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What is special about your art can help with audience development!

Posted On April 3, 2015 By Shoshana

  I have often posted about branding yourself properly. Yes, it is best to figure out what makes you unique from every other entity out there. What makes you special? I just read an article that mentioned why theatre is so special, and it had me thinking along the lines of using this type of information… 

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Which online channels are best to use to build audiences?

Posted On March 31, 2015 By Shoshana

I came across an article, The Customer Journey to Online Purchase, which had me get my geek on. A report was created to capture the benefits of different channels during a customer’s purchase process. The research was conducted in several countries with a breakdown of industry and size of organization. I decided to put together… 

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Opportunity for opera audience development

Posted On March 30, 2015 By Shoshana

Happy Monday. I had a quick thought regarding connecting the dots for opera. Opera folks, are you connecting with other experiences that are foreign language based? Yes, I am giving away a few of my secrets here to my devoted readers. Whenever I work with an opera company, I research for these types of experiences so… 

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If it is worth it

Posted On March 24, 2015 By Shoshana

I was thinking the other day about the reports that mention the reasons why people do not attend an arts event.  As you might recall, I had written a post replying that it is time to take action for solutions to these barriers. I did happen to miss mentioning one factor that needs to be considered.… 

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Like a lot!

Posted On March 16, 2015 By Shoshana

The deer like our property a lot! I have several pics of deer coming around our property for a little nibble of food or a shady spot to rest. We love the company they provide, and it boosts our spirits that we provided an atmosphere that they like a lot. What do does have to… 

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“It’s Not For People Like Us”

Posted On March 12, 2015 By Shoshana

In my inbox, a Wallace Foundation study was delivered. Getting Past “It’s… 

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Attention spans are in the eye of the beholder?

Posted On March 11, 2015 By Shoshana

Yesterday, I posted a guest post about taking into account your audiences’ time. This post was all about creating a shorter door to door time to re-introduce the arts back into people’s lives. Today, I found an article about Binge-Watching Theatre. The first thing I did was do a double take to make sure it… 

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Guest Post: How not to hog your audiences’ time

Posted On March 10, 2015 By Shoshana

Since it is my birthday today, I have a special guest post to share with you. My friend and colleague, Conductor and Composer Stephen P. Brown, is also someone who is constantly thinking about audience development, especially for the classical music sector. He firmly believes that if we make changes to how we communicate and… 

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Friday Fun 3/6/15

Posted On March 6, 2015 By Shoshana

Happy Friday!  I wanted to leave you this week in the Friday Fun zone.   Hell is a half-filled auditorium. – Robert Frost bit.ly/969yip Have a great weekend! -Shoshana

How should we treat volunteers and donors?

Posted On March 5, 2015 By Shoshana

Two incidents came up to start this discussion again. The agency that had finally gotten back to me with a message of “hope to see you there,” and no instructions to RSVP for the orientation, canceled the meeting without notifying me that it was canceled. I showed up, but they didn’t. Lucky for me it was… 

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