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News and Ideas from Atlanta Magician Joe M. Turner Fall 2008
Just a short note...
  • JMT on Good Morning America!
  • Atlanta Business Video
  • Greetings!

    What a wild ride this year has been! The holidays are fast approaching and my remaining free spots are booking up quickly. I'd love to fill up the rest of the dates before Thanksgiving. Please forward this to your contacts and encourage them to get in touch with me about any events they are planning in December or January.

    I've had the good fortune to have many wonderful performing and speaking experiences in the last several months. Two recent favorites were:

    • Entertaining the surviving members of the 32nd Signal Construction Battalion. The 9 surviving members from WW2, plus spouses, widows, and families, invited me to be their featured entertainer at a recent reunion. I was in awe of them!
    • Entertaining the 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson, Mississippi. These Air National Guardsmen have been a critical part of our nation's recent military engagements and it was an honor to perform for them and their families.

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    As always, thank you for taking the time to tell someone you know about what I can do for their company or organization!


    Joe M. Turner




    JMT on Good Morning America!

    You may have missed it -- I almost did! -- but I was featured in a "Good Morning America" report on the impact of "Joe the Plumber" on the presidential campaign season. You can click here to see the report (which also appeared on Nightline), and you can click here to see the entire video.

    My purpose in sharing this with you now is obviously not political. I don't discuss politics in this publication, because neither your nor my political leanings are relevant to whether I will do a great job speaking or entertaining for you at your event. I'm sharing this experience because it illustrates an interesting point about linking the performance of magic to a message - whatever the message may be.

    Interestingly, the video became an "instant classic" according to people of varying political viewpoints. It has been referenced in many blogs and is now part of a "real people in political advertising" retrospective put together by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris for "The Living Room Candidate" project at the Museum of the Moving Image. So my little contribution to this year's events has been enshrined for posterity... a totally unexpected outcome, but how amazing to be in a political retrospective with JFK, Reagan, Eisenhower, and so many other candidates, presidents, and supporters!

    On my blog, you can read all about the video, how I was inspired to make it, and all the places it has been referenced online, in the broadcast media, and even in print!

    Visit my blog here: Better Living Through Card Tricks. Make sure to bookmark it -- I put various updates there which I don't include in these newsletters. One update, the Salzman Test, would be a great thing for team leaders, managers, and other presenters to be aware of. Go check it out!

    Atlanta Business Video
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    The talented folks at Atlanta Business Video are taking the lead on creating high-impact results for companies who want to leverage the power of online video. I've known Roger Stix and Michael Moore for years, and so when I had an opportunity to see what they were up to, I jumped at it. I was enormously pleased with the results -- and with all the great work that Erin Dyer did after the fact so that the videos would be just right for my needs.

    Take a look at these examples they did for me:

    I encourage you to take some time to talk to Michael, Roger and Erin at Atlanta Business Video and see what they can do to help you connect more effectively with your customers and prospects! Call them at 404.343.3540


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