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Drew McManus

Do You Want To Lead The Artistic Admin Dept At One Of The Newest Halls In The Country?

Fri, Oct 10, 2017
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After $143 million dollars and 16-months, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) opened the doors to their renovated Music Hall for a grand reopening concert on 10/6/2017 and by all accounts, the renovation was a smashing success. As a frame of reference, that cost and timeline are a downright bargain given how much work was performed

#TBT Yes, Seattle Is A Union Orchestra

Thu, Oct 10, 2017
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Among the long list of myths in this field, one of the most enduring is that Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a non-union orchestra. Spoiler alert: that’s not true. As a matter of fact, the SSO has been a union orchestra since it was formed in 1903 but the myth was born in the 1980s

Thanks For The Help?

Wed, Oct 10, 2017
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A few weeks ago, I published an article with instructions on how you can hide web pages from Google search results for up to 90 days using Google Search Console (GSC). Although it garnered a good bit of “kudos” notes from arts managers, one reply in particular stood out. Hiding a page from Google search

Survey: Does Your Organization Use Cross-Domain Tracking?

Tue, Oct 10, 2017
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Google Analytics (GA) can easily track when a website visitor goes from one page to the next inside the same website but what happens if a visitor selects a “buy tickets” link on your website that delivers them to a third-party ticketing provider website. Can GA track the action between two different sites? Spoiler: yes,

Inside The Arts Is Turning 10!

Mon, Oct 10, 2017
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Next month, Inside The Arts will celebrate its 10th anniversary so in order to help mark the occasion, we rolled out updated layouts and features at all of the blogs. All of the blogs hosted at the site feature a similar content driven design, similar to what was rolled out here at Adaptistration last month,
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