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2. Stake your claim

December 4, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

The first thing you want to do is to stake your claim by registering with all the major social media platforms in order to capture your name, or a close to your name as you can get, on the popular sites. Even if you don’t use them all, or don’t want to set them up […]

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1. Why you can’t ignore social media

November 9, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

If you look at the history of showbusiness, each new technological advancement has brought about a colossal shift in how the performing arts are both created and consumed, not to mention who benefits economically from that transaction. When film came along it changed stage performing. When radio became widespread it caused a massive shift in […]

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Social Media for Performing Artists: A Guide

November 9, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Social media is ridiculously important to performing artists. I spent the last year studying for an MA in Creative Entrepreneurship through the University of East Anglia. This was a fantastic year filled will learning of how to thrive as a creative business person. My dissertation was entitled: Keep the Conversation Going: 65 Social Media Strategies […]

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