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NO that's a side project - my product is my juggling/magic shows here in Durban (also good for video though). I made the poi for myself and open sourced it, now

NO that's a side project - my product is my juggling/magic shows here in Durban (also good for video though). I made the poi for myself and open sourced it, now people are selling them in Brazil, and Australia. Sometimes I get a bit of cash from it but not a lot.

lukan 9mo ago
I see. Not sure if TikTok is the best plattform then as you want a very local audience (but I never used TikTok, just watched family members do). I rather would try to get an entry on google maps. Meaning when people browse the area, they see your thing. I certainly like to discover new stuff like this in new areas and some things I find are clearly there because of ads, but other got there by other ways. Making a entry by hand, publishing a picture there with further info ..
- tomjuggler 9mo ago
  We are on Google Maps. Many 5* ratings (apart from that one psycho neighbour who objected to me asking him to turn his base down - they left one night without paying their rent and a week later my business has 1* review. urrgh 10 years and I'm still annoyed) Instagram has apparently got hyper specific location targeting, so we are doing an ad on there now.
h33t-l4x0r 9mo ago
Maybe you just need to update your act. Eat some tide pods or something.
- tomjuggler 9mo ago
  I think the Magician equivalent is David Blaine, making people pass out from shock because you smuggled a fake spider into their ear or something. Mostly we do kids entertainment though, so that's not really going to convice moms to hire my magic show for Bobby's birthday
  - h33t-l4x0r 9mo ago
    Ok here's an idea, you find leads of houses in your area with a kid whose birthday is coming up and send them flyers. You're a dev guy this should be up your alley. $1 each with Postgrid API or do it yourself and it's the cost of your time + stamps + papercuts. Where do you get those leads do you ask? That's actually a good question and I'll need to get back to you on that. Make sure to put a QR code on the flyers.

lukan 9mo ago

I see. Not sure if TikTok is the best plattform then as you want a very local audience (but I never used TikTok, just watched family members do). I rather would try to get an entry on google maps. Meaning when people browse the area, they see your thing. I certainly like to discover new stuff like this in new areas and some things I find are clearly there because of ads, but other got there by other ways. Making a entry by hand, publishing a picture there with further info ..

tomjuggler 9mo ago
We are on Google Maps. Many 5* ratings (apart from that one psycho neighbour who objected to me asking him to turn his base down - they left one night without paying their rent and a week later my business has 1* review. urrgh 10 years and I'm still annoyed) Instagram has apparently got hyper specific location targeting, so we are doing an ad on there now.

h33t-l4x0r 9mo ago

Maybe you just need to update your act. Eat some tide pods or something.

tomjuggler 9mo ago
I think the Magician equivalent is David Blaine, making people pass out from shock because you smuggled a fake spider into their ear or something. Mostly we do kids entertainment though, so that's not really going to convice moms to hire my magic show for Bobby's birthday
- h33t-l4x0r 9mo ago
  Ok here's an idea, you find leads of houses in your area with a kid whose birthday is coming up and send them flyers. You're a dev guy this should be up your alley. $1 each with Postgrid API or do it yourself and it's the cost of your time + stamps + papercuts. Where do you get those leads do you ask? That's actually a good question and I'll need to get back to you on that. Make sure to put a QR code on the flyers.