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Hello,

My website has been totally changed and improved. Please take a look at www.magicofmichaelkras.tk and give feedback. Thank you!

Michael Kras

The nude pop up for Jessica abla is a nice touch... sure to get you lots of work.

Your not a professional. You still live with your parents, its not your main source of income, I bet you dont pay taxes, you havent been performing long enough for that title. And you dont act very professional on these forums, and I have seen a not very talented person in the videos. Your ego is again taking over.

Dont "his first magic effect, the Coin Bite (popularized by David Blaine", dont put that in there. ITs not needed, and it doesnt help you.

Your published? So I can pick up your stuff at Barnes and nobles?
I hope your not counting your Trinkits notes.

You still put that you do lectures? Why, WHY WHY WHY?? NO!!!



Never put the real name of an effect "time warp", your "crystal cut"...

You asked for feed back, I gave it.. so dont get all mad like you did last few times.

uh... you have a geek show and ask for people to be over 18 years old


"Michael Kras is 14 years old"
wow

"Magician, comedian, lecturer, magic creator, and author, there is no doubt that Michael will be the most professional magician you will ever hire!"
I'm with you there little man. but don't talk about yourself in the third person please.

and "totally changed and improved"??? had you not said that i wouldn't have noticed any differences from the last time i looked at it.

can't see much of a change its still a site full of adds with a little box in the middle with badly designed navagation links and still red.

nice to see you added a media section your three pics are impresive, i'd book you.

seriosly though check your levitation pic it shows far to much black, it sticks out like a saw thumb.

if you need to describe each type of show trick by trick people are not going to be too impressed, maybey its a british thing, i don't know.

crazy distracting back grounds on some sections and way to much hero worship for my taste, in this business less is definatly more my friend, its getting there but its still got a long way to go.
did you take a look at my site, it maybe a bit sterile after all I'm not trying to make a living out of it anymore, been there done that, but everything you need is on the opening page regarding the services i provide with logical links to more imfomation if they want to learn more.
your webpage is your advert, your business card if you will, yours says I'm a kid and i think I'm great, book me I'm better than you are.

your selling a service not trying to be a model.

Thank you for your feedback. David, I was talking about my book Cards, Coins, and Cons. I will also take out the part about the lecture.

By the way, why can't I be professional? What the heck does age have to do with it?

I'm not talented? OOO, you just made me

If I am not talented, then why am I working with some top names in magic who requested to work with ME? They say I am humble (which now, you may notice if you meet me in person, I AM)

Other than that little comment, Thank You for your advice and help to everyone! I cannot get the pop-ups to go away, by the way.

Michael Kras

Mr. Kras wrote:By the way, why can't I be professional? What the heck does age have to do with it?

Because you're NOT professional, Michael and your age is part of it...

First off, a "professional" magician's income is solely derived from wages earned for magic in one form or another. Are you helping your folks with their mortgage? Are you paying for your share of the groceries and have you taken out your own, personal life insurance policy in case you die before your folks, to help them out financially in your passing?

Are you paying for a site that doesn't have pop ups, because you own it? Have you paid to have an honestly professional look to your site? Do you have professional footage of your show with you in action?

You really need to start getting honest with yourself, Michael, because you come off very badly to your prospective customers as well as your peers.

Mike.

The nude pop up for Jessica abla is a nice touch

Damn it! I keep clicking on it, but I still dont see it> Bit of a let down really. If you are going to review something, please make it accurate so as not to dissapoint us.

I also noticed the levitation pic on your previous version but forgot to mention it. It completely gives the game away.

I still think the site is dire, and far from professional.

And to claim that you've been 'professionally trained' and you are a 'professional' is nothing short of an illusion, Mike.

You're not a professional. You're a schoolkid. To be professional would be qualified as doing this to earn your living. However, you are still a dependant, and this is the base fact.

Also, I find it appalling that you can constantly 'big yourself up' and in the same thread call yourself modest. You're not modist, you're very much ego-driven.

At your tender age, all these things are not going to help.

You may certainly be a virtuosso, but nobody likes a smart-ar$e kid, and the more you are trying to be 'that' new magician, the more you are making people dislike you.

I'm sorry if all this sounds a little harsh, but you wanted opinions, and you're certainly getting them.

Less is more, Mike. And the sooner you realise that you're not the superhero your friends and family make you feel you are, the sooner you will progress.

To call yourself a professional and admit you've only just gotten the Art of Astonishment books is a perfect example...

Not much more to add really, but to comment on some of your phrasing:

Michael Kras wrote:Michael Kras, age 14, has been a magician and sleight of hand artist for over seven years.

Artist? Since the age of seven, at least?

An expert magician and sleight of hand artist,

It sounds clumsy; you repeat yourself. You also seem insistent upon making people aware that this is just sleight of hand, presumably because you think it will make you seem better - but I don't think it's fair to tell your audience YES, this is DEFINITELY sleight of hand and that is all.

Michael's poetic card flourishes add class and professionalism to any of his shows.

So the magic which doesn't involve these flourishes lacks class and professionalism?

there is no doubt that Michael will be the most professional magician you will ever hire! At 14 years old, that tells a lot about Michael Kras!

It most certainly does... direct statements like these are going to make people go "Really? How would I know?" - especially when coupled with your age.

About your "Sleight of Hand Show":

Trinity: This visually engaging and thought-provoking routine involves a randomly chosen spectator performing amazing psychic feats at only a moment's notice!

Sleight of Hand... Psychic...

As others have said, and myself, before, it really ISN'T a good idea to list the names of your material - but you didn't listen then...

Michael Kras wrote:If I am not talented, then why am I working with some top names in magic who requested to work with ME?

I'd love to know which top names in magic asked to work with you.

Michael doesn't lack any self-belief, does he? I suppose it's that sheer bloody minded determination that will take him to the top one day. At least I hope it does. The thought of Michael flipping burgers in a fast food outlet telling everyone how he used to be the greatest magician in the world simply makes me shudder.

Without looking at your site, I know it is c*** (not the best). Why? Because you have a .tk domain. It's not quite as bad as having a freewebs site, but it's quite close. No-one will ever take you seriously unless you spring for a proper domain name. You could probably register www.michaelkras.com for about £10 a year, if that. Then you can find someone who knows what they're doing to code you a site, or do it yourself. Hell, I'd do it for you some time over the summer. For free.


OK, having ACTUALLY looked at the site...

The "reviews" that you have are not reviews, as it is not someone giving an opinion on a show of yours. Yes, people are saying that you're a good magician, but they're not reviewing a show. You could always change it to "What people think of Michael Kras", but that's a bit lengthy. You'd be better off taking one or two of the best quotes and put them in the introduction or something.

The pictures. Two of them are c*** (not the best). The one where you're levitating a girl outside, that is good, but it's wasted shoved away in the media section. You could have that on your main page next to a quote about you, and it would be much more impressive. But, understandably, you are limited by the fact that you use a .tk domain. Shame.

So, onto the writing. Writing about yourself in the third person is dumb. It sounds stupid, and insincere. We get that you're 14. We get that you've been performing magic for ages. You don't need to ram it down our throats. You also use the phrases "magician and sleight of hand artist" way too much. It's unnecessary, as is having an individual page for each different type of show, which could all be done on one page, easily. And please, dear God, don't mention that you are published unless you are 100% happy with what you have published, even after lengthy critiques from other, much more experience, magicians. You say that you have been performing magic for 7 years. You also say that you are 14. AND you say that you were "bitten by the magic bug at the ripe age of six". I'm no maths genius, but 6+7 = 13. I know it's possible, but it just sounds clumsy. You could just as easily say that you started learning at 6, and now you're 14. Sums it up easily. And you could say that on the first page.

That's about it for now. I would genuinely be more than happy to work with you on improving the site if you wanted to, but if you're going to stay with a .tk domain name, your site will never be more than mediocre. I'm sorry, but it's true.

PM me if you want more comments and suggestions for improvement.

We're like a pack of dogs with a new bone aren't we?

The "Reviews" page seems oddly...quiet. Surely there is more feedback and praise to add?

Hell Mike if you get a hosting plan and a decent .com domain I'll do you a site for free. Sheerly because I would like to see you doing well one day, your website will be the thing people judge you off.

And unfortunately, people WILL be put off by your age. It's natural, if I had to pick between you, remembering your age, web design, wording etc or say, magicdiscoman's service, I think everyone would like to have the peice of mind that they are getting a magician with experience, not a 14 year old boy who, in the customers mind, won't have much experience.

Wait a while Mike, practice, do a bit of performance on the street, go around some local restaurants and see if they will take you on for one night doing table hopping. Do anything to get experience, try to get videos and photos and put them up on a better designed website.

When your in your 20's and still have the same enthusiasm that you do, I honestly believe you will be something brilliant.