The Next Stage: Now with UQ Events listings

Hey, Vancouver theatre companies, have you jumped on the UQ Events train yet? It's a social-network-y site that is poised to become a real influencer in Vancouver's entertainment scene, and a great fit for indie theatre promotions. It's a fantastic service, and it's free. The folks running the site are seriously cool, too. Here's how… Continue reading The Next Stage: Now with UQ Events listings

Using Video to Promote your Show

Rebecca is a contributing columnist and founder of Rebecca Coleman Marketing and Media Relations, a Vancouver PR company. She blogs at artofthebiz.com and twitters under @rebeccacoleman. Over the last few months, I've been doing guest posts on the topic of visuals to accompany your publicity campaign. We talked about the two photo shoots you need… Continue reading Using Video to Promote your Show

Facebook is my friend, except…

A couple months ago, I wrote a column on using the social networking tool Facebook to promote your artistic practice. I myself use Facebook quite often to promote plays I am doing publicity for. One of my current clients, Metamorphoses, is no exception. They are a brand-new company, and don't yet have a website, so… Continue reading Facebook is my friend, except…

How Stephen Harper Made me Join Facebook

As any one of my real life, non-cyberspace, corporeal friends will attest, I'm a Facebook hater. Mostly because I'm a stubborn, reactive cuss and when people, especially large groups of people reeking of trendy tell me that I have to do something, it's pretty much a guarantee that I'm going to be doing anything but.… Continue reading How Stephen Harper Made me Join Facebook

The Art of the Business, Part 4 – Repeat After Me: “Facebook is my Friend”

For a downloadable or streaming audio podcast of this article, click here. You could not possibly be a bigger holdout than I was with Facebook. I resisted joining for a really long time. I thought “why do I need yet another time-waster when I’m online? I already check my email obsessively, do I need to… Continue reading The Art of the Business, Part 4 – Repeat After Me: “Facebook is my Friend”