- Ask corporate event entertainers if they have a demo video you can watch.
- Ask corporate party entertainers if they have insurance.
- Ask if they are full-time event entertainers (many people claim to be professional magicians but it’s really just their hobby).
- Call potential event entertainers on the phone. You won’t believe how many people want to hire entertainment via text messaging or email. Hiring magicians, or other entertainers for corporate events, always involves customization. It’s too complex to do without a phone call.
- Hire a magician based on his or her fee alone.
- Limit your ideas for corporate entertainment to the same old stuff.
- Try to have entertainment that isn’t appropriate for the venue. For instance, hiring a magician to do a stage show for 200 people without a riser or a stage. Instead, hire a professional magician to perform walk-around magic.
- Hire a magician that doesn’t offer a money-back guarantee.