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We Always Knew There Weren’t 40,000 Fake Champions League Final Tickets!

The Big Story: “Fake” Tickets and the Champions League Final: Big Ideas: “30-40,000 fake tickets” was the starting point. Some fans never made it into the ground or it was halftime before they made it. The next day, French fans storm the pitch with smoke bombs in Saint-Etienne. France, call me. The Champions League Final at the […]

Strategy at 3 Levels

Hey! I’m going to share a quick hit this morning that coincides with some new notes I’ve been making about strategy. This morning, I want to share with you my idea of the 3 levels of strategy: Corporate Brand Marketing Let me explain each of them quickly and how they pull together. At a corporate […]

Strategy at 3 Levels

In doing research for the relaunch of my site, I did a bunch of research into what CEO’s and their executive team thought about their strategy and discovered that they often see strategy three ways: at a corporate level, at a brand level, and at a marketing level. The challenge that most organizations are dealing […]

Talking Tickets 7 August 2020: Melbourne! Revenue! Football! And, More!

Hey! Hey! If you haven’t noticed, we have a new home on Substack. I hope this smooths out some of the challenges some of you were dealing with viewing the newsletter on your mobile phone. Thanks for being here! It means a lot to me that all of you allow me into your inbox each […]

Lowering No-Show Rates is About Marketing Strategy

3. How-To: Get folks to come to shows again with no-shows hitting up to 40% at some gigs: Big Ideas: No shows is something we’ve been talking about. Flexibility and being in the business of “no” is something Maureen Andersen has been talking about even before the pandemic. The no-shows make this even more important to think […]

Sydney’s Desire to Build a Theatre District Teaches Us Marketing Strategy 101

1. The Big Story: Sydney plans to create a theatre district like Broadway or the West End: Big Ideas: Strategy before tactics. Sydney said, not me. A theatre district in Sydney is part of a revitalization and recovery idea that is slowly emerging. Like I need another excuse to go back to Sydney. Let’s get the obligatory […]

25 Things I Noticed About the Business of Tickets Now…

The Big Story: The Stage asks, “Where is the ticket business now?”: Big Ideas: The pandemic has brought changes to the ticket business, a business that has been slow to change. The pandemic created an environment where how tickets are distributed, marketed, and sold has evolved and changed. Getting customers back to shows and events is […]