Kids Entertainer Podcast

Here’s our early Christmas present: some solid performing tips from no other than Santa himself.

Leon McBryde, aka Santa Noel, is no ordinary Santa. Before becoming the legendary Christmas character, he enjoyed a successful career as a part of the Ringling Bros Circus and as a freelance clown. And after over 40 years of making people smile, he was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame.

In this podcast, Leon brings all the practical knowledge and experience he has gained from his years as a professional entertainer to the table, wraps it in kindly advice and humour, and makes a gift of it for all kids entertainers.

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Looking for some much-needed, easily applicable marketing tips specifically for kids entertainers? You’ll find them and some thought-provoking insights and even an awesome free webinar right here. 

In this podcast, premier mentalist and marketing aficionado Ken Dyne elaborates on the passion that serious kids entertainers feel for their art and on the essential part that marketing plays in this business we love. He shares not just what marketing strategies you can do as soon as your next show, but also why it’s important to market yourself in the first place.

Best of all, Ken tells you all about an upcoming webinar where you can learn how to get better audience reaction without changing a thing in your act. If you can’t wait to sign up for it (and you really shouldn’t wait as the slots are limited and the webinar’s free), go to http://betterreactions.instapage.com/ now!

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Many children’s entertainers dare not venture into the school show market because they feel it’s not something they can do. But professional educational entertainer Brian Richards shares how doable (and profitable) it is to come up with school shows and score gigs during those slow months.

Being a performer for over 35 years now and having worked as a childcare counselor (and even a firefighter), Brian has extensive experience motivating and teaching kids about safety, positivity, and yes, even math. But aside from kids entertaining, he is also passionate about marketing, and he generously dishes practical tips on how children’s entertainers can market themselves and earn more customers.

Listen to this podcast and learn not just how achievable and practical it is to tap into the school show market, but also to pick up a wealth of marketing and creativity tips you can use to make yourself and your show stand out.

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Get some tips on how to run a successful library show from a young professional ventriloquist, Meghan Casey.

Meghan got her hands on puppets early in life. She started learning ventriloquism at 5, attended her first vent convention at 6, and did her first library shows at 11. Now 20 years old, Meghan continues to pursue her passion and keep kids engrossed and entertained with her puppets. Just last library season, she had 100 shows!

So what’s her secret for booking so many gigs and being a success at what she does? Find out in this podcast.

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If performing your own public kids show has always been in your bucket list, you have to listen to Tore Skyten’s story.

A 46-year-old full-time minister from Stockholm, Sweden, Tore has been doing magic professionally for just over 18 months. Yet in that short amount of time, he has gone from his first magic gig to his very own solo public performance.

How did he do it? What drove him and helped him to pull off a successful public kids show despite being new to magic?

Tore shares his story here and shows that it’s never too late to do what you love, to learn and get help, and to dare take big steps towards your goals.

In this episode we discuss:

 - How Tore got started in magic

- The road to his first magic gig and his first street performance

- The lessons he learned from performing magic in the streets (looking at ‘failure’ in proper perspective and building a crowd)

- How he took the next step—set up his first solo public magic show for kids

- How he got his venue (a charming theatre), marketed his magic show, and decided on his ticket prices

- How his theatre magic show went, the fears he faced just minutes prior the show and the outcome of the event

- His experience adding a puppet to his show and how well both kids and adults respond to his puppet

- His next goals

Many kids entertainers are daunted by the word SEO, but in this episode, SEO expert and guru Martin Huntbach shows you how easy it is now than ever before to rank well on Google.

A graphic designer-turned-SEO trainer, Martin is not only the owner of an SEO company, but he is also the creator of a course where business owners can learn about SEO without the geeky, technical speak.

According to Martin, a recent study “estimated that 89% of consumers use search engines when making a buying decision, and another study showed that 75% of people never scroll past the first page of search results.”

With this information in mind, we clearly see how important it is to be visible in search results. So come and take the first step to getting your website appear on Google’s first page—listen to this podcast.

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From practical face painting tips, to charming anecdotes, to awesome insights on entertaining kids and getting more bookings, Marcela Murad gives them all in this interview.

Known to many as Mama Clown and widely recognized as one of the world’s premier face painters, Marcela has done it all: entertained kids with her clowning, storytelling, and magic; done thousands of shows; published her own magazine; wrote a successful series of books; started her own business; produced an international convention; and stood as an instructor and inspiration to many.

In this podcast, she generously shares amidst her heart-warming stories the knowledge and insights she has gained from her 35 years in the face painting and kids entertainment industry.

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Are you a part-time kids entertainer who dreams to become full-time magician but you just don’t know how? If yes, then this podcast episode is for you. 

Magician Tommy James, who has been entertaining kids and adults alike for more than 30 years now, shares his journey from dabbling at magic and performing, to completely giving it up for his family, to returning to it full-blast and full-time.

Have a listen not just to learn what things to consider before taking the leap, but also to find inspiration from someone who has been where you probably are right now and who has followed his passion and made it work

In this episode we discuss:

- How and why Tommy transitioned from being a part-time to being a full-time entertainer

- How Tommy engages not just the kids but the adults as well in his shows and how this earns him repeat business

- Tommy’s “retirement plan”: his line of products

Many kids entertainers are losing out on a lot of bookings because they have ineffective websites. And usually it’s not their fault.

Either they don’t have the technical know-how on how to make a website that, in Colette Kelly’s words, “turns lookers into bookers” (hey, we’re kids entertainers, not web design and coding experts, right?), or they don’t know where to find a professional who understands both web design and the kids entertainment market.

Luckily, Colette has the remedies to the top 3 website problems kids entertainers face. Listen to this podcast to learn not only some practical tips on how you can improve your page load speed and make your website look nicer, but also the ultimate solution to kids entertainers’ web design needs.

In this episode we discuss:

a. Image sizes

       a.2. Video sizes

       a.3. Hosting

       a.4. Site coding

b. Unresponsiveness (and the importance of being mobile-friendly)

c. Ineffective design

       c.1. Density vs. scarcity of elements

       c.2. Color palette

       c.3. Typography

       c.4. Navigation