“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” ~John F. Kennedy In the arts, we need to turn this mentality around: Ask not what you can do for the arts, ask what the arts can do for you. The good news is, we…
If you haven’t noticed already, I launched my new website this week. I wanted to point out some new features and developments: My blog is now on my website! This will allow me a little more flexibility and freedom to add more features. I started a Podcast! Whenever the moment strikes, I will be recording…
I haven’t forgotten about the giving program I started end of September. Have you? As you recall, my first gift was a donation to Drew McManus for his Adaptistration wisdom. To remind you about this program, I am choosing bloggers, consultants, and information mavens that are making a difference in our industry and either donating…
I had a thought today after reading an article that I wanted…
I had a great time at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference (a.k.a. NAMPC) in Portland, OR, a conference of the Americans for the Arts. This year was all about “Powered by Community.” To read my individual experience, you can click on this Storify I created. As with many conferences, themes start to appear. I…
Happy Friday to you and happy first day of November. I hope you had a fun Halloween. I ended up dressing in my devil horns and going to our local Mexican restaurant that we love. They were all dressed in costumes to the nines! It was a fun evening. Yesterday, I also had a conversation…
Happy Halloween! Halloween is the second biggest holiday of the year, yet there were few videos to choose from. I did happen to find some good ones. I hope you get into the scary act next year, and for now, enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SbrcDqt6hs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha4ff-8GlGE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptz58rp_3bo Visit our YouTube Channel! -Shoshana
I believe I have written about this topic before, but I wanted to reiterate the reasons behind sending out your releases the audience development way. This means that you are building relationships with the members of the press instead of treating your release as a mass marketing effort. Here is a list of tips: Send…
Quick thought for the day: Do you know who your arts people are in your neighborhood? Are there people in your community that are artists from a previous life that you are not connecting with? These are people that may have studied an art form previously and decided to do something else for their day…
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