Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Libraries know the power of storytelling. Most of us are literally and physically surrounded by some of the best stories in the world. But the quest for library stories that have emotion... Continue Reading →
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library In my day job, I create and teach professional development courses about library marketing. In a recent class, I asked the learners whether they wanted to learn about podcasts as promotional tools.... Continue Reading →
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library We live in a world full of advice. We get tips (whether we ask for them or not!) on health, fashion, finance, work, and family nearly every day. According to the Oxford... Continue Reading →
Now that you’ve created a library promotional strategy, it’s time to take the next step. And that is to create a calendar for all your library promotions. Three main reasons a library promotional calendar is important A promotional calendar is... Continue Reading →
As you well know, libraries have changed, evolved, and adapted in some remarkable ways, particularly in the past 19 months. But past perception continues to be a real hurdle for libraries. Plenty of people who would call themselves a fan of the library don’t know all the things the... Continue Reading →
Watch Now The Library Marketing Show, Episode 114 In this episode, I'll dive deeper into one of the big takeaways for libraries from Content Marketing World 2021. This is a concept that marketing expert Jay Baer explained during his keynote... Continue Reading →
More than once, I've sat down at my computer to turn out a clever, groundbreaking, truly engaging library promotion... and ended up staring at a blank wall. There are days, or weeks, or months (or let's be honest, years... like... Continue Reading →
In 1960, Kelly Johnson was the lead engineer at a division of Lockheed that made spy plans. One day, he handed a team of design engineers a handful of tools. Then he told the engineers that they must design a... Continue Reading →
It's sometimes insanely hard to get any new marketing ideas to pass approval in a library. If there is a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's that the crisis helped libraries to see that there are new ways to market and... Continue Reading →
Super Library Marketing: Practical Tips and Ideas for Library Promotion 