File puptcrit/puptcrit.0904, message 45


From: BNathanson-AT-aol.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:44:53 EDT
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Contracts and invoices


Hi Dave,
     Practically since I first got started, I have always snail mailed two 
copies of a contract, with one copy to be signed and mailed back to me.   I 
always include a self-addressed stamped envelope.  I put a colored sticky on one 
copy of the contract, reminding the sponsor that they need to sign one copy.   
This is because people seem to be reading less and less with each passing day. 
  I have never put a date that the contract needs to be returned by.   
However, that may change at any moment.
     I am finding that sponsors say they never received the contract, or they 
lost it, or yada yada yada.   It seems people's lives are getting more 
complicated, and I, like you, are spending more time on the phone reminding sponsors 
that they have not yet sent their contract back to me.
     In this age of shrinking bookings, I hate to lose a gig just because the 
sponsor hasn't returned it by a specified time.   I would just advise 
everyone to stay on top of the situation, and pleasantly remind the sponsor that you 
have reserved the specified date for them, and you need their signed contract 
to be returned to you as soon as possible.
     Bob N.
     Bobseyeview.com



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