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ADS Podcast: Impeccable Customer Service Part 2

Posted On April 21, 2017 By Shoshana

Join Shoshana as she dives into acquisition costs for audience members and… 

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Focus on the smaller picture for audience building

Posted On April 12, 2017 By Shoshana

Please forgive me if I mentioned this thought before. I am seeing that people sometimes focus on the forest more than the trees, which can prevent them from getting started on something important, such as audience development. It is great to have a big picture in your head, but it can get overwhelming with thinking… 

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Ask Shoshana Part 2 and relevance

Posted On April 7, 2017 By Shoshana

Hi all, Happy Friday to you! I wanted to open up the Ask Shoshana bin again. I am working on weekly podcast ideas, and I want to invite you to send me a message to be used as a segment. You can ask any question that is audience development related. Sending me the message means… 

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ADS Podcast: Impeccable Customer Service Month!

Posted On April 4, 2017 By Shoshana

For the month of April, I will be discussing my ideas regarding using… 

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Convenience won’t get you organic reach on Facebook

Posted On March 23, 2017 By Shoshana

I am starting to do social media for another account, and what I see currently on their Facebook page are marketing posts for their events that are either sent from their eNewsletter service or reposts of their Facebook Events. In looking at the analysis, they are getting less than 8% of a reach. It may… 

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Freebies for loyalty

Posted On March 22, 2017 By Shoshana

I was thinking about subscriptions today. Many of us have used the same subscription platform for decades. There has been an attempt to upgrade subscriptions, but I also wanted to throw in my two cents for adding loyalty programs that use free tickets or other freebies as a reward system. Subscriptions give certain benefits, but… 

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The Big Bad Wolf – Arts Cuts

Posted On March 21, 2017 By Shoshana

There was an article this morning that took the side of “the arts will survive.” The writer does not think the arts will be defunded, and if they are, we have other income streams and an ability to call on more support. There have been articles stating that since cuts have been announced for certain agencies,… 

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ADS Podcast: Ambassador Programs

Posted On March 20, 2017 By Shoshana

Let’s talk about Ambassador Programs on the ADS Podcast this week! There… 

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Arts Advocacy Examples

Posted On March 9, 2017 By Shoshana

I am backtracking to wrap up the arts advocacy theme for last… 

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Evolving for Audience Development

Posted On February 27, 2017 By Shoshana

After witnessing a few videos of Kyle Cease’s EvolvingOutLoud.com, I am changing… 

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