Guest author Grainne Slavin provided us with her great choir posters graphical design advice in “Choir poster design – 8 tips from a professional graphic designer” which I am sure …
GDPR for Choirs – don’t bury your head in the sand
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018 across all EU member states. And before you stop reading this thinking that it only applies …
Choir poster design – 8 tips from a professional graphic designer
Taking responsibility for the publicity for any music group is a big undertaking. Chances are you’ll need to be promoter, press officer, social media whiz, web master and graphic designer. …
Choir Press Releases – how to improve your chances of getting noticed
You may well want to feature local press outlets, both printed and online, as tactics in your choir marketing campaigns. This article is aimed at providing you with tips to …
Choir recruitment – a never-ending struggle
In a survey of my newsletter recipients, it was no surprise to find that the topic over 63% of responders wanted to be covered first was that of choir recruitment. …
Finding a new Musical Director
I was contacted by a Male Voice Choir recently asking for advice about finding and recruiting a new Musical Director. Although this is not a normal request for the publicity …
Choir Social Media – essential or a waste of time?
Is choir social media important? One of the most frequent questions I get from my small business clients, as well as choir committees, is “Do we need to be on …
Why a choir email marketing list should be your top priority
I do get it – your ‘day job’ is not being the publicity officer for a choir! You can’t work full time on marketing your choir – so you want …
Your choir website – why, what and how
Yellow Pages has announced that is soon to cease publishing a physical edition of their directory. This is not a startling move! After all, when you want to find, for …
Your Choir Marketing Plan – “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”
In previous posts, I have stressed the need to do preparatory work before being able to start any marketing activities: So, having done all that, can you now dive off …