40% of people attending business events list entertainment as one of their top priorities.
According to Forbes, people planning to attend business events are being more selective, due to limited or reduced budgets. They are looking at the value of an event and will only attend the events they feel offer a clear benefit. People are eager to connect in-person, rather than virtually. In fact, 50% of event marketers say “Zoom Fatigue” (declining attendance at virtual events) is impacting their efforts.
At Magic By Lee, we’re seeing a trend with event organizers and marketing professionals starting earlier than usual to secure venue space and entertainment. Savvy planners are booking venues and entertainment well in advance to lock in prices and avoid rising costs.
Audience sophistication and expectation has evolved
In today’s fast-paced world, people want interaction, engagement, and memorable experiences. Entertainment now holds an essential place in event-planning. Gripping entertainment can make the difference between an attendee’s choice to stay or stray.
If you’re plotting your next marketing or corporate event on the map of success, you need Lee and Vanessa Lentz.
The magic begins here. lee and vanessa can transform your audience...
Audiences love them. Companies adore them.
And competitors… well, they wish they had them.
Meet Lee and Vanessa Lentz
The Dynamic Duo Trusted by Business Leaders Across America
Lee and Vanessa are a husband-wife team. For more than 20 years, their marketing insight and creative style of branded entertainment has been the secret sauce to successful business events from convention centers to boardrooms nationwide. Lee is a skilled, experienced magician who has performed since age 14. Vanessa is an expert marketer with an uncanny ability to decode a target market and identify their true challenges. From there, she is able to create a storyline that resonates with them on an emotional level.
Magic is universally fascinating. Lee and Vanessa leverage the intrigue to communicate your core message in a such a powerful way that your attendees remember your story long after the event is over. Through their ability to blend messaging with magic, Lee and Vanessa help companies stand out, accelerate lead generation, and close sales. In the hands of Lee Lentz, magic becomes a strategic marketing tool.
They develop mind-blowing magic effects that harmonize with your brand and communicate your core message. Then they deliver an interactive experience that involves the audience in your message through the magic. People are delighted to be entertained and mystified, and they are quite willing to hear your brand story in such a creative way. They not only enjoy the magic, but the entire experience, and they retain more of your information.
Beyond stage performance, Lee and Vanessa use their skills to create an engaging environment conducive for customer interaction and networking, significant aspects of team-building and positive experiences. Their approach encourages audience participation, turning the event into a dynamic, two-way engagement.
Their core strength lies in their meticulous execution, blending education, humor and awe-inspiring tricks to deliver an unforgettable entertainment experience. This immersive approach results in attendees recalling your event and your message long after it’s over.
Lee and Vanessa create a memorable journey guided by your core message. The show is filled with humor and wrapped in fun. The magic is eye-popping and enjoyed by audiences across all demographics. But, it’s not just about magic; it’s about delivering your message in a creative, memorable, and meaningful way.
The result? a “remember when” experience your attendees will talk about for months. In fact, many repeat attendees come the next year expecting to see the same tricks, and are disappointed if they’re not in the lineup.
behind the curtain with lee and vanessa lentz
Stepping behind the scenes with Lee Lentz and Vanessa reveals a calculated process designed not just to amaze, but to communicate the main points of your brand message in a compelling, engaging way. They work together on concepts for magic tricks that visually demonstrate your essential value propositions. When possible, they come up with ways incorporate your actual product(s) into the show. The have transformed items as ordinary as books to specialty products like radiant barrier sheathing and preconstruction house wrap into jaw-dropping magic. For intangible products like software, they create concepts for tricks that demonstrate the solutions and resulting benefits.
LEE LENTZ
From the moment you meet Lee Lentz, you are taken by his congenial nature and genuine likability that makes people feel at ease.
Behind that southern charm is a master magician who has dedicated years to honing and perfecting his craft. Lee’s journey began at the age of 13, when the children’s pastor at his church gifted him a magic set. An immediate fascination was ignited, and he began to cultivate what was a natural talent. Over time, this passion evolved into a substantive skill set, positioning Lee as one of the most sought-after magicians in the corporate sector.
His easy-going manner quick wit foster a connection with the audience as he expertly blurs the line between reality and imagination.
Magic Tricks Created and Customized With Your Message
When Lee goes to the workshop, magic happens. In this photo, he is drawing on his education in electronics engineering to fabricate a prop for a client whose target market is real estate brokers.
VANESSA LENTZ
In partnership with Lee, Vanessa is the backbone of marketing and scripting that complements Lee’s magic. Her expertise in marketing and copywriting serves as the secret sauce to their powerhouse duo.
Vanessa has an innate ability to understand a target audience’s core challenges and needs. This talent offers her the insight to script platform presentations that truly resonate with their listeners, merging Lee’s captivating magic with compelling messages.
She appears on-stage along side Lee as a co-presenter in platform presentations and a magical assistant in stage shows.
Marketing Expertise to Craft Messaging that Resonates With Your Audience
Vanessa is an adept marketer and copywriter who understands the power of connecting with a target audience. She develops scripts that speak directly to the needs and desires of your target audience, with just the right balance of education and entertainment. Your audience enjoys a fun, engaging experience that imprints your brand story into their hearts and minds.
what Clients are Saying
Lee is a hard-working, resourceful, creative, and solution-oriented person who was frequently able to come up with new and innovative approaches to market our software through his magic show. He was able to deliver our message effectively and effortlessly. He invariably understands the importance of making an impression from the outset. I cannot remember an instance when he did not reply to me in a timely manner.
On the interpersonal side, Lee has superior verbal communication skills. He got along extremely well with the staff at the venue and our staff coordinating the event. He is highly respected, as both a person and a professional, by the SAS employees and conference attendees to whom he performed.In closing, based on my experience working with Lee, I can unreservedly recommend Lee Lentz of Infinity Partners. We have recommended Lee to our entire marketing staff to be used at corporate events representing SAS throughout the United States.”
The Congress broke records for attendance this year and your magic was very entertaining for the delegates and also generated traffic for the vendors in the exhibit hall. All of the comments we heard from delegates and vendors were very positive. It was quite evident that the crowd was very impressed."
Lee and Vanessa are upscale professionals, and the quality of their magic effects is excellent. Their presentation made a lasting impression on some of our most important customers and their creative integration of our material was very impressive. I would recommend Lee and Vanessa’s presentations to any company."
The bottom line is we’ve come away with the best event we’ve ever had, with hard-core leads, qualified much with Vanessa’s help, and we’ve driven the message home from both a creative and sales standpoint. We appreciate so much what Lee and Vanessa have done, and next year, we expect it to be even greater."
Having the audience participate in several of the tricks really added to the fun and excitement of the magic. Lee's performance truly added to the success of our event. I would definitely recommend Lee and Vanessa to anyone who is looking for something different and lots of fun!"
Lee and Vanessa did a superb job for CYBRA Corporation, and I highly recommend them. They are very professional and fun to work with.”
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