--- title: "Repeat Corporate Comedy Bookings: A Roadmap | D.O.C." description: "A roadmap to repeat corporate and private bookings: the follow-up, testimonials, availability lists, what each client leaves you and the proof to keep." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-repeat-corporate-bookings.html updated: 2026-11-10 --- The Career Atlas · Private & corporate · stop 5 of 5 # Build repeat accounts: your roadmap Start the playbook → Your proof The short answer 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. - **14** steps, each with its “done when” - **3** buyers, in their own words - **3** places to send it - **4** notes ready to send By D.O.C. Editorial · [The Career Atlas](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html) ## This roadmap, in five parts Your roadmap ## From here to a campus act that’s asked back 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. You’re here if… ### An event buyer’s first call: the comic they ask back - You’ve played private or corporate events under written agreements, and been paid as agreed. - An organizer has said they’d like you back, or someone has called because a client mentioned you. - You’re on at least one agency’s or producer’s list of comics. - You don’t yet know which kinds of client bring you back, or which leave you the most after costs. You’re ready to move on when… ### …to [a campus act that’s asked back](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-college-comedy-rebookings.html) 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. You have clean, college-appropriate video: GP College Entertainment asks for at least 5–8 minutes of it. [GP College Entertainment ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) Your bio runs 200 words or fewer, with two high-resolution photos, as GP College Entertainment asks. [GP College Entertainment ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) You can show a bio, a photo and your pricing: NACA asks for all three for each act that applies to showcase. [NACA ↗](https://www.naca.org/events/naca-live/performing-exhibiting.html) A school or campus that booked you has asked you back. 0 of 4 true ### The playbook 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. #### Follow through after each event From the Career Field Manual: Become the comic rooms trust. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 400–434. 1. Become the comic rooms trust · pro-07 #### Follow up after a booking without demanding another date 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. The thank-you after the event → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 2. Become the comic rooms trust · pro-08 #### Make reliability a documented part of your reputation 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. Asking to quote a client → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Keep the record 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](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 115–131, 435–455, 143–196 and 400–455. 3. Host, feature and headline · roles-08 #### Track repeat buyers and actual return invitations **Done when** A verified date history, not a guess. [Your passport’s timeline →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#passport) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 4. Find and pitch the right rooms · bookings-09 #### Log every accepted or declined offer and why **Done when** A decision trail you can learn from. [Your booking desk →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#desk) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 5. Build a career you can keep · sustain-07 #### Archive your performance history with its source links **Done when** Backup of gigs, clips and agreements. [Your log in Stage Time →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#log) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Grow the accounts that pay 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](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 197–233, 314–347, 400–455 and 290–313. 6. Route the road, not the poster · road-08 #### Record actual net by show and by full run 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. [The Tour Planner →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-tour-planner.html) [The Math of a Gig →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-road-maps.html#math-of-a-gig) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 7. Build a career you can keep · sustain-06 #### Revisit the room list and remove stale leads **Done when** Confirmed versus out-of-date opportunities. [Your booking desk →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#desk) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 8. Choose help when it solves a problem · team-01 #### Identify the people who already influence your bookings **Done when** A map of buyer, host, producer and promoter roles. [Your Team: who does what →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-agents.html#roles) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 9. Choose help when it solves a problem · team-03 #### Name the actual bottleneck outside help would solve 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. [Your Team: do I need help yet? →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-agents.html#need) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 10. Choose help when it solves a problem · team-04 #### Evaluate an agent’s relevant buyers and recent work **Done when** Facts, not a list of famous clients. [Your Team’s directory →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-agents.html#find) [What a comedy agent does →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-agent.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Keep the act fresh From the Career Field Manual: Build a repetition habit and Build a career you can keep. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 96–114, 415–434 and 400–455. 11. Build a repetition habit · reps-08 #### Keep one productive open mic even after paid gigs begin 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. [Find a mic in Stage Time →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#find) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 12. Build a career you can keep · sustain-04 #### Check whether your calendar leaves time to write **Done when** A schedule with protected writing time. [The Writers’ Room →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/how-to-write-stand-up-comedy.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 13. Build a career you can keep · sustain-01 #### Review what actually improved over the last 90 days **Done when** A before-and-after record of work done. [Your yearly review →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#review) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 14. Build a career you can keep · sustain-03 #### Choose three work-based priorities for your next 90 days **Done when** Three measurable deliverables under your control. [Your 90-day plan, in your passport →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#passport) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date ### What speeds this up - **Be easy to rebook** Quick replies, real dates and links that open. [Your bio and references →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedian-bio.html) - **Keep a list of your own** People who chose to hear from you, for your public shows. [An email list →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-email-list-for-comedians.html) - **Host and emcee too** A client who liked your set may need a host next time. [The host’s job →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-host.html) - **Route the trip** One event can anchor other dates nearby. [The Tour Planner →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-tour-planner.html) - **Choose help for a reason** An agent can reach buyers you can’t. [What a comedy agent does →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-agent.html) - **Keep the act growing** Returning clients notice new material. [The Writers’ Room →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/how-to-write-stand-up-comedy.html) Each week ## Your weekly rhythm here Habits, not a timetable: the atlas has no stopwatch. Keep these going, and the proof for this stop builds up week by week. - **Thank one client** Send a short thank-you to the last organizer you worked for, with no request attached. - **Update your record** Add the event, the date, the fee and what it left you after costs to your log. - **Answer avails** Reply to agencies’ availability requests the day they arrive, with dates you can really do. - **Ask one permission** Ask one happy client whether you may quote them, and how they’d like to be named. - **Refresh one bit** Write or test one new clean bit, so a returning client hears something new. - **Check one account** Look at one client, or one kind of client: how often they book, and what each date left you. What buyers check ## In their own words 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. An event producer’s published route for comics ### Wild Hair Entertainment, submittal 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 ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/application.php) · checked 10 November 2026 A clean-comedy network’s published criteria ### Clean Comedy Collective 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 ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) · checked 10 November 2026 A clean-comedy producer’s published rules for comics ### The Ivy League of Comedy 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 ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) · checked 10 November 2026 ### Where to send it 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 →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#ways) Published route Southeastern Virginia and beyond · Show / roster · Form #### Wild Hair Entertainment 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. [Its page ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/application.php) Checked 10 November 2026 Published route Nationwide · Clean comedy · Form #### Clean Comedy Collective 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. [Its page ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) Checked 10 November 2026 Published route New York area, and touring · Clean comedy · Email #### The Ivy League of Comedy and Liberty Comedy, spots for comics 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. [Its page ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) Checked 10 November 2026 The money here ### Know what each account leaves you None 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, keep** - Each date booked, and each rebooking - The fee, and what it left after travel and costs - Who signs, who pays and how quickly - Referrals: who sent whom - Testimonials, each with the client’s permission - Records and receipts, kept through the year Questions to ask before you say yes to a return date · [Road Maps: the Math of a Gig, with your own numbers](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-road-maps.html#math-of-a-gig) · [Get Paid, Get Back: the deal in writing](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/get-paid.html#deal) · [The IRS on gig work ↗](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/manage-taxes-for-your-gig-work) Ready to copy ## The notes to send 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. Your details Your name The event The organizer’s name One line on how it went Their organization Your clip’s link Their words you’d like to quote How they’d be named: name and title, or first name only When it was: last spring, last December The dates you can do ### The thank-you after the event ``` 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] ``` ### Asking to quote a client ``` 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] ``` ### The check-in before next year’s event ``` 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] ``` ### Questions to ask before you say yes to a return date ``` 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? ``` Your proof ## Proof for your passport 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. The evidence ### This stop is done when you have A thank-you sent after each event, without a request A client who booked you again, in your log with both dates A referral from a past client that led to a booking A testimonial you have permission to quote A record of what each kind of client books, and leaves you after costs Your status ### Build repeat accounts A link to your proof: a tape, a booking, a review Your private note **On your record** Nothing yet: your status changes and ticks appear here, each with its day. [Your whole passport: the timeline, your booking desk, your 90-day plan, the printable career record, the yearly review and the cloud copy →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#passport) Saved in this browser ## Next stops [Colleges & campuses · Return booking **A campus act that’s asked back** Repeat dates are the signal; a showcase is only the way in.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-college-comedy-rebookings.html) [Club circuit · Rebook **A regular in the region’s clubs** Repeat bookings in more than one town make this a business.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-regional-club-circuit.html) ## Go deeper - [How do comedians work private events and faith-based shows?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-private-event-comedy.html) The explainer, from the D.O.C. book - [The Working Comic](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/working-comic.html) Taxes and saving, corporate and college dates - [Chapter 19, Professionalism](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html) In D.O.C.’s companion book, Stand-Up Comedy: From Writing to Touring ## Sources 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. - [Wild Hair Entertainment, comedian submittal ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/application.php) An event producer’s published route for comics. - [Clean Comedy Collective, applications ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) A clean-comedy network’s published criteria. - [The Ivy League of Comedy, for comics seeking spots ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) A clean-comedy producer’s published rules for comics. - [GP College Entertainment, prospective artists ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) A college agency’s published criteria. - [NACA Live, performing and exhibiting ↗](https://www.naca.org/events/naca-live/performing-exhibiting.html) The campus buyers’ association. - [The D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html) The playbook's book topics, matched to the book's contents on 10 November 2026. ## About this roadmap **By D.O.C. Editorial.** This is one stop of [the Stand-Up Career Atlas](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html): 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?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-private-event-comedy.html). Updated 10 November 2026 · [The Career Atlas](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html) · [Comic's Corner](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tools-for-comedians.html) · [Privacy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/privacy.html)