Do your best, please? For me

I would like you to do me a favor: The next time you are hired to perform a show, do your absolute best to thoroughly entertain the audience because my livelihood depends upon it. 

Well, sort of.

Turn Colombini's Magnetic
into 'holy' performance

Aldo Colombini's Magnetic effect is what I consider a simplified variation of Paul Curry's Out of this World. It is a red/black divide effect with a deck of cards, and it includes a nice twist.

How Steve Jobs can
improve your magic
By Bobby Warren

Apple's iconic CEO Steve Jobs has been able to work his magic with an incredible line of products, like the iPod, iPhone, iTouch, iTunes and Macbooks, but did you know chances are he can elevate the quality of your magic show? I believe he can, and I will show you how.

Actually, Carmine Gallo, who runs Gallo Communications and trains CEOs in communication skills, will show you how in a video that appears below. In 2009, Gallo wrote a book titled, "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience."
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Some tips on dealing
with pesky hecklers

If you perform long enough, you will encounter hecklers. There are a variety of ways performers deal with the interruptions, from shouting the heckler down, to belittling him to gently deflecting the situation.

Don't like Magic 8-Ball results?
Now you can make your own

Indian Rope Trick stirs memories of de Courcy

A story about a magician from India who recreated the Indian Rope Trick sort of got my mind thinking again. Whenever I hear about the trick, I immediately think of two things: The late Ken de Courcy and Penn & Teller.

Do you use a center tear?
Try a designer notepad

Blog offers overview of
copyright vs. open source

I have been a journalist since 1988, yet I do not fully understand copyright law. However, I do know once people create a written work, it is protected by a copyright.

Magicians need
to get social

A friend, who designs Web sites and develops online strategies for political candidates, recently shared a link to a YouTube video about the social media revolution. If you have no idea what "social media revolution" means, you probably should.

The Internet, through sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others, presents people with an incredible opportunity to get their message out. I know many magicians are utilizing these sites, of which many are free, to promote their acts.

Thinking in terms of a complete show
will help improve your performance
By Bobby Warren