“But I Can’t Sell…”

I wish I had a nickel (or maybe $5 for inflation and the price of gas) for every time I’ve heard this statement…
“But I can’t sell.”
Now I hear this from every type of person out there… family members, friends to business people. In my early years when I was “selling on the street” as we [...]

7 Basic Strategies For Moving Forward In This Economy

The New Year 2012 is right around the corner. Everyone is talking about the current economy and seems that most of the talk among business owners is how to survive. In my view, I think surviving is not the right way to be thinking….grabbing the bull by the horns and charging through this economy [...]

Something New from The Dummy Shoppe | Puppets by JET

One of my clients, The Dummy Shoppe | Puppets by JET made a big announcement yesterday to the people on their email list and I thought I would share it with you as well. The have come up with an interesting concept for puppets.
They are calling them “Figmy’s” which stands for Figure Dummy. A Figmy [...]

Is Your Website Working for You?

I was talking with an acquaintance the other day and since I build websites, they happened to mention not getting many visits to their website. This person went on to say that they didn’t believe it was worth all the expense.
So, my first question was, how much are you paying to have a website? [...]

My Thoughts on the Vent Haven ConVENTion 2011

By now a lot of those who attended the ConVENTion have posted comments on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and other social media sites and I thought I would take the time to write out my thoughts as well.
Most know now that the theme of the ConVENTion was “A Jimmy Nelson Celebration 70 Years of Laughter”. [...]

Vent Haven ConVENTion 2011, A Couple More Days!

As all my ventriloquist friends know the Vent Haven ConVENTion is only a few days away. In fact I’ll be leaving bright and early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning heading toward Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky. I plan on taking videos along my journey and post it on Wednesday or Thursday.
It’s been a year since I’ve seen [...]

Special Offer at Vent Haven ConVENTion

Well for all of us strange people that “talk to ourselves and play with dolls”… the Vent Haven ConVENTion for ventriloquists is right around the corner (July 13-16).
One of my clients, “The Dummy Shoppe | Puppets by JET” will have a booth and is offering 10% off of any purchase made at the ConVENTion. [...]

Ventriloquists and Puppeteers, Puppets, Puppets and More Puppets

One of my website clients is “The Dummy Shoppe – Puppets by JET”. A few weeks ago I added 35 new puppets to their website.
They have some great looking new characters and if you’re like me, you’ll enjoy checking them all out.
http://www.thedummyshoppe.com
If you find something you like, tell them I sent you.
Thanks!

Ventriloquist Figure “Rocky’s” Continuing Saga

When we last met, I had just shown you pictures of “Rocky”, Miss Arkansas, Alyse Eady’s ventriloquist figure after his traveling mishap (if you missed the blog, click here).
Thought it was time to show you some of the progress with “Rocky”. First thing I had to do was take off the wig and pull [...]

Miss Arkansas, Alyse Eady’s Ventriloquist Figure “Rocky” Project

As you should know (if you’re a regular reader of my blog), Miss Arkansas, Alyse Eady had a traveling mishap with ventriloquist figure “Rocky” (if you’ve missed the story behind this you can check out one of my previous blogs here: http://stevehurstwebsite.com/miss-arkansas-and-ventriloquist-alyse-eady-to-use-charlie-dawg/ )
Rocky was the ventriloquist figure I loaned her back in May of [...]