Thoughts from The Business Magician
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The Show Must Go On
Kostya Kimlat’s in-person magic events disappeared during the lockdown faster than you can say, “abracadabra.” Learn how Kostya pivoted to Virtual Magic Shows in this story by J Life Magazine.
Virtual Magic Show for Client Engagement and Appreciation
Engaging Kostya to present a virtual magic show for their clients gave this business the opportunity to create a unique customer experience. In reaching out to their customers in such a positive way, they did for themselves what they typically do for their clients: stand out, be noticed and remembered.
The Coronavirus Does NOT Mean Curtains For Artists
If you’re an artist, you have the choice to stop thinking like a starving artist. If you want your art and business to flourish, stop thinking like an artist and think instead like a small business owner.
Virtual Magic on TV News via Zoom
This week I made an appearance on FOX 35 News in Orlando, using Zoom to connect with host, David Martin and amaze him with a magic trick.
How Two Businesses Formed A Strategic Partnership To Engage Their Customers
Smart business owners are using this time to create engaging customer experiences that would have never happened before. Kostya’s virtual magic show is the gift they get to give their community, while building their business.
Virtual Magic Shows: A Message For My Colleagues
Kostya Kimlat is leading the way in the new medium of virtual magic shows. Here is his advice for his colleagues.
Virtual Magic Show For Online Client Appreciation
By creating a virtual experience that your clients can experience in the comfort of their own home, your business is fostering the client relationship by gifting a unique, personal and memorable experience.
Redefining The Purpose Of Your Business During A Pandemic
In my keynotes for business organizations, I speak about methods, results and effect. As the world is transformed by this global pandemic, I wanted to use my own principles to ensure I’m on the right path and that I remain effects-focused.
This Franchise Used A Virtual Magic Show To Engage Their Franchisees Across The Globe
If your franchise is looking for a way to engage your people, consider hosting a virtual magic show or a virtual keynote speaker for a unique and powerful experience.
How I've Pivoted My Business From Physical to Virtual
I'm thankful for the opportunity to embrace change head on. I was able to pivot my business by going back to the core of what I do: engaging and entertaining. And by finding my bigger purpose: bringing people relief during a difficult time.
Embracing Digital Leadership
As a facilitator of live events, I’ve never embraced the digital world. Now, having the choice to do that or do nothing, I’ve decided to pivot.. In this time of “physical distancing,” it’s time for “digital socialization” and a new era of “digital leadership.”
Questions About Perception And Change
I’m obsessed with perception. It’s what I speak about, it’s what I think about. The following questions are perceptual. I don’t have any answers, yet. I hope to get the answers over the next few days, weeks, years and decades. As I do, I’ll share them with you. For now, here’s what I’m questioning while our family is self-isolating at home:
Perceiving Your Work-Life In A Time of Crisis: Diving In or Tuning Out
This is an unprecedented time to reconsider, re-evaluate and re-think the relationship you have with your business. If you’ve taken care of the fundamental physiological and safety needs to get you through the Covid-19 crisis, you now have a choice of what to do with your time.
2020 Keynote Speaker Reel
Looking for an engaging, funny, dynamic and relevant business speaker to impact your audience? On stage, I share secrets of perception and communication. These clips from my keynote speech, “Think Like A Magician™”, best represent the ideas that I share with business audiences at conferences and events around the world.
2019: The Year of Magic Partnerships
Orlando magician, Kostya Kimlat, partners with corporations and organizations to bring magic to events world-wide.
New Orlando Magic Show Launch A Sold Out Success
The Orlando magic show, 52! A Magic Show of Infinite Impossibilities, presented exclusively inside a private room at Capa Steakhouse & Bar at Four Seasons Resort Orlando at WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort, launched with two sold-out shows on December 17 and 19, 2019.
New Magic Show at Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort
I’m excited to announce the launch of a brand new magic show, presented exclusively at Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort. 52! A Magic Show of Infinite Impossibilities is an unforgettable magic experience where the audience makes all of the decisions and no two shows will ever be the same.
How a young magician become the world's most famous hacker
Kevin Mitnick is a “white hat” hacker who abides by the law and breaks into computer systems to help corporations and organizations figure out the weak spots in their security. Before that, the FBI had called him the “most wanted hacker”, and arrested him for 5 years, keeping him in isolation, afraid of what he could accomplish even from his jail cell. And before that, he was a budding magician.
Hosting an event with little or no alcohol? Here’s the kind of entertainment that “sober curious” people go crazy for.
if you’re hosting an event and looking for entertainment that will delight both drinkers and the newly minted group of “sober curious,” interactive, strolling, close-up magic is the greatest shared experience you can create for your audience. Magic has universal appeal and is the ideal form of entertainment beloved by people who aren’t drinking just as much as those who are.
This College Footballer Mastered Misdirection (A Magician's Perspective)
North Texas punt returner Keegan Brewer is a magician—a “sleight-of-body” magician. Here’s how he successfully used principles of magic to misdirect his audience (the opposing team) so that he could score a touchdown. (Spoiler: Brewer was successful because he understood in that moment that using an audience’s expectations to fool themselves is diabolically effective.)