Be a process oriented magician not goal oriented magician

We have been taught and trained to set a goal for ourselves in order to be a successful in any profession. I won't comment about other areas, but being a professional magician I can responsibly say that a magician should be process oriented and not goal oriented. Imagine at the current state of your preparedness... Continue Reading →

Why “sleight of hand” is the most important skill in magic?

These days many magicians keep looking for easy to perform self-working magic props. They keep on buying most of the automatic magic props which hit the market. It is possible to be a good magician using only props along with good storytelling and showmanship skills. But it is not possible to be a great magician... Continue Reading →

8 little things to grow the reputation of magic show

A professional magician is adept and master of sleight of hand. He can make people wonder with his skill. But even if you are an expert magician few little things in your show can double the positive impression of your show. It takes 20% effort to score 8 out of 10, but it takes 80%... Continue Reading →

How to handle hecklers trying to spoil your trick?

Catching a secret of the magician is one of the strongest way to prove your intelligence. But for a magician, any heckler is a destructive because it spoils magician's reputation instantly. Magicians cannot avoid hecklers from attending their show because they exist everywhere. A magician must learn to handle the hecklers to save the sanctity... Continue Reading →

10 clever and powerful marketing ideas for magicians

Henry Ford said, "Stopping marketing to save money is like stopping your watch to save time". Anybody who wishes to earn money cannot avoid marketing. If you avoid marketing, money will avoid you. If your marketing is unconventional then it brings better results faster. Following are some rare and unique ideas for magicians to market... Continue Reading →

11 secret tricks for magician’s website to get more shows

A website can promote you throughout the year 365 days 24 hours which even you can't do yourself for yourself. But only building a website is not enough, you must build a website that sells. Spending some money to have a quality website is not an expenditure, it is a lucrative investment. As a professional... Continue Reading →

10 Mistakes new professional magicians make

Most of the magicians in their first year as a professional magician feel very satisfied with their skill and their earnings. But when they hear about some other magician charging a high amount for almost same kind of show which they offer, the seed of dissatisfaction springs in their mind. They even get disturbed by a... Continue Reading →

Why magician must not reveal the secrets?

A true magician never reveals the secret and that makes a true magician a famous magician. A magician must treat safeguarding his secrets like safeguarding his money. For a professional magician, his magic tricks are the source of money. Let us consider an example of vanishing a silk using T* prop. Imagine that you have... Continue Reading →

Must-Have Content For Magician’s Profile

Whenever new clients hire a magician, they would want to see magician's profile. In general, a professional magician's profile should contain the following information, not necessarily in the same order as given below. Name: Your screen name (Performing name) Profession: Write specifically if you are comedy magician, street magician, corporate magician, mentalist, illusionist, motivational speaker etc Skills:... Continue Reading →

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