I have come to the conclusion that I am a marketing anomaly. I should be studied so that marketers understand that there are some very different people out there — and that the Facebook-loving, subscription-hating, texting-during-performances audience member of my age range is NOT me.
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Tags: Facebook, market analysis, market research, marketing, social media, Twitter
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The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media is now accepting applications.
Who they fund:
Named to honor singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, the Fund supports media activism and grassroots organizing by funding the pre-production and distribution of social issue film and video projects and the production and distribution of radio projects, made by local, [...]
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Tags: fellowship, film, fiscal sponsorship, funding, funding opportunity, fundraising, grant, grant applications, grants, literature, New York City, performing arts, radio, social media, visual art
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As a kid I wanted to be Janet Jackson.
I played the cassette of her Control album until the tape broke, choreographing routines, imaging the day I would enjoy her fame/fortune and say (with her conviction)…“Now I’m all grown up!”
Well, you can imagine my joy when (at nine years old) my dad put me in the [...]
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Tags: art market, arts, distribution, entrepreneurship, market analysis, market research, marketing, non-profit, placement, price, product, professional development, self-promotion, shameless self-promotion, social entrepreneurship, social media, viral, viral marketing, word-of-mouth marketing
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Douglas McLennan, editor of ArtsJournal and author of the blog Diacritical, wants to know how the internet is changing the role of middlemen in the arts:
Power in the mass culture model is controlled by gatekeepers - the TV networks, radio stations, record producers, publishers. They had power because they could afford expensive cameras and studios [...]
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Tags: social media, success
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