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Talking Tickets 17 July 2020–NATB! Theatre! And, More!

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Did any of y’all get a chance to take in the NATB’s virtual conference this week? Let me know what you thought. 

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3 Takeaways From the NATB’s Virtual Conference

I had a chance to spend some time the last two days with the NATB’s virtual conference and they even allowed me to speak on a panel about relationship building.

As I took notes and thought through what folks were telling me, a few ideas stuck with me that I wanted to jot down and share.

Customers have to be at the center of your business going forward: Having had the chance to hang out…

3 Ideas About Tickets Before Today’s NATB Panel

I’m speaking this afternoon at the NATB’s virtual conference with Patrick Ryan, Ken Solky, and Corey Gibbs about relationship building and the future of the ticket business.

Knowing Patrick, Ken, and Corey, you can expect to get some good ideas and some unique perspectives on the business.

But as a preview, I wanted to share a few of the ideas I’m been thinking about heading into the…

Join The NATB’s Virtual Conference on July 14-15! I’m speaking!

I’ll be joining Dr. Corey Gibbs’ panel on relationship building in tickets on Wednesday, July 15 at 2PM EDT for the NATB’s virtual conference.

Like everyone in entertainment, the NATB and its members have been really devastated by the pandemic and can’t host their normal gathering in Las Vegas.

Joining me on the panel will be Patrick Ryan from Eventellect and Ken Solky from Las Vegas…

3 Key Ideas From My Conversation With Gary Adler

I had Gary Adler on my podcast today to talk about tickets, resale, and a lot more.

There’s a lot to learn from this episode, but here are my 3 key takeaways from the conversation:

Gary thought that last week’s hearing on the Hill had 3 big ideas that came out of it:

Transparency is something that needs to be addressed.

Transferability is going to be an issue.

All-in pricing needs to be applied…

I had Gary Adler on my podcast today to talk about tickets, resale, and a lot more.

There’s a lot to learn from this episode, but here are my 3 key takeaways from the conversation:

Gary thought that last week’s hearing on the Hill had 3 big ideas that came out of it:

Transparency is something that needs to be addressed.

Transferability is going to be an issue.

All-in pricing needs to be applied across the board.

Ticketing is broken:

Gary had a bunch of reasons behind his proclamation, but the big one is how quickly attendance and season tickets have fallen off.

Competition is good for consumers:

If too much power is consolidated in one company or one area, that is bad for consumers.

I came back with the idea that if you have built up your fan base and you can really market and sell effectively, you can and should control your relationship with your buyers as much as possible

But I think there is likely more on that area that we agree on than we disagree on.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

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