How to make money with magic

Here are a few ways to combine your hobby with your job and be praised and better paid for coming up with the idea.

1. If you hand out flyers/brochures, or do any kind of business promotion...You can incorporate some tricks into it. For example the rip and tear of a flyer only to make it become whole again. Stuff like this will attract viewrs that in turn you can hand out stuff too.

2. Bar magic. If you are a bartender, your boss will appreciate any magic that you do because that will attract new clients and make them stay longer at the bar. (ex: paper over glass trick -> glass dissapears). Of course at a bar, lots of tricks (even card tricks) can be done, but you should incorporate items found at a bar: cups, straws, glasses, peanuts...

3. Party magician. This is one of the biggest things for amateur magicians...when you perform for kids it is a lot easier than when performing for grownups. You make them happy, you amaze their parents, you have fun doing it and you also get paid.

4. Party themed magician. This is pretty much the same, only that you incorporate theme elements into your act. For example, if it's a Christmas party, you get to make cookies dissapear (not in your mouth) or magically pull a light out of the Christmas tree and play with it.

5. Community shows. If you are a stage oriented magician then this will be good for you. You start out with a small crowd so you'll be more confident and work from there. You might not get paid from your first show, but at least you can get some service in return (free pool passes or something).