Looking Back and Looking Forward! Assessing Your 2018 Season and Planning for 2019 Greetings Folks, Santa True here, and welcome to 2019! First, CPW is hoping and praying that our good friend Bo Turner heals swiftly and well, and our prayers go out to him and his family. As you know, every month we at…
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The Art of the Incoming Call: (Part 3 of 3) Accessorizing and Tuning Your Phone Pitch for Success
Click to read Part 1 of 3: Homework Makes a Difference (Facebook link) or at http://christmasperformerworkshops.com/art-of-the-incoming-call-part-1-homework/ Click to read Part 2 of 3: Phone Scripts and Roleplaying for Fun and Profit (Facebook Link) or at http://christmasperformerworkshops.com/art-of-the-incoming-call-part-2-phone-scripts/ (This series of articles are geared towards performers who book multiple gigs during a season.) Accessorizing and Tuning Your…
The Art of the Incoming Call: (Part 2 of 3) Phone Scripts and Roleplaying for Fun and Profit
Click to read Part 1 of 3: Homework Makes a Difference (Facebook link) or at http://christmasperformerworkshops.com/art-of-the-incoming-call-part-1-homework/ Click to read Part 3 of 3: Accessorizing and Tuning Your Phone Pitch for Success (Facebook Link) or at http://christmasperformerworkshops.com/art-of-the-incoming-call-part-3-accessorize/ (This series of articles are geared towards performers who book multiple gigs during a season.) Phone Scripts and Roleplaying When you…
The Art of the Incoming Call: (Part 1 of 3) Homework Makes a Difference
Click to read Part 2 of 3: Phone Scripts and Roleplaying for Fun and Profit (Facebook Link) or at http://christmasperformerworkshops.com/art-of-the-incoming-call-part-2-phone-scripts/ Click to read Part 3 of 3: Accessorizing and Tuning Your Phone Pitch for Success (Facebook Link) or at http://christmasperformerworkshops.com/art-of-the-incoming-call-part-3-accessorize/ (This series of articles are geared towards performers who book multiple gigs during a season.) Homework Makes…
I Didn’t Go to Santa School and I Turned Out Just Fine
The Pros and Cons of Christmas Performer Training By Santa True (Robert Seutter) While it may seem that there will certainly be some bias in writing this article (because everyone knows that I have launched a Training School for Christmas Performers), there is still strong merit in tackling these tough topics that are often discussed…
Planning for 2018 Season
As you know, Christmas Performer seasons are cyclical, some shorter or longer. This 2018 season is a doozy (and 2019 will be very short). This season has Thanksgiving on Thursday the 22nd of November. Weekends: 1 – November Sat. 24th, Sun. 25th 2 – December Sat. 1st, Sun. 2nd 3 – December Sat. 8th, Sun….
Taking Your Performing Inventory
As our 2017 season comes to an end, it’s time to take stock of our accomplishments, and challenges as Christmas Performers. The big question, of course, is did you have fun? Was it rewarding emotionally and spiritually? If you do this as a business, was it rewarding financially? At CPW (Christmas Performer Workshops), our focus…
Striving for Relevance
As a Performer, we strive for relevance, to bridge a moment between two or more people—a shared feeling, a moment of truth. As an old guy in a fuzzy suit, I can’t wave my hands and fix their problems, as much as I would really like to. I can however: Listen intently and with compassion…
How to Book a Santa during a Busy Holiday Season
How to Book a Santa During the Busy Holiday Season Six Creative Tips from Santa True Many folks want to hire a Santa for those weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and especially close to Christmas Eve. The logistics of it all can make it difficult to find the right professional Santa who has open availability….
Bringing Christmas Characters to Life (part 3 of 3)
Character Movement and Performance (part 3 of 3) Telling a Story Without Saying a Word: The Fine Art of the Expressive Face When I spoke to various agents about some of the biggest challenges they see with Santas, the top two included breaking character and not smiling. Resting Grumpy Face, or RGF, is a serious problem…