Professional Development
KEH089: How to Get Your Audience Laughing
How to Get Your Audience Laughing Want more ideas on how to get your audience laughing and respond to on-the-spot situations in a winning, witty manner? Comic magician Alan Rich talks about this, as well as jokes, gags and more, in this interview. Hit play and get ready to learn.
Read MoreThe Magic Behind the Magic Part 4: A Driver’s Seat View of What It Takes to Run a Successful Kids Entertainer Business
Hi. It’s Steve Wickenton once again. In the last episode of this vlog series for kids entertainers, I talked about booking system trends and analysis. In my fourth episode, I talk about something a little less technical but truly essential to a kids entertainment business–motivation and effective goal setting.
Read MoreKEH087: Power Up Your Performance
Power Up Your Performance: Kids Entertainer Tips on Projecting the Right Image to Handling Disruptions in Your Show to Writing Comedy That Suits You Want a tighter routine, more control, and a more refined show? Lawyer turned kids entertainer/street performer/game show champion/author Scott Green shares brilliant tips on how to do all this to help…
Read MoreDo You Need to Learn All Types of Magic?
In my previous post for the Tips for Starting Magicians series, I discussed how many tricks you need to be a magician. Unlike that post where I could only give you a vague answer, here I can comfortably tell you no. No, you don’t need to be well-versed in all facets of magic to be…
Read MoreKEH086: The Fundamentals of Stage Craft
The Fundamentals of Stage Craft: Going Back to the Basics of Performing for Kids Entertainers With the brimming—sometimes overwhelming—treasure trove of available information out there, sometimes we lose sight of what’s essential. In this podcast episode, Danny Schlesinger brings us back to the fundamentals of stage craft to help us pack more impact to our…
Read MoreEssential Business Tips for Kids Entertainers Part 1
Thinking of performing for children professionally, or taking the next step to further your children’s entertainment business? Here’s a new series featuring practical, actionable, tried-and-tested business tips and insights by someone who has rolled up his sleeves and taken action to move his kids entertainment business onward and up. Keith Tusing generously offers in this…
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 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.
Read MoreKEH083: How to Improve Your Presence
How to Improve Your Presence: Kids Entertainer Tips for a Stronger Performance and a More Responsive Audience As entertainers, we want our audience to have their eyes glued to us, hanging on our every word and applauding with delight. And more often than not, the key to achieving this lies not so much on the…
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:…
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