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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md index 760c599..4d59928 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ --- title: "How to negotiate with venues when you have nothing" -slug: how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z draft: false excerpt: "Every venue negotiation I’ve done started from a position of having nothing. No track record at the venue. No guaranteed crowd. No leverage except the ability to make numbers work … Read more" categories: - - { name: Guides, slug: guides } + - Guides tags: - - { name: format-guide, slug: format-guide } - - { name: partnerships, slug: partnerships } - - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } - - { name: venues, slug: venues } + - format-guide + - partnerships + - tone-instructional + - venues featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/cover.png alt: "Abstract dark negotiation hands reaching"content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md index dd49612..760c599 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } - { name: venues, slug: venues } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a847d9e173.48320996.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/cover.png alt: "Abstract dark negotiation hands reaching" legacy_wp_id: 16004 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md index 129f3d4..dd49612 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } - { name: venues, slug: venues } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a847d9e173.48320996.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a847d9e173.48320996.png alt: "Abstract dark negotiation hands reaching" legacy_wp_id: 16004 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md index 4edaee2..129f3d4 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ slug: how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "Every venue negotiation I’ve done started from a position of having nothing. No track record at the venue. No guaranteed crowd. No leverage except the ability to make numbers work … Read more" +categories: + - { name: Guides, slug: guides } +tags: + - { name: format-guide, slug: format-guide } + - { name: partnerships, slug: partnerships } + - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } + - { name: venues, slug: venues } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a847d9e173.48320996.png + alt: "Abstract dark negotiation hands reaching" legacy_wp_id: 16004 --- Every venue negotiation I’ve done started from a position of having nothing. No track record at the venue. No guaranteed crowd. No leverage except the ability to make numbers work on paper and the willingness to take the worst night of the week.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4edaee2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +title: "How to negotiate with venues when you have nothing" +slug: how-to-negotiate-with-venues-when-you-have-nothing +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 16004 +--- +Every venue negotiation I’ve done started from a position of having nothing. No track record at the venue. No guaranteed crowd. No leverage except the ability to make numbers work on paper and the willingness to take the worst night of the week. + +Here are the negotiation stories and what they taught me. + +## Take the Thursday + +Every venue offered us Thursday first. Every single one. H0l0, Eris, Silo — they all wanted proof on the deadest night before risking a weekend slot. The instinct is to push for Friday or Saturday. Don’t. Take the Thursday. + +At Silo, we packed half the venue on a Thursday with zero ad budget and two weeks of promotion. No headliners. Just locals and community hustle. The owner called it the most successful Thursday in his operation’s history and immediately offered the full venue plus a weekend headliner slot. + +Thursday is the audition. Win it, and you skip the line for every better night that follows. + +## Reframe your cost as their revenue + +At Eris, we were trying to get the $500 room fee waived. The pitch: “$600 in Meta ads brings 60-120 additional paying guests who spend $840 to $1,680 at the bar.” That reframes your marketing budget as the venue’s bar revenue. You’re not asking them to give you a discount — you’re showing them the ROI of your spending. +Diff truncated (64 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
