Thursday, September 30, 2021
Pretty much every arts administrator knows the pain of looking at a long list of content in a Microsoft Word document where each line is separated by a paragraph, but you need them separated…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 06:09PMTuesday, September 21, 2021
Conversion goals are one of those odd things every arts marketer seems to know they need but for whatever reason, most groups have too many webpages with zero goals. For those on the outside…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:12PMSunday, September 5, 2021
The Vax Policy Database has been gathering data since August 20, 2021 and it’s been adding new records daily. Over the holiday weekend, I added additional view to the database making it …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:29PMTuesday, August 31, 2021
Among the numerous details to work out when crafting required vaccination policies is when an employee cites religious objections and requests an exmpetion. Recently, the 8/30/21 edition of …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:14PMMonday, August 23, 2021
Insisting on verifiable vaccination status to attend concert events is becoming policy at an increasing number of nonprofit performing arts venues. But coming up with policies and tracking p…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 11:50AMWednesday, August 18, 2021
The folks at Kambadastudio recently released a round of new high quality photoshop templates for a wide variety of social media platforms and along with their paid options, they included a s…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:46PMMonday, July 19, 2021
It’s easy to look at the new Google Analytics 4 (GA4) dashboards and feel completely lost. For those who don’t have a great deal of experience working with GA4 you may think the issue is…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:04PMSunday, June 6, 2021
In early April, 2021 the U.S. Small Business Administration announced it was expanding the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program and as this last weekend, they annou…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:03PMThursday, May 13, 2021
Scammers haven’t wasted any time attempting to suck blood from the turnip of burgeoning performing arts org concert activity. The latest attempt to exploit organizations focuses on events …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:52PMMonday, May 3, 2021
The folks at UsableNet have some news you need to hear. In December 2020 they published a report that shows digital accessibility lawsuits rose 100% over 2020. These are lawsuits filed again…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:54PMThursday, April 15, 2021
Since the onset of pandemic, arts admins have navigated the working from home rapids. One of the primary challenges is letting others in the same space know when you’re at a point where yo…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 01:45PMTuesday, April 6, 2021
Now that job postings are returning to pre-pandemic levels at our sister site, Arts Admin Jobs, it’s time to launch the next big thing: a candidate database where job seekers can post thei…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:21PMTuesday, March 16, 2021
Quickbooks sent users an email on 3/10/21 notifying them the ACH (Automated Clearing House) payment option that allows clients to pay invoices with funds directly from a bank account was goi…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 01:49PMTuesday, March 2, 2021
When it comes to designing your website navigation menu, you’ll eventually need to make one critical choice in the form of deciding whether to make the top-level navigation menu items clic…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:40PMThursday, February 11, 2021
As a member of Gen X, I’ll be the first to admit that incorporating pronoun use into my daily routine takes a conscious effort. Having said that, pronoun use is a positive step toward impr…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:29PMTuesday, January 19, 2021
While Google Search Console (GSC) has always been a power tool every organization should use, it still manages to be one of those things that gets overlooked. Fortunately, it’s increasingl…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 06:05PMTuesday, December 15, 2020
Among the numerous pandemic driven content management tasks that are likely on your plate, checking your site for broken links should be high priority item. If you’re like most groups, you…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:53PMSunday, November 29, 2020
In 2018, I published an article that provided an option for creating a creative business card. Based on your feedback, it entirely helpful for many readers so I wanted to share an update tha…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMTuesday, November 3, 2020
You may have heard about the big Google Analytics 4 (G4) rollout a few weeks ago. No doubt about it, G4 ushers in a remarkable new world of tools that add AI-driven insights, even better cro…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:46PMTuesday, October 20, 2020
Now that many organizations are vested in a remote workforce model, one of the logistical questions to consider is how to handle phone extensions. If your organization is a G Suite user, the…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:34PMTuesday, October 6, 2020
We haven’t talking about Google Search Console in a while, but it is still one of the best secret weapons most arts orgs aren’t using but should. Search Console works in tandem with Anal…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:24PMWednesday, September 16, 2020
In an age where arts organizations are learning how to re-engage patrons with remote activity, it never hurts to reexamine what we take for granted. To that end, there’s a fantastic articl…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:13PMTuesday, August 25, 2020
Even in non-pandemic times, scheduling regular admin user audits is a good idea. What we’re talking about is going through all the online platforms your organization maintains and making s…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:11PMTuesday, July 28, 2020
One of the more popular questions coming in from my Venture Platform users right now is how to embed a video so it can only playback on a password protected page. The goal is straightforward…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 06:20PMTuesday, July 14, 2020
We’ve all been there: you need images in landscape aspect ratio for digital content but all of your source files are in portrait. Frustrating, right? For the most part, trying to convert a…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:08PMThursday, June 25, 2020
There’s an excellent article in the 6/23/2020 edition of SmashingMagazine.com by Suzanne Scacca that examines the ways COVID-19 is forcing the restaurant sector to radically rethink the wa…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 11:52AMTuesday, June 9, 2020
There’s a great article from Adam Molina on soundguys.com that walks you through all of the considerations for selecting a microphone to use when creating online content. It’s clearly wr…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMThursday, June 4, 2020
For the longest time, I’ve used Doodle to schedule online meetings. It’s still a great tool but since Covid-19 shutdowns began, I’ve discovered that Vyte.in is just as effective and te…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:24PMTuesday, May 26, 2020
There’s a fascinating article (h/t Rainer Glaap) at ActivityStream.com that examines very positive results from efforts to science our way through maximizing revenue during live events …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, May 11, 2020
It’s been one month since we started asking readers to complete a short, two question survey designed to measure how the employment status of arts administrators and independent contractor…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:00PMTuesday, April 28, 2020
Given that we’re all using written communication more than usual, it’s a good idea to take a step back and consider tone. Unless you’re all-in on injecting emojis into everyday busines…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 06:35PM 
