I received my grocery store coupons in the mail. After signing up for a card, I get bonus points for savings at the gas pump, and I get special coupons on products I already buy every month. Saving money is good*, and the fact they keep track to send coupons for what I like to…
I am currently working on a development campaign for one of my clients. I was sent a spreadsheet for potential sponsors, and I noticed that information was only half filled out. I believe they may have become a little stuck in finding the right contact to connect with, and it looks like nothing else went…
Currently I am doing research work for new audiences for a theatre company in Philadelphia. In looking at what else is around their area, I came across a theatre that had an old fashioned customer service set up. In their About section, they chose to leave the “Leave A Reply” on their blog format. Patrons…
I am working on several evaluations for various arts organizations around the country, and what I am finding out is that some of us know our basic demographics of our audiences, but most of us do not know about the psychographics. psy·cho·graph·ics ˌsīkōˈɡrafiks/ noun noun: psychographics the study and classification of people according to their attitudes,…
I am more sporadic in my posts since I wait for something to strike me. This morning, I believe it has. Not many of you know, I am a fairly spiritual person, and this side of me is starting to open. I feel it will help me to build audiences and support in an even…
I am recently putting together a proposal for a new adventure. I normally add a few donor/sponsor related services into my proposals, but this will be the first one that is mainly focusing on this piece of audience development. Audience development is more than just audience building for events. It is the building of relationships…
There have been several times I have mentioned the suggestion of getting out of the arts bubble. It would be good for arts advocacy and audience building if we go beyond talking in our own circles. I saw an article about an arts forum in Australia, the discussing of the value of the arts,…
As the world continues to go online for more and more purchases and entertainment, we are all becoming each other’s competition. You may have a concert planned in your neck of the woods, but another group is hosting their concert as an online event, live, on Facebook, all the way across the country. The people…
Canon and Gigue in D major (Flute quartet arr.) – Pachelbel/Steven David Tung – Creative Commons – Musopen I spent a long time on the phone with a particular service provider. I was handed off to three different people and none of them were understanding my request. During each time I was put on hold,…
I hope you had a nice weekend! Here is a quick thought for a Marvelous Monday: Always have the mentality of creating, being a part of, and honoring win-win situations in your life. If you are taking advantage of the situation or they are taking advantage of you, it creates really bad energy that will…
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