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From: Meghan Wells, Manager Cultural Arts Division <
Meghan.Wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 7:03 PM
Subject: 📢New Promotion Tool for Cultural Contractors!
To: <jbigham98@xxxxxxxxx>
The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division has just launched a new way to
help promote Austin's creative and cultural community to audiences near and
far.​
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Hello Jimmy,
We are excited to announce a new partnership between *Visit Austin
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and the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division to help promote the
creative and cultural community in Austin to audiences near and far.​
[image: Top of CAD's new page on Visit Austin] [image: Top of CAD's new
page on Visit Austin]
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Visit Austin is the top tourist search site in Austin, and as a result of
this partnership with CAD, now includes a specialized Cultural Arts landing
page, portal for cultural and creative event listings (free to post),
robust search engine optimization and related marketing efforts reaching *3.3
million visitors annually*. It is also available in eight different
languages. More benefits include:
- Cultural Contractors now have even easier access to Visit Austin's
calendar of events. This will expand your potential audience to all the 3.3
million visitors who use their site. *>>Post your event at
AustinTexas.org/things-to-do/arts/submit-event.
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*Here’s
a How-to-guide bit.ly/CulturalFundingCAD
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.
- Visit Austin’s site includes a custom content landing page that
highlights the importance of the creative economy and features rotating art
& events for tourists & residents​. Be sure to tag your images on social
media with the hashtag #TrueAustin to feed into the Visit Austin site &
Instagram account.
- Austin’s Cultural Arts events will be featured in an email blast
scheduled to be sent to over* 150,000 Visit Austin subscribers later
this month*. We encourage you to post your event soon so that the email
blast can connect its subscribers to your latest listings!
We are excited to be able to offer this enhanced platform to support and
promote your valuable work. *Thank you for all you do to make Austin a rich
and vibrant cultural and creative community!*
*Meghan Wells*
Manager Cultural Arts Division
City of Austin Economic Development Department
*City of Austin Economic Development Department *
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