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Many dream of becoming a full-time magician. This dream can become reality if you are willing to plan, and put in the extra effort to make it happen. You need a business plan that can compare to the needs of your existing home budget. This is not a get rich overnight activity. It requires step by step sequences that help replace your current home budget needs with the net profits you can generate through your magic. This text will provide you with a solid foundation. It covers the plan, marketing and helps you make that full-time decision based on research.

• Full time magicians day
• The 80/20...

A very strong market for magicians is fund raising through the school system. The chance of hosting a "no cost, no risk" fund raiser can be one of the highest demand performances a magician can do. This is a minimum administration, short term event that can bring in substantial amounts of money for both the school and the magician. A no cost, no risk magic show translates into a two or three-week event that ends in deposit.

This text is a primer to get you into the school shows market. Begin with the high schools and let the referrals lead you in other directions onto new customers.

• What is / Why PDF File?
• Des Moines Iowa Lecture
• Library Gold
• DIY Levitation
• Now What?
• Invoice Charity Show
• Watch Your Music
• Employer / Employee Relationship

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

Trade and themed shows take place all year long. If you have been to these types of shows you know people usually just stroll the aisle and only walk in when they want to pick up something free (candy), have an interest in the service/product or have questions. Vendors are turning to entertainment to help bring people into their display area.

The magician's job is to catch people's attention and draw them in. As you work with people, staff members will join the conversation. At one point, you pass them to the staff member. Then you move on and work at bringing more people into the vendor's...

• Perform for the Exposure
• No Cards / Coins
• Sliced to Serve Banana
• Insurance
• No Shows, No Bookings, What's Wrong?
• DVDs
• Lybrary.com
• Commando Show

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

Professionals lead with their credentials, achievements and endorsements. All stand on their skills and talent. But when the decision balances between several magicians the one who gets hired is the one with the strongest credentials. These endorsements validate the magician's performance, and reinforce the strength of their skills profile.

No one wakes up in the morning with a strong file of endorsements. They must be earned, one at a time. And, they will not fall on your doorstep by themselves. This text helps you get started with your credentials file. It will give you a solid foundation...

• Don't Follow the Crowd
• Save $ on Insurance
• Plastic Members
• Hand Cuffed??
• Don't have to Follow Directions
• Role Models
• Karaoke and Magic
• You Heard What?
• Release

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

Magic performances grown to the point you need an assistant? Is working with an assistant one of your dreams? Want to take your performance up to the next level? There are many things you need to prepare for BEFORE bringing on an assistant.

This text will help you consider ways the assistant will function in performance. It will help identify responsibilities you can assign to her both on and off stage. Beginning with the standard application forms that are available through the office supply store, it suggests additional information that should be included with the application.

Costuming...

One of the most important elements of a performance. Without allowing time for the audience to comprehend the magician is doing nothing more than running through a series of instruction steps. Time adds drama, energy and the sizzle needed to enhance magic.

Timing is a hard subject to cover. One does not learn from books or lectures. Those sources, like this text, help identify the value of time. The magician must acquire his/her own skills with the use of time.

This text will help identify how it is used, provide examples you can relate to, and get you started. Armed with this knowledge...

• The Night Before Competition
• Short Quick Mentalism Routine
• Music
• Make It Fit
• Teacher Fans Creativity Flame
• Book Report
• Makeup
• Don't Forget The Idea

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

• Really?
• What Type of Magician are You?
• Competition Results
• Back Drop Pipe/Drape
• Ghost Writing Services
• Costume, Props Etc.
• Rip Open Change Bag
• Transport

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

There comes a time when all magicians consider a website. With everything involved: web host, domain, design, design tools, purpose of the site, and content one has a lot to think about. No one gets it right the first time. We all end up going back and making adjustments, changes and adding information to our site. But the closer you can get with your initial design and launch the better your results will be. This text will get you pointed in the right direction. It includes purpose, functionality, design strategy and tips on finding a good web host. Everything has to blend. The website design,...

Fundraisers have always been popular. There will always be organizations that need to raise funds. And, there will always be needs out there that fundraisers will be launched for. The success of these events depends on community support, and ticket sales.

When organizations host fundraisers they always reach for the free, and least expensive ways to promote their event. Many of these organizations are very good at their activities and operations. But the reality is that they do not focus their daily operations on event promotions. As a result, they often need help.

This text is a coaching...

Marketing is the key to a magician's success. The amount of work he gets depends on how well he gets his name out. All of us use the common sources: newspaper, Facebook, direct mail, email and others. Many fail because they make their debut in these areas only to drop out and not keep them going.

Even with common sources covered there comes a time when magician's cast their eyes on higher income. At that point, the opinion is such that they must jump into expensive media. Newspapers, radio, television and others sound good. They should. It is a sales person presenting this information in...

• Front/Back Magic Wand
• Calling all Old/Outdated Laptops
• Conventions
• Fundraiser Host Coach
• One Step Ahead
• Social Media
• Do Not Break Faith
• Cash, Check or Debit Card
• Feedback

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

The house is packed. Standing room only! Your music starts and you walk out to begin the show and everything goes wrong. The music fails, you forgot to load some of the magic. Your favorite routine comes apart and you are standing in front of a large audience with no clue what do to next.

Speak with any entertainer and they will confirm that mistakes and problems are part of the performance. These situations are not reserved for any specific magician. Young or old, just beginning or seasoned veteran, we all experience problems at some time or another.

This ebook helps identify ways to...

• Connecting the Dots
• Assistant: Cosmetic or Tool
• Local Support/Coach
• Do not Discount the Internet
• Lights, Curtain, Music, Problem
• Personal Library
• And Your Name Is?
• Sound Fails, Packed Audience, Can You Perform?
• What's in Your Pocket?

1st edition 2017, 11 pages.

When performance opportunities from brochures, flyers and other marketing activities slow down you need to pick up the phone. Cold calling has played a major role in almost every industry. These calls fill cancellations in schedules, book shows while traveling from city to city, and can help fill those calendars during the slow months. When you find yourself waiting for the phone to ring there is no reason you cannot make a few calls and book yourself. The materials in this text will get you started.

• What makes cold calls work
• Join the telephone soliciting team
• Best times to call
• Pre-call ...

• Action Generates Contracts
• Use That Smart Phone
• You Charge How Much?
• Worx SideKick
• Cold Calls For Hire
• Letter Opener
• Make More Performance Money

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

Audiences rate magicians based on their entertainment experience. One can have the best of everything: magic, manipulation, etc. and still fail in front of an audience. This material is not new. It has been taught in the theater industry and at schools for a very long time. However, there are not that many materials written to bring these skills into the hands of a magician.

This ebook will identify key elements that the magician must follow, and be aware of as he/she performs. Suggested materials might seem unimportant or a waist of time. But those same elements could be the factors that...

• 2018 Planning
• Coming Soon ...
• Confusion Crayons Without A Volunteer
• 2018 Conventions
• Do As I Do - Not As I Say
• Multiplying Balls with a Twist
• Performance Failure

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

Entertainment should not be a menu of prices set in stone. There are ways you can charge more for your performances. The power rests in the key elements of communication. Bringing the conversation to an ultimate "take it or leave it" conclusion may not be in the magician's best interest.

There are four elements that need to be covered through conversation. Quoting a price without knowing those elements is a problem that chips away at the magician's profits. Magicians who make more money deploy these elements. They are not hard. In fact, they are so simple to work with that no special training...

• 2018 Goal Setting
• E-Factor Volume 1
• Conversational Negotiation
• E-Factor Volume 2 Scheduled February Release
• New Magic Shop Approach
• Always on Stage/Marketing
• Working Trunk

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

As magicians we are hired to entertain. The show must go on is a harsh truth that we all accept responsibility for. The fact is performances do not always take place without problems. If you have ever found yourself standing in the lights, with a failed trick you know what I am talking about. The audience knows the magic was a complete flop. There is no one else on stage with you. When that happens, we all promise we will never put ourselves in that situation again.

Your magic may be "performance ready" but is it also "audience ready"? This text talks about conditioning for the unexpected....