In the financial world, a “bubble” refers to a market or industry that is at its peak and about to decline. The Pacific Standard speculates that there is a bubble in the music festival industry. If that’s true, can you see it ahead of time inside your festival ticketing software? The Music Festival Bubble A “bubble”…
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Venues owners are well aware of how sales agents use their social influence to help sell more tickets to an event. But now there are websites offering social influence as a subscription service. Here’s a quick look at this new trend as it relates to event awareness and your ticket sales. Sōsh As defined by…
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Last week, consumer advocate Nedra Rhone published some tips to help consumers get tickets to popular events. Rhone’s list of tips are insider tactics used by the ticketing industry that she encourages the public to try for themselves Of particular vote to venue owners is the emphasis on how to use presales. Since Rhone is known…
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This edition of Green Means Go looks at the sometimes tumultuous day-to-day operations at performing arts theaters. The common thread that runs through these examples of transitional triumvirates and reversals of fortune is a focus on theater ticket sales. Leaderless Labyrinth The Labyrinth Theater Company in New York made a name for itself by delivering ground-breaking, ensemble-driven…
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Here at ThunderTix, we’re resolving to help you get your jobs done more efficiently in 2013. This might take the form of more interlinks between pages for faster navigation, more bulk processes, or features to save staff time. To that end, if you ever get phone calls about email delivery, you are going to love…
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In the famous final scene of the 1991 film ‘Thelma & Louise’ the heroines are confronted with a do or die decision. The scene may be an apt analogy for the so-called fiscal cliff and nonprofit theaters. Year-end is normally a time of great generosity for charities and nonprofits, but will economic uncertainty put a damper on…
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For ships at sea, a bad storm can be very dangerous. It is at such times they have to find shelter in any port, even one that they would not normally have entered. For nonprofit theaters, the Scottish proverb “Any port in a storm will do” aptly describes the search for an affordable venue. This edition of ‘Green…
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The story may be a familiar one – a last-minute change to a ticket purchase at the box office. The issue isn’t an error or fraud, merely that the ticket buyer would like to attend a different performance. Of course, your goal is a sale, so you are willing to make the change, it is just a…
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This week Toronto Canada is home to Small World Music Festival’s 11th Annual Fall Festival. The event, taking place over 11 nights, will feature more than 30 artists performing music from 10 countries – a textbook definition of cultural diversity if there ever was one. Rich cultural diversity is the centerpiece of Small World Music’s…
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