2. Line up string with any grooves in pin. Insert pin into hole, making sure it is secure.

3. Take other end and insert into hole on capstan.

4. Pull string through leaving a fair amount of slack between capstan and bridge.

5. Bend string at point it comes through capstan to keep it secure.

6. Watching out for your eyes, begin turning key with your left hand. Once you get it started it may be easier to use string winder. (For safety reasons, you might want to cut off any excess string. I usually wait until after they're all on to do this).

7. As you are winding, apply some tension to string with your right hand to help keep it taught. Make sure you are winding in right direction! On bass strings you will be winding counter-clockwise (away from you). On treble strings you will go opposite direction.

8. Continue to wind each string until all slack is taken up. Do not worry about tuning yet.

9. Cut off all excess string length.

Classic Nylon String Guitar-

1. Put string through top of hole found just below bridge.

2. Pull about 3 inches through.

3. Bringing string up over tie block, pass it underneath itself at original point of entry.

4. Come down over tie block again and wrap end of string around itself in a figure eight type pattern.

5. Insert other end of string down through hole on capstan.

6. Wrap string around back and then underneath itself in order to secure it in place.

7. As described above, begin turning key with your left hand while maintaining some tension with other until all slack is taken up. With a classical guitar you will wind clockwise on bass strings and treble strings.

8. Keep string as straight as possible as it continues from capstan through nut and down onto neck.

9. You should not have any excess string length, but if you do, cut it off.

Electric Guitar-

Follow same procedure as described for acoustic steel string guitar.

If you need help re-tuning your guitar please see my free guitar lesson which covers this subject in detail.

I hope you found this information to be helpful. Remember, establishing a good guitar care routine will insure many long years of musical fun and enjoyment!

Another important feature of Permission Marketing is that there are different levels of permission. Permission levels range from spam (no permission) to intravenous (sending products out to customers without him ordering them). As people give you their names and emails you start at permission scale (just above spam). Your main task is to use your communications and services to move people up permission scale. While you will never likely get permission to just show and do magic shows uninvited (intravenous), you can build a base of trusting and loyal customers.

Gaining Permission With Your Website

Your website will impact your ability to gain permission from visitors. Two general considerations are content and design. If you have not taken free Master Course on Selling Services, I strongly encourage you to do so. The course covers topics of contents and design in more detail. You will find material that you can use on your website right now.

People searching web are looking for good information. They will trust and reward those who give them information they seek. Many will give you permission to contact them again. This opens door to build trust and gain a loyal customer. What kinds of content should site provide? The simple answer is whatever person is looking for.

Let's assume a mother finds your website considering possibility of hiring a magician for her daughter's next birthday party. She doesn't care that you do gospel illusion shows or trade shows. In fact she might be put off by it. If this magician does all of these other things, how important is my daughter's birthday party going to be? You must view your content from visitor's perspective.

Provide content that she can use. For example, you can provide a general guide to hosting a magical birthday party. Let her know if she signs up with her name and email you will send her a detailed step by step guide to hosting perfect magical birthday party. You could also put magic birthday party invitations on your site personalized to your magic show, but with space for it to be individualized to child and her birthday party.

With relevant and useful content you will begin to build trust. You will get her to give you her name and email. You provide even better content and increase her trust. You can contact her about how your magic show will make her daughter's birthday party one to be remembered always. The key to providing content is to over-deliver on person's expectations. Remember this:

The design of your site is also important. Your site must be easily navigated. You want visitors to find information they are seeking quickly and easily. Graphics add to site but can become clutter if you are not careful. It should have a clean look. Don't be afraid to use a plain white background. It looks good and text can be easily read. I would avoid reverse colors for text. Light text on dark background can strain eyes if there is much material there.

An example of this approach is Learn-Great-MagicTricks.com. This new site is still growing. It is clean looking. Information is easily found. The content is useful for people learning to do magic. Within one month, site was listed in most search engines, had decent rankings, was getting newsletter subscriptions, and most importantly site was earning money. The point is that this advice works and I use it myself.

Copyright © 2005 J.L. Siefers, All rights reserved.

J.L. Siefers has been performing great magic for years. He has written extensively on many topics in magic. He has shown hundreds of people how to successfully learn to do great magic tricks.

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