Okay, seriously, this is cool. A new company called Pay with a Tweet has figured out a way to barter Tweets for stuff. For example, The Globe and Mail published this story yesterday about the Ottawa Indie band called hotshotcasino. […]
Today, in the second part of my week-long series on the State of the Fringe, I interview David Jordan, the Executive Director of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. RC: Tell us a bit about the Vancouver Fringe. DJ: This is our […]
I’m reading Seth Godin’s Purple Cow right now. I’m about 20 pages in, and it’s making my brain ping off in all directions. It’s brilliant. Seth talks about what he calls the TV-Industrial Complex. Basically, TV advertising was king. If […]
Last week, I almost didn’t eat dinner at what is, quite possibly, the best restaurant in Kelowna. Quick back story: I was in the Okanagan for the premiere of The Beast of Bottomless Lake at the Okanagan Film Festival on […]
Today, we continue our series on how to market your Fringe show! As ever, feel free to share your best Fringe marketing tips in the comments below! Publicity and PR: Deb Pickman recently offered a workshop on this topic here […]
Here in Vancouver, there are 86 productions in The Fringe this year. Now, you aren’t going to be competing with every single one of those at any given time, but certainly you will be competing with some. On top of […]
Ah, summer’s here. My schedule is slower, I’m only working a couple of hours a day. After that, I am mostly pool- and park-side with my 7-yr-old son. There are certainly worse ways to spend a summer. While he’s doing […]
I don’t usually talk about projects that I’m doing publicity for, but this one is different. The Beast of Bottomless Lake is a feature film that I have been involved with for about four years, now. It has finally been […]
I think any blogger will agree with me on this one: finding inspiration to write is certainly the most difficult part of blogging. Having to come up with fresh content all the time is a big challenge. So, I’m going […]
Why? According to Arts and Entertainment Infozine: People who participate in the arts through electronic media are nearly three times as likely to attend live benchmark arts events as non-media participants. What does this mean? Well, in the States, The […]