Sunday, October 04, 2009

WELCOME TO APE!

This post is to simply say welcome and to invite you to bookmark this Blog and come back again soon.

What's In It For You?

The Academy (APE) is a simple solution to a complex series of situations. It wouldn't do justice to explain briefly in this introduction so I'll hold off until next time. Suffice it to say that


=> If you are in business as a Solo Entertainer
=> You want to raise your game
=> You want to raise your profile
=> You want to raise your fees
=> You want to work for more of the right kind of client
=> You want to get more work in new markets
=> You need help in online marketing
=> Business is slow and it needs a boost
=> You'd like to travel more
=> You'd like to earn more without traveling



.... and many many other topics related to achieving peak performance and success, whatever that means to you, then ..... go APE now!

APE will be open for FREE membership which brings you newsletters crammed with help and advice, strategies, tips and tools related to the above. There will be articles, free software and scripts, resources and links .... everything you will need. Later this year I will be announcing a series of teleconferences so that we can talk online and solve your most pressing business and marketing problems and there will also be a live workshop. More on all this later.

All details will be announced in the APE newsletter so sign up now so that you get to know before your competition does! Simply go to the website (link below) and fill in the form.

APE is now open to Founder Members (with special bonuses) and over the coming weeks I will be adding some articles, tips and tactics to improve your entertainment business.

If you do have any questions, then email me anyway. I will say that, although APE will later be a paid membership site with a variety of levels of membership, founder members will be signed up FREE, and you'll have access to everything.

I look forward to hearing from you

John Gordon
The Infotainer and Founder of A.P.E.
www.TheAcademyForProfessionalEntertainers.com

Saturday, September 05, 2009

How NOT To Hire A Magician

I receive hundreds of 'Alerts' every day about our business. Today I received one with the following title:

Tips Upon Looking A Magician For Hire

Apart from the poor English in the title, I found an 'article' that was very strangely written and full of mis-information. It started:

"When hiring a magician on a birthday party or corporate anyhow, you will want an entertainer who offers a scoff at clarify and makes your event memorable. However, there are scads so-called illusionists who haven’t taken the time to perfect their art variety."

Uh?

Maybe later I'll include some other extracts and comment on them, but the point today is about opportunities for you to get your name out there by writing true, factual, inspitrational, helpful articles and distributing and syndicating them on the internet.

Maybe you have never considered 'Article Marketing' as a promtion tool. Perhaps it's time you did. I'll be showing you just how powerful this can be and it's a FREE way to

  • build credibility in your niche
  • raise your profile
  • esatablish your 'platform'
  • build trust and likability
  • add to your authority
  • create content for your Blogs
  • create content for Social Media sites
  • create valuable link juice
  • create content for your website
  • write an ebook, bit by bit
  • make your site 'stickier'
  • create ezine content
  • create an ecourse
  • get valuable comments on your blogs
  • and much more

Well, that's todays tip. But whatever you do, don't write articles like the one I read today!

John Gordon
The Infotainer
Founder of APE