Thanks to my blogging colleague, Joe Patti, for pointing out a tremendously useful article at mashable.com from 12/1/2011 by Rachael Gerson that does a terrific job at outlining the impending updates at Google Analytics. And by impending, I mean you’ve got one month to prepare before Google flips the switch on everyone’s account and the old version goes away for good. But know that the improvements are fantastic, I’m particularly excited about the following improvements:
Stop Being Such A Control Freak And Be Glad For The Yelp
Although it might not make Michael Kaiser or Rocco Landesman very happy, the growth of citizen critics and independent reviewers is beginning to have an undeniable impact on performing arts organizations. Case in point, Holly Mulcahy published an article at Neo Classical today titled Yelp Me Out which examines orchestra reviews at the social media oriented review website, yelp.com.
Put The Flash Down And Step Away From Your Website!
As a follow-up to The Ugly Website article from 11/28/2011, I wanted to take a moment to cover something I left out of that piece but is a crucial bit of information everyone needs to be aware of.
***^^***!!LOOK HERE!! We Need PERMANENT Musicians***^^*** (Louisville, KY)
Just when you thought the Louisville Orchestra (LO) labor dispute couldn’t get more bizarre, it manages to surprise. Just before Thanksgiving, the orchestra’s replacement musician advertisements started appearing on dozens of Craigslist job boards. For those who may be unfamiliar with Craigslist, it a national online classifieds forum and a self described location where visitors can find “jobs, housing, goods, services, romance, local activities, advice – just about anything really.” At …
So You Think You Can Blog?
Three years and two weeks ago when I launched the Inside The Arts blogging exchange, we had a book review blog called Books On Culture. In its brief blogging life, it was actually quite popular and ever since the original author underwent a few life changes that prevented him from keeping up with the blog’s publication schedule, I’ve been looking for someone to take over.