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Are you interested in making serious income in the college market? Most artists and agents struggle for years to get campus talent buyers on the phone and don't get their calls returned. They try everything to get the attention of campus
activities boards and directors, but usually find someone else has already been booked for the date, or they have a "standing deal" with an agency or artists that performs there every year. They get shut out. But it
doesn't have to be that way.
It's unlikely that anybody working in the college market has ever told you how to get bookings at schools. Don't blame them. They have a competing interest, namely getting your campus activities booking dates for them selves. Agents and artists working in the college market just know something you don't. They know how to get the attention of the campus activities buyers because they have access to information you don't. They know their addresses, phones and e-mails. They know their faxes. They know how to get their roster's dates in front of the buyers on the web and they have met them face-to-face. They even know what magazines they read and how to advertise in them. In short, they know about APCA.
The Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) can get you into the closed circle of campus activities buyers. The APCA is a national campus activities organization that will give you all the tools you need to get working in the campus activities market. APCA holds showcases where artists can perform for the buyers, distributes your information to every campus talent booker in our association and even gets campus buyers around the country to tell other buyers about you as you begin to tour in the market.
APCA lets them know where to find you. You also get to list your tour schedule on the APCA website, which is where many college buyers go to find the talent like you touring in their area (that service alone can help you get gigs every month.) You can ask to be evaluated on artist report cards by campus talent buyers after your shows, so that other people can see how well you did at previous gigs. You'll be able to access the Student Activities Journal through the website, the APCA magazine that tells you what colleges are booking lately and how you can fit into their planning. As a member, your tour dates and artist report cards will also be listed in the Journal.
The APCA is a national campus activities organization that will give you all the tools you need to get working in the campus activities market. APCA holds showcases where artists can perform for the buyers, distributes your information to every campus talent booker in our association and even gets campus buyers around the country to tell other buyers about you as you begin to tour in the market. APCA lets you know where to find the buyers. That gets you the newest version APCA College Buyer's Guide, the contact information for every campus activities buyer in the country. You don't need to call around anymore trying to piece school information together. It's all here, every school in the country that does campus programming. When the person you know there leaves or gets moved to another job, don't sweat it, because as an APCA member, you get information updates on the new college talent buyers replacing them emailed to you every month. APCA lets them know where to find you.
Invitation only college market talent showcases... and you're invited! WE GUARANTEE IT! Only APCA members like you are eligible to attend and showcase at Leadership Workshops and APCA Programming Conferences, where the schools do the bulk of their bookings... and we GUARANTEE your showcase acceptance at the programming conferences, or your booth and delegate fees will be completely refunded. We don't charge any showcase "submission fees", and limit the number of booths in our exhibit halls to give you more face-to-face time with the college buyers at the conference. Also, APCA offers a cooperative buying program that is a great asset for building a tour schedule and a loyal base of buyers. Try finding all that somewhere else, and you'll see why so many artists and agents just like yourself attend APCA conferences.
What Do You Get With An APCA Membership? Basic Package: $199.00
Silver Package: $599.00 (if purchased separately $1500.00) Basic Package plus:
Gold Package: $799.00 (if purchased separately $1800.00) Basic Package plus:
Platinum Package: $999.00 (if purchased separately $2200) Basic Package plus:
APCA membership begins on date of acceptance and ends on the next occurrence of July 1st.
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APCA Contact Information: Phone: 1-800-681-5031 • Fax: (865) 908-7104
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