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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