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.
Another notable winner from our recent “Spring Into Summer” App Downloads Contest was the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. Kathleen Hoeper, Director of Marketing & Community Relations, provided some great feedback about how they use their app and how it is promoted. Their app promotion strategy feedback was previously published in the contest winners announcement; however, we…
TimeLine Theatre’s Comprehensive App Promotion Strategy
Our recent “Spring Into Summer” App Downloads Contest gave us some great results: Six contest winners and even more participants who all increased their app downloads and therefore the number of audience members they can engage. One participant in particular stood out in the crowd. TimeLine Theatre entered the contest with only 12 days remaining….
Spring Into Summer App Download Contest: AND THE WINNERS ARE…
InstantEncore is proud to announce the winners of our Spring into Summer App Downloads Contest! The purpose of this contest was to give us a chance to thank our loyal partners for helping us reach over 1,000,000 app downloads. Although not everyone is able to receive a contest prize, any increase in downloads of your…
Pittsburgh Opera Delivers Vibrant, Connected Experiences
Viewed as one of the most vibrant opera organizations in the United States, Pittsburgh Opera is always looking for ways to maintain this perception by offering new, innovative, and exciting programming. But they don’t stop there. They’ve also embraced how a mobile app can bring these same values to their web presence by complimenting their…
Creating Valuable Audience Relationships with Eau Claire Regional Arts Center
It is important for your app to have a purpose. For some, it is event listings and ticket sales, for others it’s digital content. The best apps provide all of this and more, thereby increasing the value of the event experience for the patron. Giving patrons special deals and exclusive content, a convenient way to get tickets…
Cultivating Custom Content with Ticket Philadelphia
Ticket Philadelphia is not your typical fine arts mobile app. Covering seven different performances spaces, it takes more than just setting up event listings and selling tickets to be successful (as a Tessitura software user, this is handled by an integration with their database). It requires providing helpful resources about these venues to make sure…
Acquiring Stellar App Downloads with Levitt Pavilion Arlington
How do you inspire people to download your mobile app? It’s a question that everyone faces when planning their mobile strategy. One arts organization has found a particularly successful answer this summer. The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Arlington, Texas presents more than 50 free outdoor concerts each year with a broad-based calendar…
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….
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…
Smart App Download URL: How to Connect Your Mobile Users Directly to the Correct App for Their Devices
Now that you’ve started using the new At-The-Event feature in your mobile apps, you will want to make sure that your audience has the Apple or Android app downloaded to their mobile device. Including the Redirect Script on your standard website takes mobile users to the mobile website, which will display a banner link to…