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5 Key Takeaways: Brand Management Webinar

Next week, I’m doing a free webinar on Brand Management for ticket selling organizations in partnership with the folks at AudienceView. SIGN UP HERE! I’ve been mapping out the presentation this afternoon and I’ll let you see behind the curtain to what the big areas of focus will be next week. Defining what a brand […]

Premium Tickets: Perception + Utility = Opportunity

Hi! If you dig the newsletter, like it, share it. It helps my organic growth numbers. Share Talking Tickets! I’m doing a webinar with AudienceView about the basics of brand management for ticket sellers. June 1, 2023, at 1 PM Eastern! FREE!!! This is free and we are going to hit on: Join the ‘Talking Tickets’ Slack […]

Happy Birthday to ‘The Business of Fun’ podcast. It turns 5!

Hi folks! Do you like the graphics? Let me know. You wanted more pictures. I’m looking at doing some seasons in the podcast covering specific topics. Would that be interesting to y’all? What or whom would you like to hear from? Planning out my summer trips right now, but here are a few stops along […]

Some of my favorite episodes from 5 years of ‘The Business of Fun’

My podcast: ‘The Business of Fun’ turns 5 in a few days…and I want to celebrate by sharing some of my favorite ideas, episodes, and guests. Drew McManus: We talked about “one size fits none” and the pervasiveness of those kinds of solutions in the arts and culture. I keep coming back to it because […]

Innovation in Tickets: More than Technology!

Get this newsletter delivered to your inbox each week: FREE–‘Talking Tickets’ Hey! Back from holiday. I need another one after the last one. Today is National Beer Day, celebrating FDR making beer legal again in the United States in 1933. So…I’ll accept all of your well wishes on this special day for me and all Americans! […]

Politico takes on the new MLB season…

III. Politico looks at MLB: Strategy before tactics. One Big Thing: When I look at baseball, the big thing I see missing is a coherent strategy: Why Does This Matter? Revenue is the number that is touted. But the troubles in the RSN business, declining real attendance, declining cultural relevance, and declining ratings…all point to real challenges. Things that don’t get fixed […]

“One Size Fits None”: a total loser…

I. “One Size Fits None” is a loser: The right question isn’t “are the arts/entertainment/sports dying?” The right question is, “Are you relevant?” One Big Thing: Focus on your customer. The sad reality is that too many arts organizations, sports teams, concert venues, start with the point of view of “what works for me?” As I […]