Publicity

Publicity Committee Report

5 January 2015

Publicity Committee members: Alicia Weimer, Jeff Saxton, Jim Gartner, Jim King, Joanne Cronin, John Lamb, Michael Mitsch, Nancy Kelner, Pam Robinson, Pat Brangs, Paul Fisher, Loretta Brooks, Susan Lembo, Jean Scully and Cathy Ballard

Webmaster Report – John Lamb

The website continued on its merry way over the holiday season. The Administration page and email forwarders have been updated for the new Officers, Trustees and Committee Chairs. Other minor maintenance was performed as requested. Due to it being a busy season for the web team, larger and long-term initiatives were not addressed this past month. We hope to have a meeting soon to prioritize what we want to do in 2015. As always, thanks to team members Charles, Lori and Allan. Keep those suggestions, questions and comments coming to webmaster@folkproject.org.

Facebook Report – Pam Robinson

“Facebook is doing fine.”

Pam is investigating ways to make our presence more dynamic.

Twitter Report – Jean Scully

Pending

Report From “The Chair” – Paul Fisher

This has been a month were there were a lot of little things done but where everyone was busy with the end of the year. Things got done as needed.

The committee continues to function smoothly, getting out releases as needed when the chair provides them on time.

The smaller projects people have been working have not advanced much in the last month. We expect to have more next month.

We have been receiving more requests for assistance from performer publicists. I don't know if it is because we are becoming more widely known or if it is the fact that more performers with that level of support are being booked.

Online

· The Minstrel continues to be frequently listed among the Top Ten Monthly Events by the Morris County Tourism Bureau.

· All of our events were posted to the northjersey.com calendar.

· Jay Lustig has left the Star Ledger and begun a new web presence, NJARTS.net. We are listed.

In Print

· Listings were seen in a number of local outlets.

Working with Performers and Their Publicists

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On the Radio

Other Items

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