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<DIV>I have a sense of 'deja vu' here with you and your 'kids.'</DIV>
<DIV>That you have now twice used the phrase <STRONG><EM>'prepare our kids for the market'</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>speaks volumes about your approach to this very sensitive and personal issue.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Do you play the Commodities Exchange or the Stock Market???<BR>And, that you are making this a very public issue, will have consequences</DIV>
<DIV>for which you are not planning. Your children's lives are being bartered. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>Children are not <EM><STRONG>'commodities' </STRONG></EM>to be 'bought and sold' on the market. </DIV>
<DIV>If you are looking to make money on your children, I firmly believe you</DIV>
<DIV>are heading down a path you will soon deeply regret. That you think</DIV>
<DIV>there should be no 'up-front money' and you admit there is none</DIV>
<DIV>to '<STRONG><EM>invest' </EM></STRONG>smacks of Wall Street transactions. This is now the <STRONG><EM>second </EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>time you have found that you cannot conduct 'business' without money. </DIV>
<DIV>The first time you gave a photographer a deposit, and then didn't show up.</DIV>
<DIV>It would seem you are distracted by some other more urgent issue here.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Are you really serious about this 'investment' in 'marketing' your children?</DIV>
<DIV>If that is the case, then you must save several thousand dollars as a </DIV>
<DIV>rainy day fund for a talent agency contract. There is more than one out </DIV>
<DIV>there, so you can shop around. Keep in mind that 'talent agents' make</DIV>
<DIV>10% - and up. Those prices you did receive are relatively inexpensive. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I would also advise you - strongly - to check your language concerning </DIV>
<DIV>the 'marketing' of your own children. There are much better words to use</DIV>
<DIV>when you are out here, in the '<EM><STRONG>market</STRONG></EM>.' This should give you pause to</DIV>
<DIV>what their real value is to you and their father. As the phrase goes, </DIV>
<DIV>" A word to the wise is sufficient." </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Martin Cosentino</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 3/11/09, Michelle Rosario <I><shell4577@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Michelle Rosario <shell4577@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: [NEohioPAL] Marketing Tools Fees?<BR>To: neohiopal@listserve.com<BR>Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 10:42 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><BR> I have a question for all of you that have experience in the market. My kids are just starting out therefore we have no money to invest. I sent out some head shot/resumes of my kids to some talent agencies. So far 1 of them contacted me and told me they are interested in my kids and would like to meet them and sign a contract. They are asking for almost $700 a child/year for marketing tools, head book fee and being on the website. They also charge $75 each for a consultation that helps prepare our kids for the market. They will update our resume, we have to supply our own head shots. What do you think of this? I thought money should never come up-front. I don't have the money anyway but I am just curious to know. My kids did 5 months of ACT training and I am not ready to dish out anymore money. Don't have it
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