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Are You Interested In Saving A Boat Load Of Money During Your Next Web/CRM/Ticketing Update?

Thu, Jun 6, 2016
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If there’s one area where arts organizations have untapped expense reduction savings, it’s creating a more efficient process for integrating and updating your existing web, Box Office, and CRM systems. To that end, one of the most popular articles here for the past several years has been Understanding The Relationship Between Websites, Box Office, and

Tools Of The Trade Get Cooler Every Year

Wed, Jun 6, 2016
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Show of hands, who hates compiling metrics data so that non-geeks can get as much out of it as you do? Hard core data geeks love good old spreadsheets chocked full of numbers and formulas but for most folks, that’s absolutely eye-glazing. And if you’ve ever been responsible for putting together reports that pull metrics

Understanding The Relationship Between Websites, Box Office, and CRM Reloaded 2016

Wed, Jun 6, 2016
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Ever since publishing the original version of this article in 2011, there doesn’t seem to be an end to the uncertainty surrounding the relationship between websites, box office, and customer relationship management solutions (CRM) along with where they do and do not intersect. In the worst case scenarios, arts organizations end up encountering huge cost

Looking For Even More Compensation Resources?

Tue, Jun 6, 2016
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The 2016 Orchestra Compensation Reports were a big hit but what if you’re looking for compensation data outside of executives, music directors, and concertmasters? Fortunately, you have some options to consider and I published an article at ArtsHacker.com that explore several free and paid sources. Speaking of the orchestra compensation reports, they garnered some terrific

ACTION ALERT: Here’s What You Can Do To Help Defeat The Destruction Of Military Bands

Sun, Jun 6, 2016
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Although there have always been some members of congress bent on gutting the US Armed Forces music programs, most measures rarely make it past a committee vote but all of that changed last week thanks to Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) playing politics with an amendment to the 2017 defense appropriations act that all but eviscerates
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