Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
Arts consultant and founder of Audience Development Specialists, Shoshana Fanizza, maintains a podcast focused on audience building and she was kind enough to invite me on as her latest guest to chat about ArtsHacker and related orchestra admin shop talk. It was a great conversation and Fanizza was a gracious host and you can listen to the the podcast via the direct link:
One year ago, we examined the latest offering from online ticket provider Eventbrite (EB) in the form of their reserved seating feature and on 3/23/15, they expanded on this with a full-fledged individual seat selection functionality. Geared very much toward performing arts orgs and presenters, the expanded offering includes the same dynamic seat map creation tools as the existing reserved seating solution. Having used the tool on a number of occasions, …
From 2005 through 2013, during the month of April, the Take A Friend To The Orchestra project featured more than a dozen critics, bloggers, musicians, classical music enthusiasts, and administrators writing about how average patrons throughout the country can invite friends who don’t regularly participate in live music events to a performance in your area. The program is on furlough for a few seasons but that doesn’t mean the 83 contributions …
Tomorrow, 4/21/2015, is the day Google will fully implement the latest major change in its search algorithm and if your site isn’t prepared, you can expect a world of hurt via your search rankings. Simply put, it’s all about meeting Google’s new mobile friendly thresholds; if your site is what Google considers mobile friendly it is more likely to rank it higher in search results. If not, well… I published an …
The weather’s warming up and that means some minds are starting to think about greener pastures. To that end, Adaptistration Jobs has openings in Salt Lake City, Nashville, Erie, San Fran Bay Area, Washington D.C., Fort Worth, Omaha, Seattle, Chicago, Baltimore, and more. And in case you missed the news from February, you’ll find more than orchestra and opera jobs at the site thanks to opening up the doors to all …