InstantEncore is the leading provider of mobile solutions to performing arts organizations around the globe. Our partners use the InstantEncore platform to power their mobile apps, enhance live experiences and create deeper relationships with their audiences. InstantEncore partners include Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Curtis Institute of Music and Dallas Summer Musicals. With Tessitura™ Network, Inc., our partners include the New York Philharmonic, The Shaw Festival and Santa Fe Opera.
Next in our series of App Promotion spotlights is the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Oklahoma City Community College (VPAC at OCCC) and their Date Night Package contest. Similar to the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra’s contest, this contest revolves around patrons having a chance to win a reward. All people need to do is download…
7 Tips for Customizing Your App’s Welcome Screen
As we mentioned in a previous post, the Welcome Screen for your app is a great tool for encouraging new app users to stay connected via notifications. To get you started with this tool, we have provided you with a default message: Enhance your <app name> experience with personal notifications. We will only send you…
Creating Interests and Categories for your Push Notifications
Setting up your Interests and Categories is a crucial step in activating the power and flexibility of Enhanced Push Notifications. It is also important to have them setup before your App is published, so that when your users open it for the first time they are greeted with the personalized notification settings they are expecting….
Highlighting Sponsors, Funders and Partners in Your Mobile App
Highlighting Sponsors, Funders and External Partners in Your Mobile App
Using Your App’s Offers Tab to Drive Revenue, Encourage Participation, and More
At-The-Event’s Offers tab is a powerful tool help drive revenue in creative ways. From discounts to merchandise to upgrades, the Offers tab can present deals to your audience which are specifically relevant to that day’s event. Lets look at a few general categories of Offers: Discounts Discounts are perhaps the most straight forward Offer you…
Encouraging Your App Subscribers to Get Social
The Social screen in your mobile app’s At-The-Event module enables your app subscribers to post photos and text messages about the event and respond to each other’s content. The Social screen aggegates posts from the In-app form as well as posts to Instagram and Twitter featuring the event’s hashtag. To post to the Social screen,…
Enhance Your App’s Events with Things To Know
Every day, new audiences attend performing arts events. And many of them open their programs only to find program notes written for patrons with a much deeper understanding of the art form, the work, its context, etc. If you knew that a new patron was attending your event, what would you tell them to guide…
Home, Sweet Home Screens – Three Options for Your App
As with all of our updates and development, we wanted version 2.0 of the mobile suite to address requests from our partners. One such request has been for InstantEncore to provide different options for the Home screen, which is the first content area encountered when the app or mobile website launches. In response to this…
Push Note of the Year 2012
Earlier today, Sarasota Opera sent out the following push notification to their mobile app subscribers: This is a great example of how to use a short burst of humor when communicating with your mobile fans. Congrats to Sarasota Opera on snagging the title of 2012 Push Note of the Year!
A Gallery of Push Notification Examples
Earlier this year, we introduced the concept of push notifications – short text messages sent directly to your Apple and Android app subscribers. Since then, a number of our partners have explored how to use push notifications in the service of different communication goals. Check out these examples! To view the most detail, expand the…