I recently received a letter from some one who purchased my ebook “How to Start and Direct Your Own Pageant”. In the letter they mentioned that some of the information in the book can be found for free on the web, in fact a lot of it on my own websites.

The Internet is a wonderful resource for people interested in starting any new business, including the Beauty Pageant Business. When I decided to put together a book and then a kit to help others interested in starting a new pageant I scoured the web to see what was already out there.

What I found was bits and pieces of advice from people all over the world. Some of it good and some of it not so good. What I didn’t find was one source of information that had all the essentials needed to start some one in the right direction.

I spent years working for other directors and even more years directing pageants and learning from my own mistakes. What I have put together is based on my 16+ years of experience running Beauty Pageants that have made me money. In fact with the terrible economic situation the extra income I earned from pageants in the last two years has kept me and my husband afloat as his business dropped off.

There is a lot more free information available on the web today about the pageant industry than when I started writing about it. If you look closely you will see that most of it is on my web site directyourpageant.com. I give a lot of good stuff out and will continue to do so.

But I don’t give everything away. I worked long and hard to learn my trade and I believe I’m entitled to a fair compensation in exchange for sharing this information. This is the foundation of good business.

If you really scour the internet you can find a lot of information from many different people about the pageant industry. If you are very industrious you can grab this info and put all the files together in one doucument. You can even make an index and add some pictures and make it look like a book. You could spend a few weeks working on this project.

Or if you want to let some body else do the work for you and put it it in nice neat package then my Pageant book and kit are for you. If you want to be certain the information is coming from a trustworthy source that has real experience in the pageant industry then my ebook and Kit are for you.

I keep adding articles and giving away information on my site directyourpageant.com because I’m learning everyday from my experiences and from the experiences of many other pageant people, many who started by purchasing my Kit.

If you are really serious about succeeding in the pageant industry I suggest you continue going to all the other web sites out there. Keep buying books and products from other authors. Get a subscription to Pageantry Magazine. Keep accumalating knowledge from free sources and from paid sources.

Never stop searching for good information and never stop learning.

Yours in Pageantry

Shelly

Using media to market your pageant.

It all gets pretty heavy and you get an intense adreniline rush. Every thing you focus on builds up the excitement of the upcoming Beauty Pageant. And when it is finished you have a big crash.  All the adreniline stops and you feel the let-down. Older women know what I mean when I say its Hormonal.  If you’ve had a baby you know what I mean.   All those hormones that your body was pumped up with are gone.  You’ve run out of the body’s natural dope.

A major change happens to a director when the pageant finally comes to an end. You are really tired and in need of a physical and mental break.

I suggest you take a whole week off.  Forget about pageant stuff.  Tell people who want score sheets or other things to give you a week before contacting you.  I’m serious.  You need this rest.

Not only that but you probably neglected your family and your housework. So you need this week to catch up to your normal life.

Before long you will be thinking about your next Pageant Project and you will be glad you took the time out to recuperate.

Yours in Pageantry
Shelly

Using the media can draw plenty attention to potential contestants to your pageant. Radio or Television are big assets to drawing contestants to your pageant. Try contacting your local television stations and radio stations. Send them Press Releases of your up coming events. Choose a charity to help out the community. This usually gets media attention. I chose Toys For Tots for my Miss New Orleans Pageant. I also invited former New Orleans Saints Players to judge and make a special appearance. Using the Media can draw plenty of spectators to the event, where you will make money on door admission!Real New Orleans Television Show