After 10 years of publication, 'Northings' (the monthly arts e-magazine for the Highlands & Islands) closed down in 2013 and is archived here. High Life Highland is pleased to enable this extensive body of work to remain accessible to the public. Please note, though, that material will not be updated or added.

Articles tagged ‘audience’

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What do you know about your audience?

20 Feb 2012 in Artforms, Audience Development Blog, Blogs, Dance & Drama, Festival, Film, Gaelic, Heritage, Music, Visual Arts & Crafts, Writing

My name is Sian and I like to hoard information. Often or not people are surprised at how excited I get about statistics, data and research information. It’s a genuine excitement as well, I often refer to myself as a bit of an information geek. The reason why I love cold hard statistical evidence is […]

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Measuring the Success of your Live Event

18 Aug 2011 in Audience Development Blog, Blogs, Dance & Drama, Festival, Film, Gaelic, Heritage, Music, Visual Arts & Crafts

Typically in the marketing and audience development field we collect data about audiences based on attendance, sales and the demographics of our audiences. Sometimes there will be questions added into surveys and box office systems about the quality of the performance, whether the audience member enjoyed the performance, and possibly about how they heard about the event itself. But does this really measure the success of the experience?

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UK Tourism in Scotland

13 Jul 2011 in Audience Development Blog, Blogs, Dance & Drama, Festival, Film, Gaelic, Heritage, Music, Visual Arts & Crafts, Writing

Knowing who your audience is, and who it could be, is not only essential when marketing, promoting or selling, but it also makes it much easier for you when thinking about potential new markets or opportunities.

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Tip Sheet: Customer Care

20 Jun 2011 in Audience Development Blog, Blogs, General

Customer care is what makes your customers want to come back. A quality product can only do so much, in such a competitive environment the quality of customer care can be the deciding factor in determining success or failure. You should really review your Customer Care strategy regularly. In order to do this you first […]

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The lay of the land

23 Apr 2010 in Audience Development Blog, Blogs

Be part of a Highlands and Islands wide audience development survey!