The $1000 Dollar A Day Show Plan
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Jason Rippetoe (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 28 November, 2025)
This volume has a good deal of solid information on how to make money working with high school fundraising groups. It's a good blueprint on how to approach, how to get buy-in, how to structure an agreement so you will never lose money, and what groups in a high school work best. There's also some good info on how to help the high school market your show for best results, as well as ways the high school could increase their returns.
Although peppered with Devin's typical overly optimistic projections of what you can earn, this is no pie-in-the-sky approach. If you live in a well-populated area with numerous high schools, it is conceivable that you could add 20 or 30 shows a year in a niche market with little to no competition, and if handled well, could easily top the $1000 a day shown in the book's title. It's a win-win for the performer and the school group and even opens the door for repeat performances the next year. While you might not meet Devin's 100 shows a year prediction, I would estimate that adding $30,000 to $40,000 a year to your bottom line for doing some extra footwork is a completely reasonable expectation.
This approach is for a performer with a stage show suitable for a large crowd, and that can fill 70 to 90 minutes. Recommended.