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67<br />

Use of Arts Marketing today<br />

Today’s art managers <strong>and</strong> art policy makers have come to realize that marketing can be not only<br />

a basic tool in improving the public image of the arts but also an agent for increasing audience<br />

participation <strong>and</strong> the offering of interesting opportunities to promote the arts <strong>and</strong> art life.<br />

Nonetheless, arts organizations are striving with the question of how to implement current<br />

marketing concepts <strong>and</strong> techniques effectively without jeopardizing the key values of the arts<br />

<strong>and</strong> the freedom of expression of artists; <strong>and</strong> also working on arts marketing strategies that will<br />

help them support <strong>and</strong> reinforce the particular way that each work of art functions. Boorsma<br />

(2002) stresses the idea that arts marketing can be helpful in reinforcing the relationship<br />

between subsidized arts, <strong>and</strong> society finds increasing support within the arts world (pp. 65-66).<br />

Marketing approach<br />

Marketing can help artists <strong>and</strong> arts organizations to realize their vision, whatever it might be.<br />

The vision will determine the type of artistic product which needs to be developed <strong>and</strong> the<br />

audiences which need to be attracted to this product. Market research can help assess whether<br />

a vision is viable, but it should never be the determining force behind a vision, it has to work<br />

from within <strong>and</strong> respect the boundaries set by this vision.<br />

In order to meet your goals, you will need a strategy. That is where arts marketing can help you<br />

since it can contribute to achieving your (or your organization’s) vision, mission <strong>and</strong> goals. Arts<br />

marketing helps strengthen the operations of arts organizations wherever <strong>and</strong> in whichever art<br />

form they may work in.<br />

Planning with the help of Marketing<br />

Effective use of art marketing – Marketing Planning<br />

As previously mentioned, cultural organizations have been using marketing since the 1970s to<br />

inform potential customers of upcoming events. Although promotional marketing was<br />

simplistic, it was all that was needed at the time. People then realized that art was somehow<br />

better than other popular forms of entertainment <strong>and</strong> deserved support, attendance <strong>and</strong><br />

donations. Still, marketing to consumers was a one-way communication that merely provided<br />

factual information. This simplified form of marketing became old fashioned because of<br />

technological <strong>and</strong> social changes. A new marketing strategy is being developed by cultural<br />

organizations. It is a strategy that allows for two-way communication to build a relationship<br />

with the public; <strong>and</strong> cultural organization can meet these new marketing challenges with the<br />

help of a marketing plan (Kolb, 2013).<br />

Marketing is one of the most important elements of running a business, even a creative one.<br />

However, despite the fact that without a proper marketing strategy, you will most probably<br />

struggle <strong>and</strong> fail, it is amazing to consider that so many businesses <strong>and</strong> freelancers still do not

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