While a large portion of my time is still spent working year round on festival planning and management, I also manage our «TCM Presents» series with Fathom Events which brings classic movies to the big screen in cinemas nationwide, help manage TCM's
presence at events like the Telluride Film Festival, coordinate the technical preparations for our annual TCM Classic Cruise and I am excited to be taking on a new role in managing our DVD partnerships.
«By having
a presence at an event like the LA Times Festival of Books, authors can make sure that the people receiving their books get the right sales pitch.»
Not exact matches
David Cole, lead analyst
at DFC Intelligence, says, «Having that retail
presence is still a very important part of driving consumers to the product, and really getting them to rush out to the store to get the latest title as it comes out, that's almost become
like an
event.
Online dating platforms
like Bumble, OkCupid and Tinder are introducing or expanding their
presence at events to help encourage more face - to - face matchmaking.
It's a huge success in Japan, with over 27 million copies in circulation and a robust fan
presence at doujinshi
events like Comiket.
This service is not promoted very well
at all, and has literary zero
presence at most of the big
events that center around publishing,
like Book Expo America and Romance Writers of America.
Its almost the opposite here in North America where indie authors hardly ever have a
presence at Comic - Con or even trade
events like Book Expo America.
Indie dev Rami Ismail, co-founder of Vlambeer, the studio behind the
likes of iOS hit Ridiculous Fishing and Sony console exclusives Luftrausers and Nuclear Throne, picked up on the Engadget article, tweeting a link to it with the accompanying words: «If Sony has no big indie
presence at [their year - ending PlayStation - only
event] PSX, that's a clear policy signal towards indies.
More creative uses of location involve using social networks
like foursquare to identify potential candidates «checking in»
at relevant
events and companies or to alert them to the
presence of a hiring company in their area.