Posts Tagged ‘elliott smith’
Corporate Sponsorship Part 2: How to Get Big Businesses as Sponsors
Welcome back. Last month you learned how to finance your big show productions by approaching local businesses for sponsorship money. This month, I am going to discuss how to get major dollars from nationwide corporate sponsors.
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Last time we talked about how best to handle tentative bookings so you don’t wait forever for a client to confirm and lose out on other shows. This time we’ll delve into something that kids entertainers could tap into especially when they are trying to put up a big show: corporate sponsorship.
Read MoreKEH062: Highway to Success – Understanding the Business Side of Kids Entertainment
Highway to Success: Understanding the Business Side of Kids Entertainment In this podcast episode, Elliott Smith, co-author of Highway to Success: The Entertainer’s Roadmap to Business, shares practical principles and genius tips that can help you better understand and handle the business side of kids entertainment. If you’re ready to take your business to new…
Read MoreWaiting for the Call
Last time we talked about how to negotiate for higher fees. This time we’ll talk about handling tentative bookings in a way that is fair to you, to your prospective client, and to other clients looking to book the same schedule. Last December, I finished a show at a convention centre where an assortment of…
Read MoreNegotiating Higher Fees
Last time I talked about how to find more bookings by creating repeat clients. In this post, we’ll discuss something that many kids entertainers want to do but find tricky: charging higher fees. We all dream of making more money, don’t we? For not just magicians but also for most people, life would be great…
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