Ceci Dadisman

Ceci is a multi-faceted marketing professional with more than 10 years of experience successfully marketing the arts and nonprofits utilizing innovative and cutting-edge initiatives. Currently the Digital Marketing Manager at FORM, she is nationally recognized as a leader in digital and social media marketing and specializes in the integration of digital marketing and technology into traditional marketing methods. A frequent public speaker, Ceci’s recent and upcoming engagements feature national conference appearances at NTEN, National Arts Marketing Project, Arts Midwest, OPERA America, and Chorus America in addition to many other local and regional events. Ceci was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from West Virginia University. She currently lives in Cleveland and makes digital marketing magic at FORM, an agency that works exclusively with arts + culture and nonprofit organizations.

Gifs Have Come To MailChimp!

Published Tue, May 14, 19 at 2:18 pm by Ceci Dadisman

If you’re a regular MailChimp user, you’ve probably noticed some changes recently. Some are major changes such as the expanded functionality of tags which is by far the easiest way to segment emails. Others are small changes, and yet others are just plain cool. One of the latter is the ability to place an animated gif in an email right from MailChimp. Animated gifs are a great way to add an engaging visual that is sure to grab the attention of the reader. So, when I want to add my favorite Captain … Read more

How To Segment Using Tags In MailChimp

Published Thu, Apr 11, 19 at 3:18 pm by Ceci Dadisman

Fine, I’ll say it. If you’ve got 25 lists in MailChimp (now called “audiences”), you’ve got about 24 too many. In order to easily segment and suppress members of your list, you should have only one main list in which the majority of your contacts live. I know, this is probably different than how you currently have your lists set up. However, I promise this is the way to go in order to send emails to all the specific groups of people you need. Ok, stay with me here. Within this main … Read more

It’s Like Excel On Steroids

Published Thu, Feb 28, 19 at 2:00 am | Updated Thu, Feb 28, 19 at 3:18 pm by Ceci Dadisman

Most of us are using Excel to manage any number of things, right? *everyone nods in agreement* I’d like to invite you to try my go-to spreadsheet software: Airtable. You guys, this thing is like Excel on steroids (in a good way). I use it exclusively to manage advertising campaigns, editorial calendars, speaking engagements, and more. Here are just a few of the reasons why I love it so much: It is in the cloud and it is easily shareable. You don’t have to worry about which version of the spreadsheet you’re … Read more