My guest today is Brian Bauer from Bauer Entertainment Marketing.

We had a great marketing conversation that I think you are going to learn a ton from.

In today's conversation, we talk about:

• 1 to 1 marketing
• Attribution
• Zero click searches
• Brand awareness
• Marketing investments

And, just tons more.

A great marketing conversation.

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My first, or second, sixth timer on the podcast...Martin Gammeltoft.

My dude is back to talk about a few new things he is working and some really cool stuff he is doing with Culture Suite.

https://www.culturesuite.co

I talked to Martin about all kinds of cool stuff including:

• Radiohead
• Thinking about websites
• Developing websites
• Accessibility in websites
• Marketing
• Data
• And, more...

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Eric Rubio checks in from DC!

We could have have, should have, done this in person...

Eric is in non-profit theatre finance and wanted to come on to talk about some of the misconceptions folks have with the idea of being a non-profit.

We talked about some really good stuff on this one:

• Customer Orientation!
• Market research
• The lens that finance looks at programming through
• Sustainability
• Scarcity mindset
• And, a lot more...

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This is Lissa's first podcast appearance!

Nailed it!

Lissa is joining me from www.TicketBrokerBooks.com

We had a great conversation heading into 2026 about preparing for tax season.

Lissa also shared some ideas on setting up proper dashboards, getting your bookkeeping into the cloud, and a lot more.

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Happy New Year!

Love this conversation with Josh Litwack from Quantizr.

I saved it so it could be the first conversation you hear me have this year, 2026.

So...get ready to enjoy some great stuff.

Josh and I talk about:

• Destigmatizing AI in the arts
• Josh's favorite band.
• The economics of touring
• AI hype compared to internet hype
• The neglect of the business side of touring
• Intentionality + Purpose in goal setting

And, a ton more.

This one is super fun.

Enjoy it.

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Lots of new stuff coming in 2026...so don't miss out.

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My guest today is Matt Ford.

Matt is CEO of Prism.FM.

We had a great time talking about all kinds of concert related things such as:

• The mix of traditional media and email marketing.
• What Spotify listens can tell a concert promoter.
• Competition.
• Global touring cycles.
• And, a lot more.

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My guest today is Daniel Krizan from TruCrowd.

We got together to talk about biometrics in tickets.

The important thing I learned was how much the technology has changed over the last few years.

What was a great solution and a great idea but might have been out of reach is now much more accessible to venues of all sizes.

In our conversation, Daniel and I discuss:

• GDPR compliance.
• Using tools like TruCrowd to control the secondary market.
• How biometrics can pay for itself.
• And, a lot more.

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My guest today is Nick Falzon.

As I mention in the show's introduction, Nick is "The Dynamo of Dynamic Pricing" in much the same way that I am "The King of Tickets."

You get the title used on you once...you never stop using it.

It was great to hang out with Nick and talk about all kinds of things such as:

• How do you prepare for AI.
• What strategy before tactics looks like especially when you are some place like Disney.
• Teaching.
• The evolution of distribution.
• And, a lot more.

Find Nick on the LinkedIn machine.

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