A hat tip to Peter Simonyi who reminded me that the host I switched to does not support https - so I need to get used to sending out the link without that s on the end.
Correct link for my site is: http://drewdelaware.com (Thanks Peter!) Drew > On Mar 17, 2023, at 8:42 PM, Drew Delaware <[email protected]> wrote: > > Julian, Alan, and others, > > I’m a career marketer and have a web design/development background. I’d be > happy to help you to get set up on Wordpress. I have a window of time over > the next couple of months as I enact some life changes. > > I use a modern theme that has extensive design flexibility so the site feels > personal and vibrant, not templated. Wordpress allows for easy updates once > it’s set up. > > Here’s my site: https://drewdelaware.com; need to update a couple things but > that’s always the case with websites! > > If you’d like to explore working together, feel comfortable reaching out to > me off-list at [email protected]. > > Cheers! > Drew > > >> On Mar 16, 2023, at 7:38 AM, Winston, Alan P. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, Julian -- >> >> I'll await other answers with interest, since I similarly don't have a >> caller website and it's a Project I could theoretically do but am rather >> overwhelmed by. (Pre-pandemic I was getting all the gigs I could >> realistically handle with a full-time job, more outside of contra than in >> **** >> >> I also want to empathize with you about being reluctant to self-promote, >> reach out to organizers, etc, for fear of being obnoxious, although when I >> have my series organizer hat on I'm usually happy to hear from out-of-town >> callers/bands who will be coming to my area anyway. But I've never >> programmed a weekend or camp so I don't know how that feels; my impression >> locally is that programmers often have a vision and some favorites already. >> >> -- Alan >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Julian Blechner via Contra Callers >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2023 8:51 AM >> To: Shared Weight Contra Callers >> Subject: [Callers] Asking For Website Help and Self-Promotion Question >> >> Hi callers, >> >> Website help request: >> >> As I've been ramping up my accepting gigs again post-shutdown, I'm realizing >> that I've put off my "get an actual website" too long. >> >> Any suggestions for website designers for caller pages or contra performer >> pages? >> I can provide photographs myself, for what that's worth. >> >> This is one of those things where, yeah, I could trudge through it myself >> with a DIY site-builder attached to a standard web host or Square, but I do >> UX Design as my 40-hour-a-week job and I already have many things on my >> plate, and I just really haven't found motivation to take on Another >> Project. So I really just want to be able to hand someone some money and >> know I'll get a good product that isn't needlessly complex. >> >> >> Self-promotion perspective request: >> >> I'm also looking for ways to appropriately do self-promotion as a caller. >> I love doing series dances, and also love doing the dances for groups with >> lots of new folks, too. But I also would enjoy expanding doing more special >> events, and am getting more comfortable with traveling again, pandemic-wise. >> >> There's this sort of odd condition where the A-List Well-Known Callers don't >> need to advertise, but to get there, you need to either/both advertise >> and/or have your summers off so you can do All The Tours and All The Summer >> Camps. On top of that, New England is kind of a funny area because we have >> so many weekly/monthly series dances that we don't have big dance weekends >> like pretty much everywhere else in the country. >> >> And ... I dunno, for many of us, there's an unknown of "How much >> self-promotion until you become pushy / obnoxious?" >> >> I've been calling for 11 years. Before the pandemic I was doing 30-40 gigs a >> year, including some wedding/One-Night-Stand events and smattering of >> special events. I've headlined at Flurry in 2018 and got positive feedback. >> I known where I'm at in terms of effectively choosing and teaching dances >> from simple through advanced. I solicit feedback from organizers I call >> dances for. And I know that being an advocate for Larks/Robins as well as >> dancer-safety has been a black mark for me in some bookers' minds. >> >> But I still get people being like "Oh, how long have you been calling?" --- >> I realize part of this is the name change from Ron to Julian, but, part of >> it is definitely hesitation to like, I dunno, email organizers I don't >> personally know asking about dance weekends or whatnot. Maybe there's partly >> the "imposter syndrome" in there as well. >> >> One thing I do know is that I now have no recent good video of me calling, >> which I'm earmarking as part of the website project. >> >> Perspective on self-promotion is appreciated, and perspective for anyone who >> also books dances is appreciated. >> >> In dance, >> Julian Blechner >> he/him >> (Western Mass, USA) _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
