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Successfully Booking a Celebrity


After 30 years of booking talent for our clients, we found this is the best process!

Always try to select talent based on what is best for your event, not just your preference. When designing an event does the venue make sense for the location? Ask yourself would you want to go to this event if you were not promoting it?
Make sure that your ticket prices are similar to what the talent normally charges. CTI can assist with pricing. Unless this is a fundraiser, a ticketed event makes sense. A $20,000 talent will not command a $100 ticket price. Ask about our CTI performa to understand costs.
The CTI agent will give you options in your budget and help you select who is confirmable.
Your CTI agent will carefully prepare a firm offer outlining the details of your event. After discussion, CTI will present all your requests and help get it accepted. Once you get the confirmation, CTI will help navigate the final contract from management, guiding you through the contract and insuring you get the representation that you deserve.
CTI is very experienced in what the talent may need for their rider and you can adjust the rider up or down depending on the venue. CTI can help you navigate the rider and understand what makes sense for your venue.
When selecting a venue, ask yourself if this venue can hold the amount of people that are expected to attend. Does the venue already have a stage, sound, lights, power? The more the venue has, the less out of pocket costs you will incur.
Ask your CTI agent what the history for ticket sales are for similar venues and what pricing makes sense for your area.
Talent may help with promotion for your event. Ask the CTI agent what the talent can do to help promote your event.
One of the best ways to continue to have successful shows is to have a recap of the show to discuss what went well and what could be improved. Be sure to ask the CTI agent how they can improve the next show


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We would enjoy working with you as your talent booking agency for your next event. Please tell us some details about you and your event, as well as your working budget and the type of talent you are interested in.
Contact Information
First Name
Last Name
Company / Organization
Phone
Email
Address
City
State/Prov
Zip / Postal Code
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Event Information
What The Booking Is For
Venue Name
Event City
Event Date
Event to be held in the USA?
Appearance or Virtual Event?
Budget and Talent

NOTE: Please look at the minimum fees provided next to talent names you are interested in, by using our Talent Library section, so you can correctly set your "Budget Range" below. Change to other talent names if not in your budget. The requested fees are from the managers for live appearances at US events - not International - which will be higher. Alternatively, virtual events (live streaming or pre-recorded) will be lower in price. Fees shown may not be current and are most likely higher. They also may not account for other costs such as travel, equipment, additional staff, etc...

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