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Ceci Dadisman

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Ceci Dadisman is a marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience creating effective communications campaigns utilizing innovative, forward thinking methods. She is nationally recognized as a leader in digital marketing and specializes in multichannel communications campaigns.

A frequent public speaker, Ceci’s recent and upcoming engagements feature national conference appearances at NTEN, Museums and the Web, National Arts Marketing Project, Arts Midwest, American Alliance of Museums, OPERA America, Midwest Museums Association, and Chorus America in addition to many other local and regional events. Known for her easy-going and vernacular style, she creates open learning environments with an emphasis on information sharing and useful takeaways.

She is a member of the National Arts Marketing Project Advisory Committee and the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts Visiting Committee, and is a mentor in West Virginia University’s Creative Consultant program. She also teaches the arts marketing course at West Virginia University’s College of Creative Arts and is on the faculty of Chorus America’s Chorus Management Institute.

Ceci was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from West Virginia University’s College of Creative Arts.  She currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Spoiler Alert: Multichannel Communications Work Best With Donors

If you’ve been reading my posts over the years, you know that I’m an advocate of multichannel communications campaigns. It … Read more

Ticket Buyers Are Shoppers

A blog post recently published by the folks at dotdigital shares ideas on how to turn holiday shoppers into year-round … Read more

Should You Use MailChimp’s New Website Builder?

Quick Answer: No. Longer Answer: MailChimp recently added a website builder to its suite of features. This is a logical … Read more

A Guide To Better Donor Communications

I recently wrote a bit of a rant on Medium about the need to be more insightful in terms of … Read more
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Arts Admin Conferences You Should Know About

A while back, I asked my fellow arts administrators to help compile a list of conferences that are applicable to … Read more

Is Your MC Hooked Up To Your GA?

Did you know that you can track traffic on your website from MailChimp emails right in Google Analytics?  It’s true! … Read more

What Is Your Favorite Conference?

I want to know what conferences you attend or want to attend! Please share your favorite (arts and non-arts specific) … Read more

How to Create Date-Based Automations with MailChimp

If you’re a MailChimp user and you’re not using their automation feature, you’re missing out! Automated emails can save you … Read more

Using MailChimp Segments for Frequent Targeting

So, you’ve got an email you send out to the same people frequently. Now that you have your tags in … Read more

So You Didn’t Have A Goal Set Up In Google Analytics?

It’s ok. I promise. So, you should have been tracking goals in Google Analytics all this time, but you didn’t … Read more

Gifs Have Come To MailChimp!

If you’re a regular MailChimp user, you’ve probably noticed some changes recently. Some are major changes such as the expanded … Read more

How To Segment Using Tags In MailChimp

Fine, I’ll say it. If you’ve got 25 lists in MailChimp (now called “audiences”), you’ve got about 24 too many. … Read more

It’s Like Excel On Steroids

Most of us are using Excel to manage any number of things, right? *everyone nods in agreement* I’d like to … Read more

Quite Possibly The Best Oops Email I’ve seen In A Long Time

First of all, if you do email marketing, you should be aware of Really Good Emails. It is a great … Read more

Friends Don’t Let Friends Boost Posts

You’ll find out what I mean by that ^^^ at an in-depth webinar all about Facebook advertising hosted by the … Read more

Stop! Before You Send An Email To That Old List…

Clean your list! If I had a nickel for every client who emailed me in a panic because MailChimp (or … Read more

It’s Here! The 2017 Digital Marketing Benchmark Study

It is one of the best times of year! Capacity Interactive has published their most recent Arts Industry Digital Marketing … Read more

It Isn’t Just About The Price!

In the arts administration world, there is always a lot of talk about things that relate to the cost of … Read more

A Library Is Winning Instagram Stories

Yep, that’s right. A library. The New York Public Library is getting people to read the classics 10 seconds at … Read more

Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Arts Marketing, I Learned From Mister Rogers

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. When I was a kid, it was the … Read more