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Call me old fashioned…

Posted On February 22, 2018 By Shoshana

What do you think works better? A. An advertisement you strategically placed. B. A tip from a friend to buy a certain product. Who do you think is more likely to give you money? A. Someone you don’t know very well. B. A friend or family member. What story is more memorable?  A. A television… 

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We are the competition for audiences!

Posted On July 21, 2017 By Shoshana

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… 

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3 thoughts for audience building today

Posted On June 3, 2017 By Shoshana

I don’t often post on a Saturday, but when I do…I usually have a hodge podge of thoughts craving to get out onto the page. This Saturday, I woke up, checked my email, and I found my way to a KGNU show called “A Public Affair” hosted by The Community Foundation (Boulder County) on the… 

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Keeping top of mind on social media!

Posted On October 11, 2016 By Shoshana

In social media, mainly Facebook, there is the fall off syndrome. If you do not interact with other people’s post (like, comment, share), they will fall off your timeline. Also, if they do not interact with you, you will fall off their timeline. Less people are interacting with each other on social media. Yet, people are… 

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Resources for audience development factor in

Posted On August 17, 2016 By Shoshana

After a very eye opening experience, I wanted to share with you some thoughts I have on resources for marketing and audience development. If you have been following my posts for a while, you already know that I feel strongly that setting aside resources to build your audiences is crucial for today’s arts scene. If… 

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Are you talking to yourself?

Posted On July 20, 2016 By Shoshana

In our world of constant communication, I see people talking to themselves. I do not mean this in the way you think I do. Yes, some people do appear like they are talking to themselves, and some might just be. What I mean is that many of us keep preaching to our own crowd, our… 

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Experiment and stay on brand?

Posted On July 7, 2016 By Shoshana

Is it possible to experiment with new programs and stay on brand at the same time? If you know who your existing and potential audiences are, yes you can. I have been working with a few organizations that are attempting to build new audiences with new programs. Sometimes I get the call too late to… 

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Press releases the audience development way – Part 2

Posted On January 26, 2016 By Shoshana

You might recall my post about doing press releases the audience development way. This past week, I have been on the receiving end of press releases and guest blog requests, and my message is ringing truer than ever! I applaud the efforts of the individual emails I am receiving, however, a few of these inquiries do not… 

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Terminology salad – is it healthy?

Posted On December 7, 2015 By Shoshana

Happy Monday to you! I have been thinking more about how we debate and argue about terms, buzz words, definitions. I understand we need to dissect at times to figure out what something is made of, yet I’m thinking we are wasting valuable time and energy on the thoughts instead of using this energy for positive… 

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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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