Photo courtesy Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County This past week, I spent three-plus hours in a room with 38 library marketers. We worked together on all those pieces of library marketing that we don’t normally have time for.... Continue Reading →
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library When I was a child, my first pet was a goldfish. I named it Goldie. Totally original, I know. Goldie lived in a glass bowl decorated with neon-colored rocks and a tiny... Continue Reading →
There is a romantic notion attached to wandering the stacks of the library, aimlessly lost in a sea of books for hours on end. But for a portion of our community, efficiency is the name of the game. They're hoping... 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 →
For a long time, I lived in a bubble. I worked in a local television newsroom. I knew about EVERYTHING that was happening in my community, from which convenience store was most often targeted by robbers to where drug dealers... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, a video by the Chicago Public Library caught my attention. It was part of a series of videos designed to promote a fine amnesty program. If you haven't seen them, you need to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dZ-5Iwfz4 There are a whole series... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, I'm a curious girl. And about six months ago, a Twitter post featuring this billboard piqued my curiosity. It caught my attention because it's different from any other library billboard marketing campaign I've ever seen. It's a story-driven content marketing... Continue Reading →
Super Library Marketing: Practical Tips and Ideas for Library Promotion 