Greetings from Western Australia.
I have both the Drawing Board and the Pizza-to-go effect and use them both in all of my performances...something like 10 - 20 per week and they both work very well for me. With the Pizza-to-go I have tied in with a local chain of Pizza shops and they provide me with vouchers for free Pizzas to hand out to children I call up as assistants. They have provided me with specially made Pizza boxes with their name on as a form of advertising for their chain of shops. They have also had me perform at each of their shops (paid gigs) so it proves to be a good working relationship.
With the Drawing Board, I removed the back and have coloured the tongue Red which really gets the audience
screaming. I use both effects for my Adult shows as well as my Kid shows.
Keep up the good work...I'll be coming back soon for other items.
Patrick Cordier. funmagic@iinet.net.au
If you don't mind sharing, how did you get started doing the Pizza presentations for the Pizza chain? Did you approach them about it, or did they see your act and approach you? Any marketing tips? I work mainly in Sunday Schools with my puppets, and would like to branch out, and I would really appreciated any tips on getting started. Thanks!