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Using Data in Entertainment Strategy

By Jeremy Larochelle / February 4, 2019 / Comments Off on Using Data in Entertainment Strategy

  This week’s advice is to remember that entertainment is qualitative and numbers don’t lie when managing your venue.        

The Balanced Scorecard Approach to Entertainment Booking

By Jeremy Larochelle / January 10, 2019 / Comments Off on The Balanced Scorecard Approach to Entertainment Booking

  The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic instrument that organizations use to analyze the core components of their operational efficiency and how they relate to the bottom line. Fundamentally, Scorecards tackle four elements of business operations. Finance Internal Processes Customer Learning and Growth Inexperienced managers primarily focus on the finance aspect of the business. They […]

Stakeholder Management – The Key to the Business Ecosystem

By Jeremy Larochelle / December 6, 2018 / Comments Off on Stakeholder Management – The Key to the Business Ecosystem

Note: The following article is copied from my LinkedIn feed. Follow me by clicking here.    Stakeholder management is vital to a business’ success. Not to be confused with the financial “shareholders,” stakeholders represent all the persons with a “stake” in your company. This can be anyone from customers to employees, suppliers, and shareholders to […]

Cashless Sales in the Festival Industry Opens the Door for More Efficient Venue Operations

By Jeremy Larochelle / November 21, 2018 / Comments Off on Cashless Sales in the Festival Industry Opens the Door for More Efficient Venue Operations

Click Here to Read Cashless Sales in the Festival Industry Opens the Door for More Efficient Venue Operations from my LinkedIn feed. 

Mass Behavior and Social Cues in Live Concert Venues

By Jeremy Larochelle / October 21, 2018 / 2 Comments

    Formal Theories of Mass Behavior teaches us that when faced with a decision, the consumer will pull from external stimuli to test their initial hypothesis of what they anticipate the outcome to be. For instance, if you think a glass will break when you drop it. You can let it fall to the ground […]

The Strategic Importance of Brand Parity in Venue Management

By Jeremy Larochelle / October 7, 2018 / Comments Off on The Strategic Importance of Brand Parity in Venue Management

  Brand parity is an important component to marketing strategy. At its core, brand parity is aligning your product with the anticipated demands of the consumer by making sure you have the same attributes as rivals in your market. In his paper “Measuring Perceived Brand Parity.” James A. Muncy, from Valdosta State University, defines it as, “the […]