Client Relationship
KEH103: Keeping Everyone Engaged and Working for Tips the Right Way
Keeping Everyone Engaged and Working for TipsThe Right Way It’s episode 103 and we have a new co-host for this episode. It’s Annie Bannanie! This was also recorded at her birthday so Happy Birthday Annie Bannanie! In this episode we talk about how to get everyone engaged in the show. Not only the kids but…
Read MoreKEH098: What to Do When Customers Ask for a Discount
What to Do When Customers Ask for a Discount Most of us, if not all of us, have experienced customers asking for a discount. Should we give in or say no? If we say no, how do we communicate that nicely so we don’t lose the client? We discuss this rather tricky topic here and…
Read MoreKEH096: How to Know if Your Kids Entertainment Business Is Doing Well
How to Know if Your Kids Entertainment Business Is Doing Well Perfomance Indicators, Plus Answer Phone Messages and More In this episode, we tackle a question that many kids and family entertainers are keen to find the answer to: how do we know if our business is indeed doing well? How can we say objectively…
Read MoreKEH094: Balloon Entertainment, Thank You Notes, and Balloon Safety
Balloon Entertainment, Thank You Notes, and Balloon Safety For professionals who are into balloon entertainment, this question often comes up: should we concern ourselves more with serving our customers and hence being a commercial act, or should we focus on advancing our art? It’s a dilemma that not just balloon twisters face, but any artist…
Read MoreKEH085: Customer Service Tips to Boost Your Kids Entertainment Business
Customer Service Tips to Boost Your Kids Entertainment Business To earn a good client’s business, sometimes—or oftentimes—it’s not about the fee we charge, but the quality of customer service we provide. And for Matt Fore, this has proven to be true throughout the 25 years he has been in the kids entertainment business. A full-time…
Read MoreKEH084: How to Make Your Own Contract
How to Make Your Own Contract: Tips on Creating a Simple Binding Contract for Kids Entertainers Legal gibberish turns off many of us, and that may be why you’ve put off having your own contract in place. Drafting one also seems like a painstakingly meticulous business as you need to cover a lot of bases.…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Do to Land Your First Restaurant Gig
In the last post in the Restaurant Gigs for Kids Entertainers series, restaurateur Andrew Cox shared what value entertainers give to restaurant owners and customers. In this latest installment, Andrew gives tips that can help you score your first restaurant gig. What do you need to put in your bio? Don’t waste your time preparing…
Read MoreThe Magic Behind the Magic Part 3: A Driver’s Seat View of What It Takes to Run a Successful Kids Entertainer Business
Hi. It’s Steve Wickenton. In my previous episode in this vlog series made especially for magicians, I shared time management and task planning tips, as well as tips on how to get reviews and testimonials from your clients. Here in this third episode, I talk all about booking system trends and analysis. Specifically I cover:…
Read MoreHow Entertainers Can Help a Restaurant to Run Smoothly
Previously in the Restaurant Gigs for Kids Entertainers series, restaurant manager Andrew Cox shared what magicians and roaming performers need to know about the restaurant and hotel setting and what is expected of them. Here in part 3, Andrew is back to discuss in more specific details the value that entertainers add to the dining…
Read MoreKEH079: Better Shows, Quieter Kids, Happier Parents: New Methods from Zivi Kivi
Better Shows, Quieter Kids, Happier Parents: New Methods from Zivi Kivi Zivi Kivi is back on the Kids Entertainer Podcast and in this episode he offers smart, easy-to-do marketing strategies that will help you get better—and more—shows while keeping the kids quiet and cooperative. Zivi has road-tested these techniques in his own shows, so you…
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