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US Tour Costs Are Making Bands Stay Home!

September 20, 2023
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Hey! A few links to stuff I’ve found thought-provoking. Don’t miss tomorrow’s webinar on pricing strategies. While focused a bit on SMEs, solo consultants, and freelancers, there are things that are useful for all areas. To the Tickets! Bands aren’t coming over from overseas to the US due to the costs: The breakdown of costs is interesting […]

Pricing and Taylor Swift’s Latest Bit of Bad Press

I was flipping through ticket Twitter yesterday and saw another story about Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour. I wrote a week or so ago about all the challenges that this kind of stuff presents to the industry, but it seems that this Taylor Swift tour is shaping up to have any number of unintended consequences […]

Big Ideas In The Empath Economy #5: You Can’t Spin A $16 Ballpark Beer…

Over the last week, the Washington Nationals have been catching a lot of news over their craft beer prices for this season, both bad and really bad. The pricing of this product is alarming at the start of the season, but it is part of a trend that has been taking hold for many […]

February 15, 2018
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I’ve been asked a lot recently about my knowledge of “design thinking.” To which I answer, “What’s that?” But after a little research, I figured out that there is a lot of it that revolves around empathy. Which is a good thing, especially for most of the people that I work with, in industries […]

January 31, 2018
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This may or may not be my last post directly about what happened in Baltimore at INTIX, but it isn’t really an INTIX post at all, but one that is more directly directed at the world of tickets as a whole and how the industry can have better conversations about tickets, selling and marketing […]

January 26, 2018
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Since this year was my first INTIX experience, I had never experienced it before. But after having a few hours and a good night’s sleep to digest everything, here are a few ideas that I think can help INTIX grow their presence in the world of ticketing conversations and as a way to grow […]

January 24, 2018
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On the second day of INTIX… Here are a few quick lessons on the second day of INTIX. Focusing my attention on talking to “Red Dot” attendees has opened up some really interesting conversations and been really valuable in making sure that I learn about a lot of different scenarios at play in tickets. The […]

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US Tour Costs Are Making Bands Stay Home!

Pricing and Taylor Swift’s Latest Bit of Bad Press

Big Ideas In The Empath Economy #5: You Can’t Spin A $16 Ballpark Beer…

3 Simple Ways To Introduce Design Thinking Concepts To Your Business

The conversations we should be having in tickets, sports, and entertainment business

5 Things I Would Love To See That Might Help INTIX Grow

5 Lesson From Day 2 Of INTIX

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