MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES WITH COCA

COCA is committed to helping local artists and cultural organizations market their events, products, and services in the community. Below are links to various marketing opportunities. Of course, feel free to contact COCA if you need help or have ideas you'd like to discuss.


ARTIST DIRECTORY Are you a: Visual artist looking to sell your work, have a gallery exhibit, or find commissions? Musician or music group looking for gigs? Actor, singer, or dancer looking for parts? Writer, director, designer, stage manager, technician, or backstage person looking for opportunities? Add your name to our virtual listing of the area's talented visual artists, musicians, dancers, authors, and theatre personnel. It's free to join, and is the first place COCA refers anyone looking for artists or performers. COCA members get enhanced listings that include a description of you or your work, a link to your personal web site, and an image (a sample of your artwork, your headshot, a book cover, etc.) Please note, this directory is for individual artists and small performing groups for hire only. Other organizations should be listed in Capital Culture Magazine - see below. Visit the Artist Directory Read the Artist Directory policies Join the Artist Directory online

ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS & TEACHING ARTISTS Do you have an arts-related educational program designed for K-12 schools? Visit the Arts in Education Expo information page (coming soon) Read about and download the 2006 Arts in Education Directory Apply to be listed in the 2007 Directory (coming soon)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS at MoreThanYouThought.Com Now averaging more than 10,000 visitors and 90,000 hits per month, all of MoreThanYouThought.com's (MTYT) features are free and easy to use. Publicize your events free of charge on a site that's also advertising-free! This interactive community calendar is searchable by type of event, date, location, and key word. If you want thousands of people to consider your events when making their entertainment plans, post them here. Civic, cultural, and private organizations regularly check conflicts on MTYT before planning their own events. If they see your major fundraiser or big performance listed many months in advance, then they'll likely choose a different time to hold their blockbuster event. National magazines, including Southern Living and AAA's Travel Magazines, pull information from MTYT for their regional spotlights. Because publishing deadlines are months in advance of distribution, only local organizations with their whole season of events posted will benefit from the coverage. Local news channels WTXL 27 and WCTV 6 regularly monitor postings on MTYT and highlight events on their community calendars and on the air. Local magazines refer to MTYT for their cultural listings as well. Other websites, including the City of Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, link visitors to MTYT as the central place to stay in touch with the community's cultural events. Visit the MoreThanYouThought.Com calendar Read the calendar posting policies Post your events

CAPITAL CULTURE MAGAZINE Designed, produced, and distributed by COCA, Capital Culture Magazine: Your Guide to Arts & Culture in Florida's Big Bend contains listings about more than 200 arts, cultural, historical sites, and venues. It also includes feature stories by prominent local writers about arts and culture-related topics pertinent to Tallahassee and the surrounding area. Published quarterly, Capital Culture Magazine has a circulation of 158,000 copies (or 39,500 copies, four times a year). Seven thousand copies of each issue are distributed all over the Big Bend Area, including the Tallahassee Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, the airport, as well as other partners in the hospitality industry. Our generous partner, Tallahassee's Family Forum Magazine, inserts a copy of Capital Culture Magazine into each copy of their free publication (32,500 copies, four times a year). All issues of Capital Culture Magazine are also available to the public at COCA's website, which receives over 9,500 visitors per month! View current and back issues of Capital Culture Magazine Read our writer's guidelines Read our listing policies Advertise in Capital Culture Magazine

COCA-NOTES BLOG and WEEKLY E-MAIL BLAST Visit the COCA-Notes Blog to find out about calls for artists and writers, auditions, jobs, volunteer opportunities, grant opportunities, special events, and more. Market your calls to artists, job openings, volunteer and donation needs, etc. Visit the COCA-Notes Blog Sign up to receive COCA's Weekly E-mail Blast Download form to submit your item to the COCA-Notes Blog and Weekly E-mail Blast Download form to submit your item to the COCA-Notes Blog and Weekly E-mail Blast

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY HOP Join us on the first Friday of every month, when museums and galleries stay open from at least 6 pm to 9 pm with no admission charge, often featuring openings, receptions, and special events for the public. View current First Friday Destinations & Fringe Sites Read First Friday participation policies Advertise in the 2008 Gallery & Museum Guide