Make Your Merchandise Work For You — Merch Table Essentials
Its not the easiest thing to make the most of your potential and efforts as a band. Its often a dirty word to associate with music, but there is business that needs to be done to make sure you are being properly rewarded for the creative work you are doing. Whether playing the biggest rooms across the country or just starting out at your local haunts, there are things you can do to maximise the return you can get from your Merch and promo items. Give yourself time A cardinal sin of getting your merchandise working for you is not giving it time or attention. You can’t roll into a venue last minute, set up on any random table and see results. Make sure you chat to the venue manager or staff in a new space and see where the best spot is to set up. Give yourself a block of time to arrange your displays, to sort though the stock you have and make sure you haven’t got anything missing or anything extra you forgot about. And at the end of the show, stick around until you know there