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These FAQs are about how the directory works and how search results are displayed.
Standard Listings |
Our basic listing starts from just £11.95, or FREE with a link back from your qualifying web site. You can enter your contact details and a description of your entertainment service. View example... |
Enhanced Listings |
For just £59.95 per year, or £49.95 with a link back from your qualifying web site, you can upgrade to an enhanced listing. This listing is packed with features, listed higher in searches, and gives you your own profile page as part of LastMinuteMusicians.com. View example... |
For more information about listings, please read the FAQs on the registration page.
Anyone currently working in the UK who is involved in the entertainment industry can add a listing to the directory.
To get listed in the directory, please find out more or go ahead and register.
Enhanced listings appear first in the search results, followed by standard listings.
Enhanced Listings show up first in the search results to help give directory members who pay more towards our advertising costs a chance to feature higher in the search results and reach a wider audience than most standard members. All search results that are returned to directory users are also sorted by post code to ensure that the first listings shown are relevant to each individual directory user.
Enhanced listings come with the following features:
With an enhanced listing you can show clear, relevant information about why potential customers should choose you. Enhanced listing will also benefit from prime positioning on search results pages to further increase your chances of significantly increasing your client base.
Most enhanced listings are already benefiting from extra visitors coming directly to their profile page via generated search results on google.co.uk and many other major UK search engines.
Visitors to the site include event organisers, agencies, private clients, wedding planners, musicians, corporate event planners and of course a few "casual" browsers! The visitor numbers continue to grow steadily, currently averaging well over 16,000 hits every day! We continue to receive very positive feedback from our directory members, constantly improving and updating based on feedback received.
LastMinuteMusicians.com is currently attracting more visitors than ever. In August 2008 the site experienced over 16,500 hits on a daily basis. Our popularity with search engines and Google in particular has increased and LastMinuteMusicians.com is now generating high placement results in the natural search engine results positions (SERP's) across a wide range of highly competitive key-phrases, for example:
"Wedding Jazz Band" - 4th out of about 3,700,000 sites
"Entertainment Directory" - 3rd out of about 11,400,000 sites
"Hire Bands" - 2nd out of about 5,160,000 sites
"Hire Musicians" - 1st & 2nd out of about 3.760.000 sites
"Find Bands" - 3rd out of about 10,400,000 sites
"Corporate Musicians" - 1st & 2nd out of about 7,840,000 sites
"Live Entertainment" - 4th out of about 61,300,000 sites
"Live Bands" - 2nd out of about 12,600,000 sites
We are committed to advertising through a wide range of media including: online advertising affiliates, sponsored links on major search engines, industry magazines & publications, trade fairs, local & national press, as well as our most effective method - word of mouth!
If you are a link partner, you listing can be activated instantly once your link to LastMinuteMusicians.com is validated. This can be done instantly via our online link checker, but you should be aware that we will also check links manually to make sure they adhere to the link regulations shown above.
If you choose a listing that requires payment, you can build and preview the listing without activating it - this gives you a chance to edit your listing and get it looking perfect before you pay anything. The listing will activate as soon as you make a successful payment.
A link partner is someone who provides a qualifying web link to LastMinuteMusicians.com in return for a free standard listing or a discounted enhanced listing. The listing will remain live as long as the link remains live. If a link is removed, the link partner's listing can be re-activated by either re-instating the original link, or by creating a new qualifying link and contacting us.
You can only become a link partner if you can offer a qualifying link. If you don't understand what these regulations mean, please click the links in blue to view explanations of the terms used.
A qualifying link must meet the following regulations:
Information is everything. The more details a potential booker has, the more likely they are to book. It’s that simple. Worthwhile advertising is expensive, and for the serious artist advertising is unavoidable. Enhanced listings were conceived to tackle this problem and reduce advertising costs for all of our members.
The site is well designed, well optimised with good content to help achieve the ongoing aim of reaching the maximum Internet audience possible. In addition to reaping the benefits of highly effective advertising, you are, with a paid listing, advertising your services in the most visible and effective way possible, whilst facilitating the continued growth and development of the site.
These FAQs relate specifically to bands that are booked through the agency section of the site.
When you book a band you will be asked for a start and end time. The start must be at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the performance to allow the band to set up. The band will finish playing at the end time and will need to pack up immediately.
All of our bands are self-contained and provide their own sound equipment which is suitable for most situations. If your event is to be held in a large venue, or you have more than 300 guests, we recommend that additional sound equipment should be used. You can add the cost of extra sound equipment hire when you book the band or provide suitable equipment yourself.
Most of our bands offer this as standard. Simply tell us you want the band to bring some background music when you book and we will make all the necessary arrangements. A lot of our clients prefer to bring their own iPod with suitable music that has been chosen in advance and plug it in to the bands sound system.
Whilst every effort is made to ensure that musicians aren't substituted, occasionally it is necessary for us to do so in cases of illness etc. Replacement musicians will always be experienced professionals of a similar high standard..
Yes - for events within London, please visit the DJ Packages for Events in London page.
If your event is outside London, you can search for DJ's & Mobile Discos for Events in the directory.
When choosing a band please consider the following:
In some cases we will supply bands outside of London. Please contact
us for more information
We are often asked to supply a band for a showcase or one-off gig. We can supply anything from a pianist to a full professional backing band. Please contact us for more information
Yes, you can cancel your booking at any time and receive a full refund! However, if you cancel less than 91 days before the event, part or all of the total fee will be retained as a cancellation fee. 31 to 91 days before performance: 50% of total fee is retained, 1 to 30 days before performance or on the performance day: 100% of total fee is retained. This reflects not only the time and effort involved organising the booking, but also the decreasing probability of the act finding alternative work at such short notice.
No. LastMinuteMusicians.com is not VAT registered.
Our most popular bands get booked up years in advance so it is always a good idea to book as far in advance as possible. We can only take online bookings more than 3 days before your event, however, it is sometimes possible to make a telephone booking right up to the last minute!!
Playing at the appropriate volume it is extremely important to most of our clients. If it is required, the drummer will play with 'brushes' which make them very quiet and perfectly balanced with the other instruments.
Yes. Your venue needs a licence for live music so it always a good to let your venue know if you have hired a band. They will probably give you information about loading procedures, parking etc. which you can pass on to us to help the band to be as efficient as possible on the day.
These FAQs relate specifically to services hired through the agency section of the site.
No. Our engineer transports, sets up and monitors the PA to ensure the smooth running of your event.
Yes. A standard 13 amp power will be required near to where the PA will be used.
A radio microphone is a wireless microphone that enables you to roam freely with no trailing cables. Ideal for conferences, question and answer sessions etc.
Sound reinforcement helps to clarify acoustic sounds such as speech whereas amplification provides a dramatic increase in volume for bands etc.
Yes. An engineer will be on hand to monitor and adjust sound levels as well as to play CDs / iPod
Yes. If you are looking to hire a PA system for a few days or even a few months, please contact us.
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