Welcome to The Success in Magic Q & A Series!

“Dedicated To Bringing Your Magic to the PAYING Public!!!”

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Written & Published by Eric Paul

http://www.MoreMoneyWithMagic.com

 

Inside This Issue:  My New Show and a VERY Cool

New Give-Away Item!...

 

Dear

 

I thought we’d answer a bunch of your questions this week

all in one shot.  Many of you have been asking what I am

doing in my new show for this season and today I’ll run down

the whole thing for you.

 

I’ve also been using a new give-away item that is absolutely

killing and I’ll share that with you too.

 

And yes, each week I will be doing a countdown to the big

boot-camp in September.

 

This is going to be absolutely awesome and you should do

everything you can to make sure you attend.

 

The dates are September 21-23 in Chicago and I would walk

there if I had to.  I’m not kidding!

 

http://www.magicmarketingcenter.com/cmd.php?Clk=2042097

 

Only 42 Days Left!!!

 

And remember, if you sign-up through me, you get an added

bonus of a full hour+ lecture I gave on marketing at a Dan

Kennedy Insider Circle event and all of the hand-outs.  This is

even more complete than “The Anatomy” Series I release

recently and it’s yours, Fr*e*e if you register through me!

 

Off to the show…

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The All-Purpose Magic Show:

 

This is a run down of what I’m doing this season in my shows. 

 

The most powerful weapon in my arsenal is my all-purpose

show.  This can be performed anywhere and for virtually

any children’s or family audience.

 

The beauty of the design of this is that it also fits my

reading show with a few changes and I can alter it to

different age groups when necessary.  In the summer

season, I am doing libraries, summer camps and preschools

and with three different scripts and a few routine changes,

I can have all three in one case.  This is very important in

the midst of the busy season!

 

The show runs between 45 & 50 minutes and then the kids

come up to pet the bunny and get their prizes.

 

You will notice that there is a ton of magic in the show this

year.  It is very fast-paced and the average routine is 3-4

minutes long.  I am purposely slamming them with a bunch

of magic this year and it’s been the best received show I’ve

ever produced.

 

You may also notice that it is not all “new” to me.  There

are certain effects that have become my “signature” routines

and it’s difficult to cut them out because my clients want to

see them.  That’s fine by me and if you don’t have a signature

effect, you should seriously consider getting one!

 

Please keep in mind that it may read a little flat in print.  It’s

hard to create the same excitement here as I can live.  One of

these days I’ll get around to putting it all on DVD for you.

 

Warm-Up :  Miser’s Dream-I do this as folks are coming in

or as we’re waiting for other groups to join us.  It’s always

a bunch of fun and certainly sets the stage for what’s going

to happen.

 

Pre-Recorded Intro:  This is an idea I got from Ken Scott. 

Very few of the folks that introduce us are professional

emcee’s.  As a matter of fact, most of them are terrible at it

and it can put you in a position of having to climb out of an

anti-climatic start at the beginning of your show.

 

I had a local celebrity do a voice-over for me.  It’s adds

instant credibility and is a very good intro that gets the

audience clapping right off the bat.

 

Newspaper tear:  This is one of my signature pieces. 

Throughout the patter I have weaved different control

techniques and they don’t even know that I have just set

them up.  Very effective!

 

Needle Through Balloon:  This is an audience volunteer

bit that is absolutely hilarious!  It’s loosely based on Michael

Ammar’s Balloon Routine from “The Magic of…”   The

ending is a jaw-dropper!  If I’m doing a preschool show,

I substitute this for my sponge ball routine because it can

scare the little guys. 

 

The Thing:  This is Bill Abbott’s new routine and is a great

way to bring them down a bit after all the previous excitement.

 

Mis-Made Flag:  Yeah, I know it’s very standard and kids

see it all the time.  However, I have been doing this for so

long and have tweaked it so that it is the part of my show

when the entire audience is tearing up with laughter.  It

follows the rule that Silly Billy said, your routine should

be so much fun that you should be able to do it and then

start it all over again because they want to see it all over. 

I never get, “I’ve seen that one before.”

 

Fantasy Magician:  Ken Scott’s version where your arms

are the kids as he does tricks.  Very funny stuff!

 

Brief juggling bit:  This is just a quick 5-ball juggle to “Suite

Judy Blue Eyes.”  It’s here simply as candy for the eyes.

 

Chair Suspension w/ Hobson’s Balloon Bag:  Another

Signature piece that I love performing.  I didn’t always,

but now it’s tweaked to amazement and fun!  I don’t do

this for preschool kids and just do the balloon bag stuff instead.

 

Rabbit from the Hat!:  Yep, a real rabbit.  I hint towards

this throughout the show and it builds the tension just right

and the kids explode at this point!

 

Multiplying Bottles:  This is one that has the kids going

crazy but it really amazes the adults.  I purposely put this

here to be the big finish because I want the adults

(aka potential clients) to have this in their minds when

they’re coming up afterwards for my business card.

 

Then all of the kids come up and get their prizes as they

pet the bunny.

 

There are over 40 musical cues (I use a VSM) throughout and

obviously there are many different transitions that tie all of it

together.  The key for me has always been to provide a really

great time while demonstrating some really strong magic! 

It’s a very commercial concept!

 

Now as far as the prizes, I have always used give-aways at

my shows.  It’s a great control technique, it is an opening

for reciprocity and it’s a killer way to get my contact info

in many hands.

 

You probably already know that I recommend it highly.

 

This year I wanted to come up with something different and

I didn’t want to share it with you until I fully tested it.  Well,

I’ve been using these for over 100 shows already this season

and I have to admit that they are pulling better than the

Mystery Dollars.

 

You can check out the samples at:    

 

http://www.moremoneywithmagic.com/magic-wand.htm

 

Hope you enjoyed this little romp into Eric’s World and

I’ll see you next week.

 

Yours in success,

 

Eric Paul

 

P.S.  Boot-Camp Information:

http://www.magicmarketingcenter.com/cmd.php?Clk=2042097

 

P.S. #2:   I’m in high-gear now getting prepped for this season’s

school shows.

 

I was talking with my friend, Julian Franklin and he sent me

his program, “How To Create Educationally Significant

Assembly Programs.”

 

This stuff is awesome!  It is loaded with killer tips and ideas

from someone who makes a living doing school shows. 

I don’t know why I didn’t already have this but I

enthusiastically recommend it!:

 

http://www.moremoneywithmagic.com/julian.htm

 

Don’t let the sales letter fool you, it’s much, much, much

better than it sounds.

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