Marketing and Development – Friends in the Sandbox
This post comes to you from Target Resource Group, found on the NAMP website. Amelia Northrup-Simpson of TRG in her article “Marketing is from Mars; Development is from Venus” discusses how marketing and development teams need to work together to bring about the ultimate goal of patron loyalty. Her thoughts hit home for me, as someone who has worked for small, medium, and larger orchestras. At the medium-sized orchestra, marketing and development systems were different, ...
Bio-Writing 101
As an arts marketer, I have seen a huge variety of artist biographies. I love the ones that need no editing from me and can go straight to the printer for our programs. I cringe when I see bios that are full of spelling and grammar mistakes, missing italics or appropriate quote marks, too many words, etc. Whether you’re an artist or a professional, we all need a bio at some time in our career. ...
Using Stock Photos in Marketing: 20 Sites with Free Images
Wouldn’t it be great if you had high quality, high resolution photos to promote every single event/concert/exhibit? For those of us who live in the real world of non-profit arts management, this is often not the case. In the real world of orchestra marketing, we sometimes deal with low resolution, candid shots from guest artists or past events that we’re expected to use in our promotion. Having high resolution photos is very important for a graphic ...
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