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Ideas and inspiration on all things marketing, audience development and fundraising.
Top 5 Tips for Festival Social Media
With Beckie Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantThese top 5 tips for optimising your festival social media strategy will help you get ahead with your planning around the festival, and get the most out of using organic social media to create awareness of both the festival...
5 Hats of an Evaluator
With Beckie Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantWe were recently asked an interesting question about evaluation. How does the role of the evaluator differ from carrying out the evaluation? We thought we would share our answer in case it helped other people. When an...
Corporate Fundraising – The Benefits All Round
With Edd Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantThe UK has a vibrant and eclectic arts and cultural sector. However, Arts organisations in the UK face a number of challenges when it comes to raising funds. The current uncertainty over the economy and more importantly,...
5 marketing and audience development suggestions for CPP programmes
With John Holmes, Flying Geese ConsultantLast week Flying Geese wrapped up a long piece of work with Culture in Common, the Creative People and Places (CPP) programme for the New Forest. It was sad to be saying goodbye to a team I’d definitely felt part of over the...
Windows 10 Copy and Pasting keyboard shortcuts
With Sarah Glover, Flying Geese ConsultantIf you work in administration, copywriting, research, marketing, data analysis or design, or doing any Windows computer-based tasks, chances are you sometimes need to copy and paste data from one place to another and you’re...
Holding our own amongst sector influencers
With Beckie Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantMost people within the Arts and Cultural sector realise that their brand has the power to change the way that people think about their organisation. I remember a time (there are still some times) that I was heavily influenced...
Toolkit for Streamlining your Evaluation Planning
This tool kit is for: This toolkit will give you top tips and resources to make evaluation easier, start you asking the right questions and have you well on your way to embedding best evaluation practices into your day-to-day. IntroductionAll organisations need to...
Thinking outside of the tick box – exploring alternative data collection methods in evaluation projects
With Sarah Glover, Flying Geese ConsultantIntroductionIs a questionnaire or survey always the most appropriate way to gather data for evaluation – especially when you might be working with children and young people, those with complex needs, first-time attendees and...
GA4 Checklist
This tool kit is for: Using to help you through the process of migrating your website from UA to GA4.
5 Hats of an Evaluator
With Beckie Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantWe were recently asked an interesting question about evaluation. How does the role of the evaluator differ from carrying out the evaluation? We thought we would share our answer in case it helped other people. When an...
Corporate Fundraising – The Benefits All Round
With Edd Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantThe UK has a vibrant and eclectic arts and cultural sector. However, Arts organisations in the UK face a number of challenges when it comes to raising funds. The current uncertainty over the economy and more importantly,...
5 marketing and audience development suggestions for CPP programmes
With John Holmes, Flying Geese ConsultantLast week Flying Geese wrapped up a long piece of work with Culture in Common, the Creative People and Places (CPP) programme for the New Forest. It was sad to be saying goodbye to a team I’d definitely felt part of over the...
Windows 10 Copy and Pasting keyboard shortcuts
With Sarah Glover, Flying Geese ConsultantIf you work in administration, copywriting, research, marketing, data analysis or design, or doing any Windows computer-based tasks, chances are you sometimes need to copy and paste data from one place to another and you’re...
Holding our own amongst sector influencers
With Beckie Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantMost people within the Arts and Cultural sector realise that their brand has the power to change the way that people think about their organisation. I remember a time (there are still some times) that I was heavily influenced...
Thinking outside of the tick box – exploring alternative data collection methods in evaluation projects
With Sarah Glover, Flying Geese ConsultantIntroductionIs a questionnaire or survey always the most appropriate way to gather data for evaluation – especially when you might be working with children and young people, those with complex needs, first-time attendees and...
Google Analytics 4, Privacy and Evaluation
With Sarah Glover, Flying Geese ConsultantAt the end of June 2023, Google’s Universal Analytics (UA) will be retired and Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will be the main way we can understand how people use our websites. If you haven’t already migrated your website, then...
Setup Error: Meta Frustrations
With Miri Birch, Flying Geese ConsultantIntroductionSetting up a Facebook ad on Ad Centre or Ad Manager can be a daunting task. Once you’ve worked out where to start, there are a lot of baffling options to go through and choose from. Wading through them takes focus...
From Test Tubes to Taglines – 5 Lessons Marketers Can Learn from Chemistry
With Sarah Glover, Flying Geese ConsultantIntroductionIn this series of articles we take a look at particular chemistry concepts and their marketing equivalent, starting with 5 key lessons every marketer can learn from chemistry! For those that know me in real life,...
What the 2021 Census means for arts and heritage in…East Devon
IntroductionIn this series we take a look at key 2021 Census headlines in different areas. This time… East Devon. We found a District undergoing surprisingly rapid change. Flying Geese consultants Beckie Smith and John Holmes met working at Exeter Northcott Theatre in...
What the 2021 Census means for arts marketers in… Greenwich
IntroductionIn this series, we take a look at key 2021 Census headlines in different areas. This time… the London Borough of Greenwich, home to the Royal Observatory, Meridian Line, Royal Naval College and many more world-famous heritage sites. But, like all London...
What the 2021 Census Means for Arts Marketers in… Bristol
IntroductionIn this series we take a look at key 2021 Census headlines in different areas. We start with our hometown, Bristol. Up-to-date data on local demographics is an important starting point for any arts marketing strategy. You might worry that your audience is...
What the 2021 census means for Arts Marketers in… Gloucester
IntroductionIn this series, we take a look at key 2021 Census headlines in different areas. This time… Gloucester, which was recently identified as one of Arts Council England’s Priority Places. Gloucester is our home away from home. We’ve worked with many clients...
Top 5 Tips for Festival Social Media
With Beckie Smith, Flying Geese ConsultantThese top 5 tips for optimising your festival social media strategy will help you get ahead with your planning around the festival, and get the most out of using organic social media to create awareness of both the festival...
Toolkit for Streamlining your Evaluation Planning
This tool kit is for: This toolkit will give you top tips and resources to make evaluation easier, start you asking the right questions and have you well on your way to embedding best evaluation practices into your day-to-day. IntroductionAll organisations need to...
GA4 Checklist
This tool kit is for: Using to help you through the process of migrating your website from UA to GA4.
Toolkit for Understanding your Brand Components
This toolkit is for: Helping you to identify all the different components of yourbrand so that you can keep consistent when communicating them. IntroductionYour organisation’s brand brings together 5 main elements: • Who you are• What you do• Why you are important•...
Toolkit for Building Character Profiles
This tool kit is for: Amalgamating how you audience's ticketing behaviour, segmentation, engagement, perception and life choices impacts the choices that you make as an arts marketer. IntroductionMost people know that defining your target audiences is one of thefirst...
Top 10 Checklist for Writing Fantastic Copy
This tool kit is for: This top ten checklist, aims to help people build on their copywriting,to really get the reader to imagine that they have already committedto engaging with you. IntroductionPeople like to categorise themselves... they consider themselves toeither...
Toolkit for Promotion Planning
This tool kit is for: Helping you learn from previous promotion activity Helping you develop future promotion ideas Exploring different tactics within the marketing mix, including: Print and assets, online content, direct,...
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