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Showing the love audience development style

Posted On February 12, 2016 By Shoshana

Valentine’s Day is upon us once again. What is the best way for you as an artist or organization to celebrate? By showing the love for your people! Even if you simply send a Valentine their way, it is showing that you are thinking of and appreciating them. I have decided to get in on… 

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The End of Twitter?

Posted On February 1, 2016 By Shoshana

One of my Facebook groups is commenting on this article The End of Twitter in The New Yorker.  I am not sure it is the “end,” however, Twitter is making some changes that could significantly decrease their user base even more. We have already seen the demise of conversations on Twitter. Twitter decided to install… 

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Themes of #NAMPC 2015 or “A Very Special Blossom”

Posted On November 10, 2015 By Shoshana

I woke up early in the morning thinking about the conference I just attended. At first I thought I was in the hotel room, which proves my brain is still there at the conference, and the other attendees probably feel the same way. The day after always gives us a chance to bask in the… 

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Before the conference brain bursts

Posted On November 4, 2015 By Shoshana

Usually during and after a conference my brain gets all tingly, and then it lights up with new ideas and inspirations. Today, for some reason, it is happening before the conference. Perhaps I had too much coffee this morning. A likely assessment, yet my thoughts are fairly targeted towards what we might be discussing at… 

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The COPD of the arts – elitism

Posted On September 8, 2015 By Shoshana

We have for a long time discussed the big elephant in the room called elitism. The other day I saw another commercial for a pharmaceautical for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Here is an example of these commercials: I put two and two together. The elephant in the room, elitism, is choking the living breath… 

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Taylor Swift – a case study for audience appreciation

Posted On September 2, 2015 By Shoshana

  Hardly a day goes by without a Taylor Swift reference these days. I am not a fan of her music, yet I am finding myself a big fan of how she connects with her audiences. This will be, probably, my one and only post about Taylor Swift. She might do something huge in terms of… 

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Weekend audience development thoughts

Posted On August 17, 2015 By Shoshana

I am in between book editing at the moment. My first book should be coming out by the end of this month! I will keep you posted. In the meantime, I had a weekend to simply think: I came across yet another theatre website that barely has photos and videos (only links), the type was… 

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5 ways to add interest to your Twitter feed

Posted On June 4, 2015 By Shoshana

If you are marketing, marketing, marketing on Twitter, and that is all you are doing, you are not using Twitter correctly. Here are five suggestions to add interest to your Twitter feed for a happier and more loyal audience: Retweet interesting content that is relevant. Don’t just retweet someone’s “testimonial,” comment back to the person in the… 

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30 Days of inspiration challenge

Posted On May 1, 2015 By Shoshana

#30DayArts! I have been thinking about doing a 30 Day challenge again, starting today, May 1. It would be fun if more people would join me. For the next 30 days, I will be looking for arts marketing and audience development that inspires. I mainly keep my eye out most of the time, but this… 

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A conversation with Drew McManus: What is Artshacker.com?

Posted On April 23, 2015 By Shoshana

Please welcome to the ADS Podcast, Drew McManus! Drew is one of… 

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ADS Founder — Shoshana Fanizza

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“As an individual fine artist, the Audience Development workshop helped me take a hard look at how to reach people and how to keep them engaged. Performing artists have a built in "paying audience" which may be obvious but for me I have to generate my patrons one at a time. Finding a way to interest people in my art is a full time job; I found helpful tools that I had not considered during the workshop.” —Colleen Tucker, Pastel artist

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