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Magical Balloon-dude Dale¡¦s
Update Notice
January 14, 2003
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www.mbd2.com Update
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1) New Pictures
2) Being Creative with Your Balloons
3) Auto Deletion Fixed
4) Conventions
5) News Section
6) Drunken Santa eaten by Flamingos
7) Entertainers Tip 10
8) Update Achieve Notices
9) Link to US for Support
10) Closing
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New Pictures
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I have added three new pictures to the Wedding Boucher located in the
Gallery, under Make it Special. A fellow balloon twister Bob Rumba inspired
this centerpiece, A Bride balloon figure, domed in a Just Married Balloon.
Sometime last week Rumba had dinner at Jullianni¡¦s Pizza,
restaurant that Roger Siegel
(http://www.mbd2.com/balloonjam111402/pages/DCP_0268.htm) and I work.
Rumba made a snowman inside a clear 11¡¨ round balloons, with
white confetti inside and gave it to the waitress. The waitress thought
it was cool and showed it to everyone that works for the restaurant. When
I arrived Friday, everyone wanted to know if I could do that too. Not
having the right size clear balloon, I used a 160 for the snowman and
5¡¨ clear round for the dome. It took about five clear rounds
before I was able to stuff the snowman into the round, but I did it! I
promised the waitress that I would bring her a better centerpiece next
week. This is what I came up with, a Bride figure in the Just Married
Balloon. So once again, everyone thinks I am the best balloonist they
have seen.
Quick Link - http://www.mbd2.com/Gallery/Wedding/Bride-n-bubble.htm
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Being Creative with Your Balloons
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Last year (2002), our neighbor invited us over for the annual Halloween
party. Being an entertainer, I am use to getting dressed up in different
costumes, but trying to find a costume that is neat, funny, or just a
cleaver idea is always a challenge. My wife Michelle went on the Internet
to find some ideas. Two ideas we thought were cute was Chicken Cord-on-Blue
and Darth Vader¡¦s wife Ellie. I dressed all in blue, wrapped
an electric cord around my neck with a rubber chicken attached ¡V
Wa la, Chicken Cord-on-Blue. Michelle needed a Darth Vader¡¦s
mask and I remember seeing a picture of one created by Ralph Dewey. So
with his basic design, I designed a Darth Vader¡¦s helmet
for Michelle. She dressed up in black with a cape and an up and down arrows
on her chest and held the helmet. She was Ellie Vader! Everyone at the
party thought Ellie Vader was great and helmet was the neatest thing they
have seen out of balloons-- and yes, I did pass out some business cards.
Ellie Vader Photo
http://www.mbd2.com/ellievader.htm
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Auto Deletion
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I received an email from a fellow entertainer who was angered that he
had not been removed them from the Update Notice List. The individual
said that he has clicked on the remove URL every email that I sent to
him. This prompted me to check the coding of the deletion program, and
yes there was a problem. I have corrected this now. Therefore, in the
future, if you click on the deletion link, you will be removed. If not,
please send a nice email and I will make sure you are removed. To bad
the Angry Entertainer will never know that the problem was fixed. :(
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News Section
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I have complete posting all the press release for the 2002 season. Check
out where I have been for the 2002 season.
http://www.mbd2.com/PressMenu/index.html
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Conventions
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People are always emailing me asking if I am going to be at this convention
or attend this balloon jam, and the answer is usually no. It is not that
I would not like to attend every convention, but from a business point
is not always the wises thing to do. Unlike many entertainers, I live
by one of the biggest and best cities ¡V Chicago. There are a lot
of people and companies that do activities all year round, and if you
market yourself correctly, you can find work all year round. So taking
time off to go convention may not always be the best financially.
Secondly, some conventions are run by other vendor companies, which would
normally bypass inviting any company that would compete against it. This
is normal in the business community.
Lastly, I have been told by show management, people who run the convention,
because I have not attended there convention, written a book, and have
not participated in the hottest chat rooms, nobody would be interested
in taking a class from me. Which again is there view and they are paying
the bill for the event.
So, for those people who are looking for me at conventions, you can rest
your eyes. I will probably be working somewhere or enjoying the evening
with my wife.
If you really want me to attend a convention, then bug show management.
Ask them why they don¡¦t have Magical Balloon-dude Dale at
the convention? They may not admit right a way they know how I am, but
I can lay money on it, they all have seem this www.mbd2.com website.
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Drunken Santa eaten by Flamingos
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Holiday humor - We received an inflatable Santa Claus decoration this
year from my parents and two Pink Flamingos from Michelle¡¦s
parents in Florida. When the Santa Claus would deflate it would look like
he was passed out in front of the house, and with the Flamingos added,
it looked like they were eating Santa. ƒ¼
Feel free to pass this link on to your friends.
http://www.mbd2.com/DrunkenSanta.htm
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Entertainers Tip 10 ¡V Thank You Cards
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Do you still get birthday cards from your insurance company? I do. Here
is an industry that knows it is a service industry and does little things
like send out birthday and Christmas cards. As entertainer¡¦s
we need do a little extra to help retain customers or at least get referrals.
I use a Thank you and reminder cards to help retain customers.
You can purchase Thank You Cards at your local convenience store, but
they will not have the gimmick or personal touch that is required. I use
my home computer to make my Thank You Cards. You can go to your local
office supply store and pick up gloss postcards that can print on or us
regular plan white Index Cards sold 100 in a pack.
For Thank You Cards I like the professional gloss look. Therefore, I
spend the extra money and purchase gloss postcard stock. On the front
of the card is a picture of me saying Thank You and on the back is a little
blurb talking about me and thanking them for letting me attend there party.
Thank you card http://www.mbd2.com/Thanx-Cards.htm
The reminder cards are used twice in the year. Once around May, letting
people know that my schedule is getting busy for summer and they should
consider booking now before it is too late; and again in September reminding
them to book there Christmas parties. This card is simple 4x6 Blank Index
Card, which is sold 100 in pack. I use my color printer and print on one
side a simple message and the other side is used for mailing.
Reminder Card - http://www.mbd2.com/Thanx-Cards-Reminder.htm
These two simple cards have helped keep and retain new clients. Try it.
It is work getting everything setup, but now is the time to do it. January
and February is the time to work on your PR and develop new marketing
ideas. Plus, it only cost 23 cents to mail!
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Update Achieve Notices
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Boy, have things changed. When I first started sending out update notices,
it was just a couple of line saying ¡§hey, new pictures at...¡¨,
but this site has grown bigger, and bigger, and with cooler stuff. As
a result, the two-line email has now gone to the ezine format. I have
now started archive these messages and will have a link off the update
notice form and at the end of the email.
To see past mbd2.com Update Notices http://www.mbd2.com/update/updatearchives.htm
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Link to us for Support
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Please Link to Us, as we are a FREE service and need your support to bring
you more new and exciting features. Thanks
Check it out at:
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Closing
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Thanks for your support and always your help. Together we can make this
a better site. If you can do one of the following, it will help the
website:
-Proof reading the web site ¡V check the site for errors.
-Buy products ¡V this helps me purchase new programs, enhance the
web site, pays the bills. -Tell a friend about the site. -Create a link
for your site to this site
Organizing your email
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These email notices will always have a subject that starts with Balloon
as the first word. If you set your email filters to look for the word
Balloon and than have it move this email to a special folder, you will
not have to look through all the junk email for this notice.
Change of email
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Send me both your old email address and your new address with your name.
Sometimes it easier to look for the last name than email address. Send
emails to dale@mbd2.com subject address change.
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Balloon
Twister,Magical Balloon-dude Dale
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Magical Balloon-dude Dale is a Master Balloonist; this balloon
entertainer is not your normal dog-making, heart-giving, sword-handing,
balloon animal-making entertainer. This corporate
entertainer creates latex art that will have people talking. Magical Balloon-dude
Dale mixes art with comedy to create a fun filled atmosphere that adults will
be crazy over.
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