates on her tours which were usually heavier on weekends and lighter during the week
• Why house concerts lead to meaningful and long-lasting connections with your fans
• The success of her pop-up stores at house concerts
• The importance of having an email list and why newsletters are so important
• Why she decided to self-publish her book

Links:

• No Booker, No Bouncer, No Bartender: How I Made $25K On A 2-Month House Concert Tour by Shannon Curtis
• shannoncurtis.net
• Misfit Stars
• Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

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Produced by Andrew Hitz

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