About this Event
Join us for a free, practical digital marketing session for artists, creative freelancers and cultural organisations.
This first event will most useful if you already have a website and want to take it to the next level. It will help you build your online presence, boosting event promotions and spreading the word about your creative practice!
The session will be led by Akash Hashmi, who has 8+ years' experience in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and digital marketing.
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Arts Marketing Skills Series:
We’re doing a mini-series tapping into some key issues that artists, creative freelancers and cultural organisations face when promoting their services, activities and events.
The series is for anyone who has a basic grasp of arts marketing and wants to enhance their skills further.
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Event details:
Part 1 — Workshop / Talk (9:30am – 11:30am): A structured 2-hour session with a presentation, live demos, and hands-on exercises. Includes a short comfort break. This is the core learning experience where attendees set up tools, run audits, and build their action plans.
Part 2 — Follow-up and Networking (11:30am – 12:15pm): Murray from the Culture Sheffield team will walk you through some other promotional support available in Sheffield and chat about his own experiences of building our team's website. Then we’ll have chance to network, discussing tips and challenges with other attendees.
By the end of this session, every attendee will:
- Understand how to create website content that ranks, promoting their creative practice and events
- Know where to start with zero budget, driving organic engagement
- Have set up Google Search Console and Google Analytics for their site and be able to run a self-audit using free tools
- Have had chance to share ideas and discuss tips with other creatives in the city
- Understand what other promotional support is available to them in Sheffield
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Culture Sheffield:
Visit our website: https://culture.sheffield.gov.uk/
Get in touch at: [email protected]
Visit our other channels: @culturesheffield | Linktree
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Admin:
If you have any accessibility needs or specific questions in advance, please let us know so arrangements can be made.
*We might be taking some snaps at the event, so feel free to reach out in advance or on the day to let us know if you don’t want to be recorded.*
These events are funded by UK LGF.
Alt text: Culture Sheffield logo next to a vibrant orange, lamp-shade like art projection.
Image credit: Sheffield Hallam X No Bounds Festival, photographed by Andy Brown
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Site Gallery, 1Brown Street, Sheffield City Centre, United Kingdom
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