Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Just over two years ago I posted about tracking clickthroughs with custom links made using a super simple tool provided by Google that integrates perfectly with Google Analytics. Since Googl…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, December 7, 2016
You probably know that Google search performs a number of functions natively, giving you information without requiring you to visit one of the search results that come up. For instance, you …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, November 18, 2016
One of the great things about ArtsHacker is that when contributors present at conferences (like Drew McManus and Ceci Dadisman recently did about Google Analytics), they can easily point att…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, November 9, 2016
The Nielsen Norman Group is made up of researchers who have literally written the books on user experience and usability. Their website is full of helpful articles that you can use to make …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, August 31, 2016
It’s always interesting to see the various advertising campaigns directed towards the LGBTQ market during the month of June and during pride festivals around the world over the summer. I r…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 08:33AMWednesday, June 15, 2016
One of the biggest frustrations social media managers face on a daily basis is seeing their Facebook page follower count go up and the number of people their posts reach go down. To keep use…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, June 6, 2016
Let’s all pause for a moment to consider the great equalizer at your organization: Microsoft Office. Whether you love to hate Outlook for messing up your calendar when you attend a confere…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, May 27, 2016
In a blog post on May 24th, Twitter announced a number of new changes to what will count towards your 140 character limit when tweeting. These changes aren’t live yet, but according to the…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, May 18, 2016
Every so often the folks at Smashing Magazine offer their readers free icon sets, or in other words, high quality vector graphics of a particular theme, in a variety of styles and formats. …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, March 30, 2016
If you’ve been following ArtsHacker’s recent exploration of Instagram, you’re already well on your way to making the most of this very visual social media tool. And change being the on…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, February 22, 2016
Around this time last year I posted about Embracing the Online Anger, and one of the topics I’ve been meaning to explore further was how to handle customer service issues on Twitter. The r…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMThursday, January 14, 2016
We’ve all done it: click here to learn more. But what does “click here” even mean in an age of touchscreens and wearables? Back in the previous century we may have had to be a bit more…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 10:55AMFriday, December 4, 2015
While the “Golden Circle” probably sounds like one of your mid to high end donor categories (depending on whether or not you have platinum, diamond, and dilithium levels), it’s also a…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, November 16, 2015
Twitter is on a role with controversial changes lately, and one imminent update is very hard to like, and will certainly not go down as anyone’s favourite. Last month, Twitter announced th…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 08:07AMFriday, November 6, 2015
If your Twitter feed was anything like mine on November 3rd, it was approximately 50% rants about Twitter replacing Faves with Likes, 50% essentially claiming the change is a “first worl…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
In an earlier post about “flybys” I used a brand new image of Pluto from NASA. Did you know that nearly everything in NASA’s archive of images, videos, audio, animations (and more!) a…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, July 17, 2015
By now you’ve seen the amazing images of everyone’s favourite ninth member of the solar system dwarf planet Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons mission. Their probe travelled 3 billion mile…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, June 15, 2015
Back in April I skewered bad twitter handles and the regrettable word abbreviations that result from the character limit (while telling you how to easily change yours), and Arts Hacker edit…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, June 1, 2015
Hey, back on May 11th, did you learn to stop worrying about SEO and love structured data? If you missed Drew’s post about improving your event search results in 15 minutes, go read it. Now…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, April 13, 2015
Back in February I wrote about Embracing the Online Anger, but it’s important to note that not all social media mentions require a response. (Gasp!) A few months ago Jonathan Michael at Bp…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, April 3, 2015
So, I hear you’re unhappy with your organization’s Twitter handle. Six years ago, the “New Media Specialist” at the time signed you up for @AlbuqSymphOrch1 and every time you tweet y…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 02:55AMWednesday, February 25, 2015
My experience in managing social media for an arts organization was overwhelmingly positive. More than 99% of the time, patrons on Twitter had wonderful things to say about the venue, the p…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMSaturday, January 10, 2015
By now you’re fully back in the post-holiday work groove, but it’s never too late to make (or follow through) on some 2015 resolutions to make sure that groove doesn’t become a rut. Wi…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, December 31, 2014
Just think of how many URLs back to your website you post every day – on social media, in email campaigns, for online ads, and on and on. Wouldn’t it be great to see where your effor…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM 
