YOU’RE A PRO VENTRILOQUIST BUT DO NOT WANT TO DO FREE SHOWS.

a professional anything can not do a profession for free, it’s not professional,it would be unprofessional to perform for free,this is why professionals have a agent or union rep, and managers to protect the entertainer from being taken advantage of, in some cases it’s okay for a professional ventriloquist to do free shows.let’s say you get paid as a freelance ventriloquist, or semi pro ventriloquist, most semi pro or freelance ventriloquist don’t have an agent or manager, in many cases a semi-pro work on a lower pay than the professional ventriloquist,and on a budget, neither performers want to not make money,in a case where not making money will lead to making money for the professional or semi pro, getting exposure is a good way to get a opportunity,so when business is slow,go out on a exposure event, exposure is not really performing for free, it’s some what a sample of your talent, remember in the exposure event you do not want to go full out, it’s just a demonstration of your skill at a place you are visiting and looking to generate some business, remember your business is slow so this exposure event you want to be seen and heard,even a large photo poster is good for some exposure. you can get some exposure from anywhere, anyplace, anytime, on an airplane flight, show off your ventriloquist skills to the person sitting next to you and word of mouth is also another way to get exposure, remember when on this exposure event have your information ready to give your potential audience members,also remember no matter how slow business is going for you don’t push your booking information on anyone, what you want is your short demonstration to do the talking for you, then the person will be interested and ask for your information, remember to always let people know your status such as I am a semi pro or professional or amateur or just do it for family and friends or just for fun,why, because this give people a price range idea with out asking, in a conversation mention where you do shows such as weddings and birthday parties and this will give your potential audience members a booking engagement, remember to be polite no matter what,if they’re not interested good if they are interested good, you are on a exposure event and it’s to be seen and heard,even if your demonstration is ten seconds, mission accomplished,a quick telephone trick is quick and easy for a ventriloquist, everyone has a telephone, making someone dog talk, theses days everyone has a dog,it would be shocking to the dog owners when they’re dogs start taking. Theses exposure event should never be over exposed,give them a taste and that’s it, nothing more nothing less, if they want more,well, you know what to do next.