You’ve been fostering the shared experience by politely asking attendees of your event to add a hashtag, right? So where are all those photos? Most likely on one of these ten websites – here’s how to find them. Facebook Of the 480 million people who sign into Facebook every day, more than half of them upload…
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Give your patrons the excitement of finding a bargain while boosting your attendance and revenue with coupons. Prime Day and Black Friday generate frenzied shopping for one reason: we all love a good deal. Coupons encourage attendance for live events. With so many entertainment options, some people need an extra push to get them to…
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With season tickets and subscriptions down, try adding a Flex Pass to increase interest and attendance. Traditional subscriptions for newspapers, magazines, and the performing arts have plummeted while things we used to buy individually, such as food (Hello Fresh and Blue Apron) and clothing (Stitch Fix), now have subscriptions. Of course, entertainment now uses a…
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More than free labor, volunteers are the lifeblood of the performing arts community. Volunteers bring passion, knowledge, and dedication to your thriving organization. For smooth operations, most performing arts organizations need to have multiple people scanning tickets, distributing programs, and ushering patrons to their seats. In addition to that, volunteers serve as your eyes and…
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Think outside the box (office) with Pay What You Can Help your patrons feel empowered and trusted while creating a bigger community and increased revenue with Pay What You Can. What is Pay What You Can? Pay What You Can (PWYC) also known as Pay What You/I Want simply offers a way for people to…
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An Unsung hero of the pandemic can be your go to superpower for fundraising What do you see when you look at the odd square above? A weird maze? A reminder that your eyesight isn’t what it used to be? Opportunity? QR Codes: Increasing revenue in a changing world QR Codes and their unique look…
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Hard as it is to believe, a decade ago, most performing arts venues took the old pen-and-paper route to handle ticket sales. One such organization making the transition to online ticket sales resides in Plano outside of Dallas, Texas. North Texas Performing Arts (NTPA) started with ThunderTix in 2017 and with the efficiencies of online…
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Facebook’s networking app has a new live streaming platform, Facebook Live and may offer the ideal solution to stream your live event. The key to the success of Facebook Live rests in having a large number of Facebook followers who frequently engage with your content. Further, Facebook Live limits your virtual broadcast to a single…
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Event cancellations, Postponements, and Refunds With the growing concern around the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we wanted to address some common questions and concerns we’ve received from our clients regarding the handling of event cancellations and postponements and some approaches to help allay customer fears. What we are doing While most of our venues have been lightly…
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As a long time season subscriber to our local theater and a frequent patron to Austin’s many live events, I expressed to the theater my disappointment when I learned that they would impose an exchange fee of $6.00 per ticket. This is an egregiously high fee for a ticket that may represent as little as…
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