Entertainers Worldwide Jobs

First off apologies for the AI voice - winter sore throat has hindered this episode but do bookmark and come back to hear all twelve top tips to get more wedding bookings.

Working as a Wedding Entertainer is the most wonderful, exhausting, exhilarating and wonderful profession. Equally, providing Event Services, such as mobile bars, wedding photography or firework displays for the big day are also central to what makes a wedding special and memorable and can be incredibly rewarding and exciting.

There’s no doubt that it takes a certain sort of person to do this kind of work – one filled with  enthusiasm and a desire to do everything they possibly can to provide the perfect entertainment for guests at a wedding.

If that sounds like you, then get ready to create a  joyful and lucrative career in the ever expanding wedding industry.

And if you’re ready to take those wedding bookings & find wedding jobs and aren’t already signed-up with us, you can register with us today. We’ll send you email alerts when jobs come in for your act-type in your area & you’ll get free access to our Get More Gigs: Essential Guide to Marketing for Entertainers.

If you are an accomplished, confident performer that wants to get more jobs and wedding bookings read our blog post linked below and download the chart and get to work on the tips from professional, experienced wedding entertainers.

Here are our top 12 tips to make you a well-loved, popular and successful Wedding Entertainer.

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Taken from our new Get More Gigs Guide: How to Get Cruise Entertainer Jobs. In case you didn’t already know - Cruise companies are planning to start sailing from Spring this year. Fantastic news if you’re looking to start a Career in Cruise entertainment! But how do you get started, what do you need to have ready for your applications & what will give you the best chance of landing a contract? Get the answers & plenty more expert industry insight in our new Get More Gigs Guide: How to Get Cruise Entertainer Jobs.

As a follow up to our recent podcast in which we covered the range and types of jobs available for entertainers on a cruise ship we are pleased to feature this excellent guide to help performers and entertainers understand the best way to find and apply to join the Entertainment team on board a luxury cruise.

Cruise 2021 Updates

The phenomenal roll out of Covid vaccinations we can look forward to return to a life on the ocean wave in the very near future.

Saga Cruises have begun to advertise outlining the passenger and crew requirements and  levels of safety on board their cruises that are to begin in May 2021

Shore visits may be paused by hey who really wants to traipse around the same-o same-o tourist not-spots when there is so much more fun and discovery to be had remaining on board?

Prepare for Success

No matter how talented you are, if you don't have excellent promotional materials you are much less likely to land a Cruise contract. You will need both photos and a video show reel showing the high standard of your previous performances.

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More and more parents are discovering that they have new skills entertaining children and have begun to set up as professional children's entertainers so are looking for work where their new found talent combined with dealing with little ones will enable them to get jobs as a children's entertainer.

From simple clowning and painting parties to complex displays of magic we advertise hundreds of request for children's entertainers wanted by parents and clubs organising birthday parties and other celebrations.

Popular types of jobs entertaining kids include

• Bubble Performers - hugely popular with children of all ages
• Balloon Modellers - squeaky clean fun for both kids and adults
• Magicians - a special type of magic is needed to allow children to enjoy magic fo the first time.
• Face Painting - for those with artistic skill and who aren't afraid of parent's reactions...
• Clowns - make the simplest things look funny - just check there are no clown phobics (Coulrophobia) in the room first

An increasing number of requests come through to find someone to entertain children at weddings - keeping the little ones occupied and happy during what can be a long day.

Where can I find jobs entertaining children near me? Visit the jobs website and filter by location and type of act to find listings that match.

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AHOY THERE!

Cruise ships these days are truly amazing. In the last episode we talked about singers and musicians finding fantastic opportunities to entertain guests on Cruise Ships. We listed where to find specific types of jobs but missed out links for jobs for live bands and groups.

In this short 'cast we round up a selection of other types of entertainers that are employed on board. Performing on stage, in small intimate lounges or mixing and mingling amongst guests

Speciality & Variety Acts wanted for a cruise

Dancing jobs on cruise ships

Cruise ship magician jobs

Jobs for Comedians

Before you get started with applying for a job on a Cruise  it can be really useful to find out more about what life's really like onboard. You will know what you're talking about on your applications and it should hopefully also help to motivate and inspire you. See tips and advice becoming a cruise ship entertainer

References:

Do you want to be a Cruise Entertainer?

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Entertainers Worldwide Cruise Ship Jobs

Finding listings for cruise ship singing jobs has been made easy and singers can check out the current opportunities via the links from the introduction to getting entertainment jobs on a cruise ship page.

Singers of course usually perform with live backing music so there are lots of opportunities for musicians to find rewarding work on board too.

Always needed on cruise ships - lots of jobs for DJs - experienced floor fillers that can read the crowd and delight all ages and nationalities.

For many performers getting a contract to join the entertainment team on board a cruise ship is a dream come true.  Travel the world in luxurious surroundings getting paid to entertain enthusiastic guests in state of the art theatres and lounges.

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Following the growth and success of our entertainment and event service booking platform Entertainers Worldwide is pleased to launch this bespoke service that offers the latest auditions, jobs and opportunities for entertainers and help them find more work.

Our experienced team research and publish all the latest opportunities that performers can apply to - both locally and around the world.

We are proud to be associated with some of the most important organisations in the live entertainment business and work to collaborate with them wherever possible.

References:

Music Jobs in UK listing

Jobs in music in the USA - featured agency - featured advert for singer jobs

Early music released on Bandcamp

Ticket website for past jobs event

Artistecard profile with helpful links to important pages on the artists jobs website.

Design and create merchandise for acts and performers on Red Bubble

Cruise ship jobs advert on actors meeting place Stage 32

2020 events organised and promoted via Peat Tix

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The success for the growth of this new online jobs for entertainers platform is determined by a number of factors:

• Number and quality of web pages that link to helpful pages that offer performers jobs in the entertainment industry. 
• Citations where publishers reference the services and quality of the platform
• Distribution of internal links – links that point to other pages logically help the user understand and find thein formation they are looking for.

Broadcasters play a very important part in the promotion of services with podcasts such as this and various channels to reach a wide audience.

These currently include:

• Talk Radio - a audio blog with advice for performers do do better.
• Not a full "airwave" broadcast radio RadioVybe channels have rapidly growing subscription
• ConfEngine to assist in global conferences
• Featured article - How to Make the Most of Now - on Music Think Tank magazine
• Slideshows and presentation decks on Not.ist
• New broadcast channel being explored ACAST
• Content distribution via Substack
• Image Gallery for acts and performers Pix
• Featured acts and members now developing their profiles on other leading entertainment platforms - see this DJ on Resident Adviser playing it louder and louder

So in the short space of a few months the publicity machine has been generating varied exposure to Entertainers Worldwide's new Jobs Site.

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As part of our mission to help entertainers find more work Entertainers Worldwide now has a dedicated Jobs website where the latest opportunities for performers to get work locally and worldwide are listed. We post singing jobs and auditions as soon as we discover them and update the requests for musicians wanted to ensure that opportunities can be applied for quickly.

In this episode we learn how to prepare for an audition using a variety of tried and tested techniques so you can get the jobs that you want.

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New from Entertainers Worldwide - virtual entertainment bookings are here! Great news for entertainers you can now take bookings for online performances, so you can still bring smiles to people’s faces, even during this strange time of social distancing.

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