In this video I talk about Newsletter Marketing for Magicians 101. I discuss:

-Various programs for sending emails
-Plaintext vs. html
-Building your list (Sign up boxes, draws, evaluation forms, permission marketing)
-Creating newsletter content

Links that appear in this video:

www.gmail.com
http://www.mailchimp.com/
http://www.constantcontact.com/
http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/270864

http://www.alikzam.com/newsletter.html
http://www.hasslefreebirthday.com/partytips.html
http://www.magicalweddingstory.com/

http://www.onlinemagicclub.com/
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
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Reasons to my Newsletter for Magicians:

1. I’ll update you with free video content as its created
2. You won’t need to check a website for updates
3. Access to ask me any questions you may have
4. Your personal information will never be sold or shared. I hate spam too.

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David Copperfield. The name is synonymous with excellence in magic. After twenty years of producing top-quality television specials and traveling the world with his live stage show, David has delved into almost everything that can be done in a magical presentation. He has explored the world of Broadway and classic MGM musicals, made large objects disappear, used the art to touch people’s emotions with stories about his life and family, appealed to the MTV crowd with his music video-style dancing presentations, caused hearts to leap into open mouths with death-defying stunts, and more. So, having run the gamut of magical presentation, what is the next step for the master of illusion? An entirely new palette with which to paint his magical masterpieces.

David had a dream to acquire an island of his own. Having done everything he could possibly think of to interpret magic in different ways, he was attracted to the idea of a place that, because of it’s very environment, was magical to begin with. The explanation behind how he found his dream island makes for a fantastic tale.

David Copperfield’s Islands “I’d visited many private islands in my life, but I wanted something very special, so I did a little test,” David explains. “I took four magical places that I had been – Stonehenge in England, the Statues of Easter Island, the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico, and the pyramids of Giza in Egypt – and I connected them with two lines on a globe: one line from Easter Island to Stonehenge and the other from Mexico to Giza. They formed an X and in the exact center of it, where the lines intersected, was a group of islands.”

By happenstance, the owner of one of the islands had turned the area into a tropical resort and he was considering selling. After some complicated negotiations, in June 2006 David Copperfield illusionist became David Copperfield island owner with a spectacular new canvas for his art. He immediately began to bring in work crews of fifty or more people to bring to life ideas that had been in the planning stages well before the sale was final.

Last week at the local RBC branch Olympic athlete Andrea Holmes was showing off a replica of the 2010 Olympic Torch. I got my photo taken with my mom (left), Andra Holmes (middle), and me (right) with the Olympic Torch. The torch is very cool looking and quite a bit bigger than I thought! It’s not very heavy though. Too bad it wasn’t on fire… oh well.

“One Way Out
Monday, February 2nd, 9 and 9:30pm Discovery
The premise for escapologist Jonathan Goodwin’s new half-hour show One Way Out was first introduced to American viewers last April during a Discovery Channel special of the same name. During each of these ten episodes, Goodwin will be placed in elaborate and extreme situations by his team, only to then be left alone to find his way out. The first two episodes, airing back-to-back Monday evening, send the show’s host careening off a high-dive, tumbling down a hill in a locked barrel, and attempting to free himself from a rapidly spinning chair.

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
February 2nd ? 6th, 12:35am, CBS
Last April, television talk-show host Craig Ferguson saw Rick Thomas performing in Las Vegas, launching an affinity for the art of magic that would result in a week full of prominent magic talent taking the stage at his studio. Beginning Monday, The Late Late Show’s ?Magic Week? returns with Lance Burton on Monday, Jason Randal on Tuesday, Jason Hudy on Wednesday, and Ed Alonzo on Thursday. Rumor has it that Craig may try his hand at the magic for the Friday show. When scheduling your TiVo, remember that The Late Late Show actually airs very early in the morning, Tuesday through Saturday..

Masters of Illusion
Mondays at 9pm, myNetworkTV
If you’ve missed out on Masters of Illusion thus far, here’s your chance to catch up. The first four episodes of the thirteen-part series will re-air beginning Monday, leading up to a new episode on March 2nd.

February 2nd: Scarlett, Jeff McBride, Kalin & Jinger, Farrell Dillion, Hillel, Krystyn Lambert, Amazing Jonathan, Guy Bavli, Tony Clark, Ai & Yuki.

February 9th: Jason Byrne, Dan Sperry, Joe Skilton, Krystyn Lambert, Kevin James, Jonathan Levit, Aaron Radatz, Tom Burgoon, Ridgeway & Johnson, James Clark

February 16th: Arian Black, Scarlett, Ed Alonzo, Jeff McBride, Kyle Eschen, Zach Creahan-Mueller, Farrell Dillion, Ai & Yuki, Mark Kalin & Jinger

February 23rd: Jason Byrne, Tom Burgoon, Nathan Gibson, Chris Randall, Aaron Radatz, Dan Sperry, Fielding West, Rocco, Jonathan Levit, Kevin James, Krystyn Lambert, Ridgeway & Johnson

Women in Boxes
Monday, February 9th, 9pm, DOC
Taking an inside look at the lives of magician’s assistants the world over, Women In Boxes makes its television debut on DOC, The Documentary Channel, on February 9th. The 90-minute film focuses solely on women who have spent their lives working with some of magic’s most well-known performers. Included are Pam Thompson, Diana Zimmerman, Gay Blackstone, Coral Reveen, Francis Willard, Deana Shimada, Irene Larsen, Jan Jones, Nanci Keener, and more. If your cable package doesn’t include this documentary-only channel, DVD ordering information can be found on the film’s website: http://www.womeninboxes.com”

Up here in Canada we don’t get the Masters of Illusion show, but it looks like bits and pieces of it is appearing on YouTube.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vAHUbQvtC1s – Kalin and Jinger perform Op-Art on Masters of Illusion.

I’ll explain why I made the change.I first began performing 15 years ago when I was 8 years old. When I started out the show was called “Ali K. Zam and the Little Bitty Magic Show”. I got my start by performing at daycares and seniors homes with my beautiful assistant— Yup, My mom. She was also my manager, my director, my driver, basically everything except the magician. The name worked perfectly when I was younger, but it no longer suits my image or my performing style. However, I’ll be keeping Ali K. Zam Productions as my company name.

My websites, phone number, and email address will remain the same.

Click the below image to read a funny newspaper article on me when I first started out. It was printed in the Westside Weekly on August 23, 1995.

They also stream live from Las Vegas Jeff McBrides Wonderground on Friday Nights, Saturday Nights, and some other nights… I can’t remember which. Just go to http://streetofcards.tv/ to find a schedule.

They have a chat too with some great company. Don’t forget to check it out. Cheers!