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Ah, the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd! Working at outdoor fairs and festivals, not to mention working on the street, can be both enjoyable and profitable - especially if you know what you are doing!
For those of you who want to learn more about this field, here is the real work from Brian Flora & Docc Hilford, two pros who have worked these venues for over ten years. Even if you don't plan to do outdoor shows, the information on Selling and Playing The Outdoor Show can make money for you.
David Ginn said that he had used just one idea from this tape so far, and it had produced over $1000 for him the first year. That's not a bad return on a $17.98 investment!
Included on the tape are: a complete 15 minute act you can put together for less than $50 and work out of your pockets, the authentic carnival ballyhoo we use to attract crowds, how to deal with bureaucrats and how to get the gigs you want, how to pitch magic, what to pitch, and where to get it, and much more.
Many pros have told us that they have started working this type of show as a result of the information on this tape. Selling and Playing the Outdoor Show is a 90 minute cassette, and is just $17.98.
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These secrets will make money for you
This is the tape that began our magic tape publishing empire! Originally published in book form, Selling Your Act has been updated, expanded, and put on cassette for your convenience. It's bigger and better than ever.
This tape is designed to give you the basic information you need to start making a living from magic. As with all my tapes, there is no pie-in-the-sky here - just the real stuff. But, don't take my word for it:
Jeff Busby said: "Good, solid, quite useful information that works. Well worth the modest price."
Martin Breese, of London said: "I would rate Selling Your Act as one of the ten most important books published in the last ten years."
This tape gives you the information you need to make your performing career happen. Instead of sitting around, waiting for the phone to ring, you can be out doing what you want to do - performing! Selling Your Act is just $17.98.
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You can get top dollar working family restaurants
I love working in restaurants. While my travel schedule limits me to working just two nights a week, I look forward to those evenings. Restaurant work is a great way to try new material for lots of people in a short period of time.
It's a great way to promote parties, if that is what you want to do. And, if you do it right, there's lots of money to be made. I'm shocked by the low fees that most restaurant workers charge. I have never worked for a restaurant for less than $75/hour. There is no need to do so, if you know what you are doing.
You'll learn what you need to know on this audio tape, including: what both owners and customers want from a performer at the table, what sort of venues will pay what you want to make, and how to approach tables with and without kids - what to say and what to do. You’ll also learn what kinds of material to use to establish a reputation for you and the venue, and how to sell yourself both before and after you get the gig.
Dozens of people have used the ideas on this tape to make it happen in their own city. If you want to learn how, order Get Top Dollar Working Family Restaurants for just $19.98.
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Get more than cash for your performances
On this unique audio tape, Gene Turner, a successful full-time pro in the mid-west, tells you how to get more than the cash you expect from the gigs you do. You'll learn step-by-step, and in some cases word-by-word, how to use practical and proven methods for trade-out and barter to effectively raise your prices.
You'll also learn how to save sales you would otherwise have lost to other performers. Those of you in the business will understand just how important these techniques could be. These techniques are also the best ways to deal with the slimeballs who make a living by undercutting your prices, stealing away those marginal accounts. This tape gives you realistic alternatives to simply dropping your rates to stay "competitive".
You'll also learn how to approach markets that may not have been terribly receptive to you before, and get their business. You'll learn how to join the ranks of professional business people who entertain clients and prospects, without it costing you a penny of cash. Getting More Than Cash, a limited edition, is just $29.98. Order now - the edition is almost sold out!
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The most highly acclaimed tape series in magic history
The Magic Marketing Update Series is designed to give the working professional entertainer the timely, tested marketing techniques he needs to make a living in magic. Each tape also includes new routines, sales tips, and more, all designed to give you more bang for the buck than any other book, tape, or publication.
The ideas on these tapes are from my own experience and the experience of other working pros. They are not dated! The ideas on MMU #1 are just as valuable today as the first day they were recorded. If you are looking for the information you need to make more money with your magic, these are the tapes for you. Whether you are a family entertainer, mentalist, trade show worker, or comedy performer, you will find ideas on the MMU series that will help you achieve your magic career goals.
Dan Garrett of Atlanta said: "Your tapes are sensational. It is such a pleasure to put my "dead time" driving to such productive use - listening to your tapes. I plan to listen to them again and again.
"The production quality of the tapes is better than anything I have heard in any self-help market. Your tapes are very practical, and they motivated me to increase my marketability, as well as to write you with my full endorsement.
"Although I am a seasoned performer, I found lots of ideas on your tapes which have increased my income considerably. I will want to buy all of your future releases - the price is low but the return is tremendous."
Magic Marketing Update #1 — This tape has lots of ideas for selling your show, including: hints on how to sell by phone, including actual live examples of phone sales calls. Also covered are ways to qualify your prospects, how to handle the inevitable "No", and coping with rejection when selling on the phone.
You'll learn how to get your own TV show with up to date information on syndication, self-production, selling to television executives, and much, much more. All of this, plus a center tear routine, and the insights of the outrageous Docc Hilford, make this an outstanding value.
One pro in California called to tell us that this tape gave him "a living. There are so many great ideas on it, I listen to it again and again." MMU #1 is 90 minutes long.
Magic Marketing Update #2 — Here's what Jeff Busby had to say about MMU #2 in his magazine Epoptica: "As I've commented in my past coverage of his audio cassette series, Flora is a lot of fun to listen to. And, you get far more "bang for the buck" than the quite modest price asked for the tapes. There is material on this tape for such varied types as the close-up worker, the kid show performer, the heavy mentalist, etc. Amongst all this, there is something that will be of inestimable value to you, something you'll use to get more and higher paying shows."
On MMU #2 are: specific marketing ideas for your show, how to use testimonial letters and make them sell for you, seasonal mailing ideas, putting a computer to work for you and your show, sources for props and supplies, and more. If you make your living with magic, or if you want to, the information on this tape will help you achieve your goals.
Magic Marketing Update #3 — As you know from MMU #1 and #2, each tape in this series has routines, hints, sources, techniques, surprises, and the latest marketing ideas. We know these ideas work, because we use them ourselves.
On MMU #3, you will learn: proven ways to sell school assemblies, how to price your shows, The Laws of Ian Ross, how to sell mentalism and readings, the art of "being on", how to adapt old tricks to new shows, routines for educational shows about Safety, Dental Health, and Library Education, how to perform successfully for teenagers, and much more.
As the late and great Sid Lorraine told us: "You certainly are to be congratulated for producing material that is professional in every way. The advice and experience that you provide the listener is worth many times the cost of the tapes. I hope listeners will really appreciate it. Not only is the material invaluable to a sincere worker, it is also presented in such an easy-to-listen-to manner. All your tapes are in that category."
Thanks, Sid! MMU #3 is 90 minutes long.
Magic Marketing Update #4 — There is over an hour of new marketing ideas on this tape, any one of which is worth hundreds of times the cost of the tape - if you use it!
On this tape, you will hear: how to increase your income for each and every show you do, without increasing your show fees, how to capitalize on the many opportunities for performing that you may be overlooking, how to get around restrictions on school performances now found in many states, how to generate and locate leads for direct mail campaigns - both for corporate and family markets, how to present give-aways to increase their perceived value, new ideas for testimonials, how to sell to the business market, and much more.
If you are a working pro now, this tape will help you reach your career goals. If you are not, this tape may help you leave your day job! We have shared dozens of proven, productive ideas with the fraternity over the past few years through the MMU series. Each of the tapes in the series is a gold mine, and this tape is no exception.
Magic Marketing Update #5 — When we first started the MMU series, we intended it to be a clearing house for the very best in marketing and performing information for professionals. Not a week goes by but that we get letters and calls telling us how much the series has meant to performers around the world. Many of the people who call and write offer to share things with us in return.
We have taken six of the best of these contributions, combined them with Brian's cutting edge information, and put it all together on MMU #5. On this exciting tape, you'll learn about a wide range of useful subjects, including: how to sell and work Graduation Nights, sponsored shows, themed shows, and the Wonder Mouse; how to pitch with phone machines and business cards; seven ways not to be a dolt; thank you's; and self-analysis for performers.
Plus, you’ll learn how to get preferential treatment at gigs; how cooperative mailings with other performers work; pricing shows based on time and talent, and much, much more!
Magic Marketing Update #6 — The response to the contributions from pros around the country on MMU #5 was so positive, we've done it again. Yes, Brian is back with more of the kinds of ideas that have made this the best selling series of audio tapes in magic history.
You'll also hear from a group of guest professionals as they tell you about: the three things that will let you live the way you want to live - anywhere and how to get the maximum value from ideas in books and on tapes.
You’ll learn how to use pseudo-surveys to make your selling easier and more fun, working for adults with balloons, new markets for you, including retail, cruise ships, and much more! If you intend to make money with your performing skills, you need a constant flow of new ideas and techniques to maintain your competitive edge.
MMU #6 is the latest batch of the best information around for people who put the bread on the table by performing.
On-line special - Get all six Magic Marketing Update tapes in a library case for the very special price of just $90.00. Order The MMU Six Tape Special!
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