Ebook - How To Make A Living as a Professional Magician by Magnus
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Unleash Your Inner Professional Magician
Do you dream of transforming your passion for magic into a sustainable, profitable career? While mastering a complex card flourish or a dazzling sleight-of-hand is impressive, the true secret to longevity in the world of magic lies beyond the stage – it's in the business. Magnus, a seasoned professional magician, unveils his unparalleled expertise in 'How To Make A Living as a Professional Magician,' your definitive guide to navigating the intricate landscape of a magical career. This isn't just about tricks; it's about building an empire, one enchanting performance at a time.
Mastering the Business and Art of Magic
Inside this comprehensive ebook, Magnus breaks down the essential components for a thriving career. Learn how to confidently recruit new clients, tailor your performances to diverse audiences and occasions, and craft compelling pitches that secure bookings. Discover the art of self-promotion and marketing your unique act effectively, ensuring your talent reaches the right eyes and ears. Beyond the business acumen, you'll delve into the psychology of performance, understanding which time-tested tricks offer the most 'mileage' – those audience-pleasers that resonate across various settings. Magnus provides meticulous guidance on practice techniques, guaranteeing smooth, flawless execution every single time.
Cultivating Essential Performance Skills and Resilience
A truly successful magician needs more than just technical skill; they need resilience and charm. This guide equips you with invaluable advice on cultivating the persistence and conviction required for a career in close-up magic, alongside crucial interpersonal skills. Learn the secrets to getting along seamlessly with coworkers and, perhaps most importantly, how to expertly handle hecklers and challenging audience members with grace and humor. Magnus's insights will save you from untold aggravation, smoothing your path and enabling you to focus purely on perfecting your craft and dazzling your audience. This revised and updated Dover edition, first published in 2019, builds upon Magnus's original 1999 self-published work, 'Blood, Sweat, and Pinky Breaks: A Practical Guide to Making a Living with Close-up Magic,' by adding a new preface, introduction, and other valuable chapters, ensuring its wisdom remains relevant for today's aspiring professionals.
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You may be able to pull off an impressive card trick, but can you recruit new clients and tailor your show to different occasions? In the only guide of its kind, professional magician Magnus shows you the ins and outs of managing your career in magic. His tried-and-true methods will convert you - presto, change-o - into a successful professional.
Magnus will help you develop the persistence and conviction you'll need for a career in close-up magic, making your pitch to potential employers, and promoting and marketing your act. He'll advise you on the tricks that will provide you with the most mileage - the time-tested audience-pleasers that can be performed in a wide variety of situations - and the best ways to practice them to ensure a smooth execution. His advice on cultivating skills that contribute to a successful performance, getting along with coworkers, and handling hecklers, will save you untold aggravation and smooth the path toward a magical career.
This Dover edition, first published in 2019, is a revised and updated republication of Blood, Sweat, and Pinky Breaks: A Practical Guide to Making a Living with Close-up Magic, self-published by Magnus in 1999. This edition adds a new preface, introduction, and other chapters.
