Tuesday, November 2, 2010

There is no "I" in TEAM! Build a foundation for success!!


           
Within the entertainment industry teams are going to be an asset to your business. Depending on what field you are in you will have various types of teams. “Street Teams” and management teams are essential to the artist management field due to the control they have over the promotions and the artist as a whole. However, the most important would be the management team, this could be made up of the personal managers, business managers, and/or tour managers.

“Street team”, is a term that is commonly used to describe a group of people and sometimes fans who actually “hit the street” to help promote an event, product, or artist. These are people that help bands, by giving out flyers, handing out CDs/freebies and sticking up posters. There are a number of ways to develop a street team from social media sites, to and/or but not limited to an artist’s website. The internet has become a medium to connect the “street team” with the fans without being in the streets. To create a street team an artist should develop a fan base, connect via sites such as Rootmusic.com which helps you establish a “Band page” for Facebook. Or even a FanBridge account. FanBridge enables you to enlarge your fanbase and your business. It gives you a number of easy tools and forms that let you collect information from your fans from anywhere in the world.

Management teams are the glue that hold the artist together. You multiple types of managers: personal managers, business managers and tour managers. The personal manager is one that manages all of the intricate details, from setting up jobs to working with the artist on an every day personal need. While a business manager would be a person who is responsible for implementing the policies and procedures of a business or part of the management company. They work more on the financial aspect of the management for the artist. Lastly we have the tour manager, their job is very important also. The tour manager is who is on tour with the artist and makes sure all of the venues are set up properly, the promoters have all of the funds in place, and the artist is attended to properly. You would want to make sure your management company has all of these in place when you sign the contract or has access to the proper resources because these are essential to a successful career.



http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=street%20team
http://www.fanbridge.com/
http://www.qfinance.com/dictionary/business-manager
http://www.rootmusic.com/

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