A buyer who books you again, or passes your name on, can matter more than one big date. Deliver what was agreed, follow up without pressure, ask before you quote anyone, stay current on the lists buyers book from, and track what each kind of client leaves you after costs.
Where you are, the tests for the next stop, and the steps between, in the order most comics take them. The steps are the Career Field Manual's; mark each one as you go, and the day goes in your passport.
Campus buyers are event buyers too: a clean act, a written deal, a tech advance and the habit of being asked back carry straight across. These are the tests that route’s buyers set in their own published rules. Tick each one when it’s true for you.
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14 steps in 4 parts, from the Career Field Manual. Each has its “done when”, a D.O.C. tool for it, and your status, note and target date; star up to twelve for your 90-day plan.
From the Career Field Manual: Become the comic rooms trust. In the D.O.C. book: topics 400–434.
Become the comic rooms trust · pro-07
Thank the organizer within a few days, name one moment that went well, and leave the next date for them to raise.
Done when A concise thank-you or useful check-in.
Become the comic rooms trust · pro-08
Ask before you quote anyone, and use their words as they wrote them, named the way they choose.
Done when Return requests or references, with permission.
From the Career Field Manual: Host, feature and headline, Find and pitch the right rooms and Build a career you can keep. In the D.O.C. book: topics 115–131, 435–455, 143–196 and 400–455.
Host, feature and headline · roles-08
Done when A verified date history, not a guess.
Find and pitch the right rooms · bookings-09
Done when A decision trail you can learn from.
Build a career you can keep · sustain-07
Done when Backup of gigs, clips and agreements.
From the Career Field Manual: Route the road, not the poster, Build a career you can keep and Choose help when it solves a problem. In the D.O.C. book: topics 197–233, 314–347, 400–455 and 290–313.
Route the road, not the poster · road-08
For event work, record each date’s net and group the dates by kind of client: corporate, association, fundraiser, private.
Done when Post-tour reconciliation, not ticket gross.
Build a career you can keep · sustain-06
Done when Confirmed versus out-of-date opportunities.
Choose help when it solves a problem · team-01
Done when A map of buyer, host, producer and promoter roles.
Choose help when it solves a problem · team-03
An agent or bureau can reach planners you can’t; bring one in when that reach is what’s holding you back.
Done when A specific time, access or negotiation problem.
Choose help when it solves a problem · team-04
Done when Facts, not a list of famous clients.
From the Career Field Manual: Build a repetition habit and Build a career you can keep. In the D.O.C. book: topics 96–114, 415–434 and 400–455.
Build a repetition habit · reps-08
Keep a public stage for new clean material, so a client who books you again hears something new.
Done when A continuing place to test new work.
Build a career you can keep · sustain-04
Done when A schedule with protected writing time.
Build a career you can keep · sustain-01
Done when A before-and-after record of work done.
Build a career you can keep · sustain-03
Done when Three measurable deliverables under your control.
Habits, not a timetable: the atlas has no stopwatch. Keep these going, and the proof for this stop builds up week by week.
Each buyer's published rule, quoted from its own page, checked on 10 November 2026. They differ, so send each one what its page asks for, and read the page again before you send.
Once you’re on its availability list, its requests for avails come to your email, and you keep your bio, introduction, headshots and role current on a dashboard it reads.
Once included, your email will be added to our requests for Avails.
You can access it anytime and make updates.
We provide intros to Host/Emcees before each show for easier pre-performance flow.
Wild Hair Entertainment, submittal’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
Comics it accepts go on a spreadsheet given to its producers, so their names are among the first those producers look at when they book a clean show.
your name will be among the first that they look at when considering who to book for their next clean comedy show
a nationwide community of comedians who can work clean
Clean Comedy Collective’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
What it looks for in the comics it books again: consistently funny, on time, nice to clients, at ease with the press, and promoting themselves, with a current schedule and an email list.
I need comics to show up on time, every time, and to be nice to clients, on and off stage.
Is your performance schedule listed and up-to-date?
Do you have an email list?
The Ivy League of Comedy’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
Places that publish how an event comic gets in, each checked on 10 November 2026. Save one to your booking desk to keep its status, a follow-up date and a note. 62 places in all, on the Career Atlas →
Published routeSoutheastern Virginia and beyond · Show / roster · Form
A form to join its list of comics asked for availability: your experience, a bio and a link to a 5–10 minute performance clip.
Worth knowing. Being on an availability list isn’t an offer of work.
Checked 10 November 2026Published routeNationwide · Clean comedy · Form
Its comedian form, the first step to booking gigs with the clean-comedy network; producers have a form of their own.
Worth knowing. Joining the network doesn’t promise a date or a fee.
Checked 10 November 2026Published routeNew York area, and touring · Clean comedy · Email
Paid spots on clean shows at venues public and private: email a link to at least ten minutes of unedited video (or a late-night TV set), a bio or list of credits, at least one high-resolution professional headshot and, if you have one, a reference from a comic it already works with.
Worth knowing. Its Ivy League of Comedy shows book full-time working comics; its Liberty Comedy shows can book comics with less experience, for shorter sets.
Checked 10 November 2026None of the buyers on this page publishes what it pays a comic, so this page gives no figure. A steady market is several buyers coming back: keep each one’s record, and judge each by what it leaves you after costs.
For each client, keepQuestions to ask before you say yes to a return date · Road Maps: the Math of a Gig, with your own numbers · Get Paid, Get Back: the deal in writing · The IRS on gig work ↗
Fill in what you know once: it fills every note below and stays on this device. Anything left blank shows in [brackets], to fill in by hand.
Subject: Thank you, [The event] Hi [The organizer's name], Thank you for having me at [The event]. [One line on how it went] If you hold it again, I'd be glad to be considered. And if anyone at [Their organization] is planning an event of their own, my clip is here: [Your clip's link] Best, [Your name]
Subject: May I quote you? Hi [The organizer's name], I was glad to hear [The event] went well. May I use this line from your note on my website and in my booking package? [Their words you'd like to quote] If so, how would you like to be named: [How they'd be named: name and title, or first name only]? And if you'd rather not, that's no problem at all. Thank you, [Your name]
Subject: [The event] next year Hi [The organizer's name], Playing [The event] [When it was: last spring, last December] was a highlight for me. If you're planning this year's, I'm keeping some dates open around [The dates you can do], and I have new material since last time. No rush at all; I'd just like to be on your list. Best, [Your name]
1. What's changed since last time: the audience, the venue, the format? 2. How long is the set this time, and when do I go on? 3. Should I avoid repeating anything from last time? 4. Is the content rule the same? Any new topics to leave alone? 5. Is the fee the same, and is travel or a room included? 6. Who signs the agreement this year, and who pays? 7. What happens if the event is cancelled or moved?
Tick each piece when you have it: the day goes in your passport with it. The passport keeps your whole career's record on this device, to download, print and review once a year.
Nothing yet: your status changes and ticks appear here, each with its day.
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The buyers' rules are quoted from each buyer's own page, checked on 10 November 2026. A buyer can change its rules at any time, so read its page before you send anything.
By D.O.C. Editorial. This is one stop of the Stand-Up Career Atlas: private & corporate, stop 5 of 5. It's a way to plan, not a promise of bookings: it gives no expected years, its only figures are the ones buyers and venues publish on their own pages, and the buyers' rules are theirs. For how private events are booked, read How do comedians work private events and faith-based shows?.
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