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If you've been in a position of having to create a concert program, or have them emailed from colleagues and collaborators, you know there are lots of ways to deal with positioning composers…
In mid-December 2020, LaPlaca Cohen and Slover Linett Audience Research released an analysis of the data they collected in the Covid edition of the CultureTrack survey through the lens of ra…
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 p…
This is the first in a three-part series of posts about tracking incremental conversions. We've all got website conversions. A conversion is when a website visitor completes a desired goal o…
Even pre-Covid the general guidance for promotional images and text was to focus on the audience experience. Regardless of whether the venue you perform/show your work at is allowed to open,…
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…
"I just love board meetings!" said no arts (or any other kind of) manager ever. While I can't promise you will actually start to say that, I can offer a model that I've seen work well in my …
Disclaimer: I receive no compensation or consideration from Modern Postcard, nor are any links affiliate links. You're probably familiar with retargeting visitors who come to your websit…
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…
Disclaimer: I receive no compensation or other consideration from Miro, nor are any links affiliate links. If you're missing your office whiteboard, I've got a digital solution for you! My g…
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…
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 Analytic…
There is a big push, correctly, for arts organizations to employ data driven decision-making processes. However, not all data is of equal value. Colleen Dilenschneider recently made a good p…
Now is a great time to dig into some data and use it to inform your fundraising and communications campaigns. Here are some recent reports which might be helpful: Culture Track: Culture + Co…
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 article …
There is a lot of talk about whether patrons will pay for digital content. I've always been (even pre-pandemic) in the camp that people will pay for great content. There is data coming out w…
A recent release of Zoom has brought, among other things, "High Fidelity Audio Mode" (High fidelity music mode in the application settings) to the Windows and Mac clients. The feature was…
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 sur…
Recently, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union which has members working in performing arts venues, convention centers, movies, and television productions,…
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…
Communications that don't involve asking for money (donation, ticket sale, etc.) are important to keep patrons engaged and deepen their relationship with your organization. Here are some ide…
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 p…
The folks at LaPlaca Cohen are working on a special COVID-19 edition of their indispensable Culture Track survey. The key findings are now available for download with the full report arrivin…
In an earlier entry, I had written about meeting the legal duty of care and planning to re-open your venue as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed. It is good to be aware of legal duty of c…
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 way …
