When your company exhibits at a trade show, the showroom floor is packed with likely customers. You may have the best offer but you must...

What I wear suggests who I am... I keep my sleeves up because you may have some preconceived notions about magicians hiding things and might lump me in with them. I could keep them down and say, "trust me, I'm not like those other magicians", but when has that sort of thing ever appeased your doubts? Besides, asking for trust is something people who haven't earned it do. A wise man once told me, "if you can't command it, you can't demand it". Thanks for reading, -Jack

When you receive Euros or Pesos on vacation, you exchange them to your native currency (USD in my case) when you go home, because that is what people accept. It is the same with cryptocurrency: You don't have to hold onto it when you receive it. You can immediately exchange it for USD, Euros, Pesos, etc. There's a burger joint in Newport Beach that accepts Bitcoin. Their program immediately exchanges the BTC to USD. They do not have to deal with the volatility of Bitcoin. As

CONTACT “US” Written on my website booking page is, “Contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible." I want people know that they are contacting me personally. When I am a customer I feel better when the experience is personal, so I treat people the same way. When I go to a restaurant, I’m always let down when I’ve had a great experience with the server and then someone else comes over and asks if I want dessert. My first thought is “why are you here?” a

I bumped into someone who follows me on Instagram, and he congratulated me on all of the bookings I've had recently. I said, "Thank you, I've been lucky". He said, "no, it's not luck, it's hard work. You put the work in". I smiled and thanked him. It wasn't the time to make the case I'm going to make here. The Crimson🍷 When I think about my existence, I think about how I may be the product of a couple of glasses of wine that brought my parents together. It could have been c

The Magic Castle in Hollywood, California It is rare for a week to go by without someone asking if I'm "from The Magic Castle", and I let them know that "I'm from Cleveland". I know what they are asking, but I say it for a laugh and I also say it because I don't want to give the false impression that The Magic Castle deserves credit for my ability as a magician. It would be like praising the lord rather than the surgeon that saved you. It is a distinction that is important

Giovanni - "It's better to be the head of the mouse than the tail of the lion."

I was performing at Woody's Wharf in Newport Beach when I met Scott, who has a company based in Boise, Idaho. They sell open and enclosed...

Until recently, all of the shows that I do happen when the people who hire me need me to perform. In other words, I don't decide when the...