Three absolute must haves for your community theatre marketing toolbox.

Are you sharing theatre or selling hash browns?

Community theatre marketers - If all you do is the hard sell to get audiences to buy tickets to your show, you're going to find theatre marketing an uninspiring and ineffective slog. It's time to think long term and build connection with audiences for more effective theatre marketing.

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7 things to help you handle criticism in community theatre

How do community theatre people handle criticism? In my experience, not well. We give way too much of it and we don’t know how to accept it from a position of strength. Today, we take a look at 7 truths we need to handle criticism when it comes - and it will come.

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Three absolute must haves for your community theatre marketing toolbox.

You need these three things to effectively promote your community theatre organisation and shows - a huge amount of content (photos and videos), a written project plan and an electronic press kit. This episode goes into detail about how to create your own.

Read the transcribed version of this podcast: https://www.sherrylleesecomb.com/post/the-absolute-must-haves-of-community-theatre-marketing

Want to read more blogs that focus on helping you create a stronger, more enjoyable community theatre experience?

Read The Idiot’s Notebook (blog) https://www.sherrylleesecomb.com/notebook

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Why you want to be passionate not driven in community theatre

Burnout is a huge issue for community theatre creatives. We have too much to do to keep our organisations running, let alone producing shows. It is super important that we develop a healthier approach to the way we approach volunteering in our theatre organisations. In this episode, I share my experience with burnout as a leader of a theatre company and the changes I made to go from unhealthy and driven to passionate and being more effective.

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Read the transcribed version of this podcast.

Want to read more blogs that focus on helping you create a stronger, more enjoyable community theatre experience?

Read The Idiot’s Notebook (blog) https://www.sherrylleesecomb.com/notebook

Connect with me on socials:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/anidiotonstage

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnIdiotOnStage/

Check out my Pinterest library, full of inspiration for community theatre creatives:

Pinterest (An Idiot On Stage).

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@anidiotonstage

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How you are your brand’s super power.

Today's episode was recorded after a day of meetings that had me fired up. I spoke with two very different Australian creatives (one a maker of theatre, the other a maker of beautiful things and both struggled to accept their value as the major element - the super power - of their own brand.

You're allowed to be proud of your work and, in fact, your passion for your creativity is what will connect with your audience and build your online presence.

I hope today's episode gets you excited about pursuing your creativity and sharing it with a world that so desperately needs it.

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Want to read more blogs that focus on helping you create a stronger, more enjoyable community theatre experience?

Read The Idiot’s Notebook (blog) https://www.sherrylleesecomb.com/notebook

Connect with me on socials:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/anidiotonstage

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnIdiotOnStage/

Check out my Pinterest library, full of inspiration for community theatre creatives:

Pinterest (An Idiot On Stage): https://pin.it/5SiGBjW

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@anidiotonstage

Podcast: An Idiot On Stage on your favourite podcast app.

Thank you for listening.