Savvy Party Planners Know the Best Recipe for Booking Talent: Gig Salad.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Gig Salad, the most easily-accessible directory of professional talent online, has been successfully serving up entertaining gigs to meeting and party planners for over a year. Attracting bookings from ABC Television, America's Got Talent, Walt Disney, FedEx and moms all

A real-time talent directory, Gig Salad (www.gigsalad.com) gives talent buyers, agents, corporations, and consumers free universal access to a consistently growing roster of talent. Gig Salad's directory can be conveniently searched by name, category, and location throughout the United States and Canada. In turn, Gig Salad is an indispensable tool for entertainers, speakers, musicians, jugglers, and others listed on the site. Entertainers can receive maximum exposure by posting music and video samples, photographs, and links to their own websites.

Conspicuously different from its competitors, Gig Salad does not charge commissions or fees to entertainers or talent buyers connected on Gig Salad when either party brokers dates. Gig Salad will, however, broker dates and handle the transactions for a commission if those services are desired. Understanding what it's like to be starving entertainers, the owners of Gig Salad know the value of creating opportunities for talented individuals and bringing that talent to light. This underscores Gig Salad's mission of creating one place where a great assortment of talent can be tapped easily and cost-effectively.

"Gig Salad is an indispensable tool for any talent buyer and has become our first choice for finding talent on the web," said Steven Chase, Chase Music & Entertainment. "It works for us, and I highly recommend it for any talent that wants the world to know how to make contact. Gig Salad is the first site to be run by entertainment people, not just techno types. It's a 'must-list-here' for any talent looking for gigs."

The idea to form Gig Salad was sparked by two individuals who share a dual passion: a love of great talent, and a desire to help talented individuals and groups get the exposure they deserve. Owners Mark Steiner, president of the successful talent-booking agency Steiner Talent, and Steve Tetrault, an award-winning designer with a client roster of acclaimed musicians, teamed up in 2006 to form Gig Salad. Merging their skills, Gig Salad was launched in the spring of 2006 with a compelling website. In the spring of 2007, the owners purchased a stylish 1901 building in Springfield, MO to serve as Gig Salad's headquarters and to house their customer support center.

Headquartered in Springfield, MO, Gig Salad (www.gigsalad.com) is America's "who's who" of talent, giving talent buyers, agents, corporations, and consumers free universal access to a constantly growing roster of talent throughout the US and Canada.