Want more?

As I said in the last post, the whole question of comparative fees surfaces from time to time.

A painter asked: "Why cant we have the same (as balloon modellers)" and you CAN. Many do. In fact you can have more, much MORE..... but not unless you take action to make changes.

The reason we see so much bad face painting around (by teachers and mums and play leaders etc) is that everybody thinks they can do it. And of course they can! Well...what I mean is they THINK they can. After all...you just get some paints (even acrylics!) and a furry brush and and a book and that's it.......It scares me to see what they churn out. But it scares me more that people think it's OK!

Balloon modelling is that bit tougher to even make a start with.

Now I think they are both equal in terms of skill and creativity and value to an event. Sometimes one will be better than the other ... but whilst they both share certain strengths they both have different individual benefits that should be played up when promoting. But that's another long story.

However, both face painting and balloon modelling as live solo entertainments are both seriously limited in terms of earning potential because they are both based on selling your time. And whilst that's the case, it is bound to be limited.

The secret is to change this! Move from a linear income to passive income streams. This would also raise profile, status, exposure and earning capacity and the price of balloons or paint wouldn't matter any more.

What does this mean? That's the topic of the posts that will follow. Bookmark this Blog and return soon.

The Infotainer
Where passive is an action to be taken
www.WatchThisFace.com

What Are You Worth?

I read some comments about face painters being paid less than balloon modellers perhaps because their expenses were les. This made the writer feel undervalued.

That's natural ... after all, an a gig, you are both doing your best and bothe contributing equally to the entertainment. If this were the case, all contributors would be paid equally, and we know they are not. Depending on the gig, there may be a venue, security, production (lights, sound, staging etc), catering, management .... and so on. Each is paid the 'going rate' ... or as much as they are able to get above the standard rate.

Don't we all know people who continually get high fees but we know that their actual skill and experience level is below our own? Why is that?

The answers to all this are simple and I'll be addressing them in some following posts so that you can understand the machanisms at work and how you can use them to get better fees for your work.

Watch this space .... it'll be worth it!

The Infotainer
www.WatchThisFace.com