It’s time for the Monday Moment. Last night, I received a call and let it go to my voicemail since I wasn’t sure who it was from. The person left a voicemail, and it turned out the call was from a board member at a non-profit that we made a donation to. I was…
I am sitting in a coffee shop during a Meetup called “Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write!” in order to focus on my next book (with the goal to have it released by the end of this year). After 50 minutes, I need to switch to a different project. Since blogging is perfectly legal for…
Good news everyone! My eBook, The How of Audience Development for the Arts: Learn the Basics, Create Your Plan, is now published and available! I have learned a great deal from this process: Friends and family can be extremely helpful when writing a book. I had people helping with editing and acting as sounding boards…
Last night I went to an Advanced Blogging class hosted by Boulder Digital Arts. Our instructor, Beth Hayden, aka local blogging guru, gave us many pointers for producing a more popular blog. Some were good reminders for me, but a few suggestions were new. I won’t give away all the details since you had to…
There are still some tweets and such floating around after the National Arts Marketing Project Conference – Winning Audiences. Today I saw another tweet about the 50 Winning Tweets from the 2011 NAMPC. I not only enjoyed the collection of tweets, but the format via Issuu, a free online publication program, is worth the mention…
Today I recorded a message for you: http://cinch.fm/audiencedevspec/auddevtotd/317117 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, and thank you for reading my blog! Cheers to happy and loyal audiences, Shoshana Shoshana Fanizza Audience Development Specialists https://www.buildmyaudience.com PS – Sign up for ADS E-News today! We are promoting a special for our e-Newsletter subscribers tomorrow. “Never treat your…
After practically no sleep, I was still excited about the last day. This was the day I was scheduled to present! 8:45 Engaging Audiences through Collaboration and Innovation I had a great team to work with. Our moderator was Kory Kelly, Director of Marketing & Communications at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Also presenting with me…
Part 2 of the adventure unfolds! Yesterday I felt like my head was still at NAMPC while my body was milling around Boulder, CO. It was a very strange feeling. This probably can be attributed to not being able to download the entire experience. I may never be able to do this, but I will…
There has been talk around the twittersphere about the importance of parking for audience development. One of the biggest reasons why patrons do not come back is not quality or programming, but parking! Costs are also a factor. How can this be? The discussion started via an article that is being sent around: How Symphonies…
I have been thinking about good customer service lately. Good customer service is one way to establish yourself among our clamoring markets. It is also a good way to show you care about your audience. Good customer service, service with care, is good audience development. The following is a quick list of suggestions to add…
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