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Poetic Promotion: An Ode to Marketing

Continuing the theme of Summer Simplification, let’s take a little trip to Marketing 101, where the seemingly indecipherable concepts under the umbrella of the vast field of marketing — Branding, Strategy, Advertising, PR, and the rest — get their own, well, stanza.
Often when I’m meeting with a client, I reference a category of marketing, for [...]

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Start with Strategy

Let’s take a moment, shall we, to get back to basics.
Yesterday, a lighting company contacted me about crafting their marketing strategy. When I asked for background on the company, the owner sent me a recently written press release, and at our meeting today, showed me their logo, website, postcards, and briefed me on recent events. [...]

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The Audience is Always Right: Why Your Work Must Be Marketable

This one might make you upset, but it’s come to my attention that some of you need a swift kick in the ass, so grab your blankie and put your therapist on speed dial and keep reading.
Chad M. Bauman of the venerable Arena Stage recently reported playwrights’ complaints that marketing directors “kill new work” because [...]

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Super Bowl Smackdown: What the Arts Could Stand to Learn from Sports

I don’t love sports, but I love sporting events. Few experiences rival the theatricality and pageantry of, say, a pro football game, from fanatical fans to enthralling entrances – all with constant emotional engagement. Wait a second – isn’t that what live performance is supposed to do?
The most popular sports go well beyond [...]

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