Profitable Performances Newsletter
January 2008

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'Helping to put the PRO in Profit'
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In This Issue:
1) Brand New Deck trick + sale
2) Be Prepared!
3) Call for Help
4) Fun Box
5) MagicBase Tips

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#1 - New Deck Trick + Overstock Sale
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--->>> High Visibility 52-on-1 Deck <<<---

Never heard of this deck before? That's because it's brand new! I just sent 25 dozen of them to a magic wholesaler. So you'll see it soon at local magic shops.
But, you can get one now before anyone else AND you get a discount.

It is an entire deck of 52-on-1 cards. The back of every card has a 52-on-1 picture. The face of all the cards are a regular deck of cards.

Benefits:
+ High Visibility: The card design is large enough for everyone at the table to see it with ease.
+ You don't pay $4 for only one card.
+ You don't have a limited number of choices for cards to force to do the trick. You can choose any card you want because you have a whole deck.
+ It also comes with a booklet with 11 tricks and ideas for how to use this unique deck of cards.

See it at www.BobMillerMagic.biz

WAM!
I have a few copies left of my 60 page lecture book, WAM! Walk-Around Magic That Kills!

That's right: 60 pages! It's huge. And it contains my top 9 Walk-around routines.
Plus 3 essays:
- Making money with your memory
- How to develop a commercial routine
- How to save time and make money with MagicBase
For more info, click here: www.bobmillermagic.biz/WAM.html

If you are part of a magic club that has lectures, invite me!
I'd love to lecture at your club.

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#2 - Be Prepared - The Magician's Motto
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If you were in Boys Scouts, then you probably know that 'Be Prepared' is their motto. But it should also be the motto of magicians. Preparation can put an OK performance Over The Top!

Here's a couple of examples:

The Steve Deck:

This is a trick that you could make. In fact, I strongly recommend that you make it for yourself.

Last night I was doing a Walk-Around Magic show for some doctors from the Mayo Clinic. They were paying me about twice what I normally get because of originally booking me for longer, and then reducing the time. So, they were fine with paying me this much. But I still felt like I wanted to do something extra-special for them.

So, I prepared a special trick for Steve, the doctor that hired me. The effect was that Steve could FREELY name any card in the deck. Then I showed him that I had a deck of cards that had names written on the back of the deck. Every card had a different name on it. But the card that he named had his name 'Steve'
written on it.

He really liked it! And said that it was better than his other favorite card trick (Cardtoon.) The extra work involved in making this trick was well worth the
reaction from the audience.
BTW, If you don't know how to make this trick, but you'd like to, please send me an email.

USING A FORTUNATE ACCIDENT:

After my time was done, I was walking out and I found Steve's name tag on the floor. It was one of those sticky tags that fall off easily. So, I stuck his name tag on the face of the Joker in my regular deck of cards.

Then I went back to the table that Steve and some other doctors were at and I said, "Oh Steve, I almost forgot. I have one more special trick, just for you."
Then I asked the group, "If Steve were any card in the deck which one would he be?" Half the people at the table immediately said, "The Joker!"
Then I showed that the cards were different and shuffled and I asked Steve to pick a card and show everyone what he selected. Of course, he picked the Joker with his name tag stuck to the face. He was surprised, and so was the rest of the group.

Then he looked at where he THOUGHT his name tag was, and he was completely shocked. You see, he hadn't noticed that his name tag was gone. And because of his shocked reaction, the rest of the table was shocked and cried out, "How did you do that?" (Every magicians favorite question!)

And I left him the card as a souvenir.

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#3 - CALL FOR HELP
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YOUR TIPS:
Share your marketing and performing tips here. Do you have a good idea for improving a trick, routine or show? Do you have a marketing tip?
I'm taking submissions for tips. You will get your name recognized in this newsletter. Everyone who submits an idea will be eligible for a drawing
for a Magic DVD at the end of the year.

YOUR FRIENDS:
Get your friends signed up to receive this newsletter and you will be eligible to be in a drawing at the end of the year for a Magic DVD. After your friend signs up, just have him send an email with your name and email address as the referrer. It's easy and free!

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#4 - FUN BOX -
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Have you seen "The Real Hustle"?

This show is great! It shows how real people really get hustled by a team of con artists that includes a pick-pocket and a magician.

The January 22nd episodes demonstrated how innocent and ordinary people can lose at The Three Card Monte, and get conned into spending lots of money on a fake antique, and will allow themselves to get pick-pocketed by strangers
in uniform and willingly give up personal identity information to complete strangers.

The show is on Tru TV network (formerly Court TV) every Tuesday at 9:00 pm central. Educational and Amazing!

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#5 - MAGICBASE TIP -
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If you're a MagicBase user, then you may be aware that there is no way to manually close the FlexContract window. When you use the FlexContract feature, a secondary window appears with additional buttons. When you're
done with the FlexContract, that window just goes into the background, but doesn't disappear.
Here's an undocumented way to make it leave:
Go to the All Events Screen (E icon), and click on the 'This Year' button. A small window will appear allowing you to select a date. When that small date window appears, the FlexContract window will disappear!

YOU MAY FREELY DISTRIBUTE THIS NEWSLETTER.

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Wishing you Profitable Performances!

Bob Miller

P.S.

Also, I'm still giving away free chapters of my eBook: BAM!
Get yours at www.BobMillerMagic.biz