Selling Out

It's no secret that different colors can convey different emotions. Blues can be calming, reds can be energizing -- but did you know certain colors also signal to your fans that you're fun?MarketingProfs.com recently shared an infographic that outlines ways your branding can help sell more tickets. One way: using the colors orange, purple and yellow, which convey a fun attitude to fans. You can see the other tips here:Got a comment or question? Join the conversation on Twitter or Facebook.#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left;...

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Happy #TBT! Here’s an oldie-but-goodie post from Jim: Audience, It’s What You’re There For.I had a really interesting lunch with Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal, and the conversation ranges, as always with a person with as big a brain as Terry’s, from topic to topic, but landing on the topic of the role of the audience in creating and managing programming.Somehow, it seems that some people, particularly in the arts, have this idea that the audience is irrelevant...

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Did you miss this year's TEDxBroadway? Or do you want to relive the magic? We'll be sharing videos of all the talks from this year's conference over the next few weeks here on Selling Out. Or if you're in a binge-watching mood, you can catch them all now at TEDxBroadway.com.First up is Alton Fitzgerald White's talk, Redefining Service to Dream the Impossible Dream. After more than 4,000 performances as Mufasa in The Lion King on Broadway, Alton Fitzgerald White...

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Here are the top Broadway shows last week, ranked by Revenue Per Seat – the one and only metric marketers should use to determine the success of their efforts. Why? Average Ticket Price doesn’t tell the whole story when empty seats are NOT factored into the equation.To determine RPS, we divided the grosses by venue capacities. Highlighting RPS demonstrates a different and more interesting story about which shows can bring in value per seat versus simply being big, because...

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Like many of us, I'm sure you're working hard on your social media posts. So it can be frustrating to hear stats like this: "80% of your audience will read your title, but only 20% will read your content."What can you do about this bummer of a fact? Rethink how you handle social. The folks over at marketingprofs.com recently shared the below infographic that offers new ways to get people engaging with your posts:Got a comment or question? Join...

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