<p>Internet has opened a whole new world when it comes to marketing. Because of this companies can reach out to a broader consumer audience. The idea to write this essay came to mind, when we were asked to design the website of a new registered company named Artoteket. The company’s purpose is to hire out and market art on the Internet to bigger companies such as banks, law firms and industrial company’s etc. We were curious if Artotekets potential clients were interested in using the service that Artoteket offers. For this study we have interviewed ten companies that Artoteket sees as potential clients. By examining Internet and finding information about how art has been marketed before, we can draw new conclusions about art and the positive and negative aspects with marketing art on the Internet. </p><p>The purpose with this essay was to explore what possibilities Artoteket has to hire out and market art on the Internet. </p><p>Our conclusion is that; Artoteket has potential clients among the interviewed companies. Artoteket has good possibilities to establish themselves as a well-known brand on the market, because the company has great knowledge in marketing. We believe that Artoteket will gain even more clients in the future if they also create a brochure/catalogue as a complement to the website. </p>

Internet has opened a whole new world when it comes to marketing. Because of this companies can reach out to a broader consumer audience. The idea to write this essay came to mind, when we were asked to design the website of a new registered company named Artoteket. The company’s purpose is to hire out and market art on the Internet to bigger companies such as banks, law firms and industrial company’s etc. We were curious if Artotekets potential clients were interested in using the service that Artoteket offers. For this study we have interviewed ten companies that Artoteket sees as potential clients. By examining Internet and finding information about how art has been marketed before, we can draw new conclusions about art and the positive and negative aspects with marketing art on the Internet. The purpose with this essay was to explore what possibilities Artoteket has to hire out and market art on the Internet. Our conclusion is that; Artoteket has potential clients among the interviewed companies. Artoteket has good possibilities to establish themselves as a well-known brand on the market, because the company has great knowledge in marketing. We believe that Artoteket will gain even more clients in the future if they also create a brochure/catalogue as a complement to the website.

This thesis examines the marketing and branding behaviours of a sample of microbusinesses that operate in Scotland’s diverse craft sector by examining brand narratives they create. Context of the sector is first given and demonstrates that this particular topic has received little specific attention in academic literature even though it has been recommended (Fillis 2003a; Fillis 2003b). Such an investigation also offers implications for SME marketing/ entrepreneurship in general, the creative industries in particular and craft brands’ contribution to the overall place branding of Scotland. An empirical methodology is proposed which takes a narrative phenomenological approach, generating narrative texts from depth interviews with creative producers which is subjected to a Grounded Theory approach and narrative analysis in view of craft producer typologies (Fillis 1999; Fillis 2010). The stories of makers are used to generate meaning and outputs to contribute to theory, practice and recommendations for policy. Care is taken to ensure that the testimony of participants is co-created and not entirely the result of the researcher’s interpretation even though this study is interpretive in nature (Rae & Carswell 2000; McAdams 2008; MacLean et al. 2011). Similar to other entrepreneurs or producers in the creative industries, the craft worker in the current era is typified as an individual sole trader who operates in a wider culture, society and economy of increasing complexity and competition (Fraser 2013). This thesis selects those owner/ managers whose businesses rely upon craft practice and are operating in Scotland as its focus, but aims its findings at a wider reach to establish themes for future research to understand how its participants build value into their market offerings by creating personal narratives within larger narratives of craft sector and creative industries discourse. A range of participants from new starts to well-established craft practitioners is featured in the text in order to give depth and breadth to the understanding of current practice in a diverse sector which increasingly interacts with other creative industry sectors (Yair & Schwarz 2011). This thesis posits that creative producers build value through their unique ‘auratic’ persona through their personal brand narrative. This is what differentiates their work and outputs from large corporatized mass-manufacturing systems. The products of individuals’ hand skill may be categorised and classified in many ways – from fine contemporary craft to the vernacular, the utile and that which pays homage to others’ designs. What remains constant, however, is that it emanates from personal identity and the identity of the maker mixing self with story (Leslie 1998). The thesis contributes to the gap in academic marketing literature on microenterprise brand development using the topics of personal narrative, business development, product development, marketing competency/ orientation, and technology use in production and marketing. Additional emergent themes of Microenterprise Social Responsibility, the role of life-work balance of makers parenthood which further ideas of career management in the creative industries are also revealed in the course of this research (see also Summerton 1990; Burroughs 2002; Neilson & Rossiter 2008; McDowell & Christopherson 2009; Banks & Hesmondhalgh 2009). Methodologically, this thesis is hybrid but crucially uses the equipment of story and narrative analysis to offer both insights into practice for the academy and a method that practitioners can use to further marketing development and their brand identity. Through the careful gathering and presentation of various stories – of biography, making and marketing, this thesis presents a current view of craft as created, communicated and exchanged by those working in the field in Scotland today. These case stories act as both informative examples that demonstrate how individual producers create value in their work. The findings are consistent with - but also develop - a maker typology offered by Fillis (1999; 2010) and Burns et al. (2012) thus contributing a methodological and conceptual approach and framework to understand the marketing and branding behaviours of Scottish craft microenterprises (McAuley 1999; Creative and Cultural Skills 2009) but which may also be applied to other types of microenterprise.

Thesis (MA)--Macquarie University, Institute of Early Childhood. / Includes bibliographical references. / Introduction -- Literature review -- A brief history of Utopia's art production; its place in the indigenous art movement -- The role of the wholesaler -- The retail sector -- Report on survey of the buyers of indigenous art -- Emily Kame Kngwarreye -- Authenticity -- Conclusion. / Summary: The thesis focuses on marketing art from the Aboriginal community, Utopia, where the majority of artists, and the best known artists, are women. It documents methods by which the art moves from the community to retail art outlets; it includes detailed documentation of marketing in the retail sector and also includes research into the buying of indigenous art by private buyers. -- Emily Kame Kngwarreye is the best known of the Utopia painters. The study proposes reasons for her success and points to further questions beyond the scope of this study. Problems inherent in criticism and editing of her work are raised and interpreted in the context of the marketplace. -- The original thesis plan did not include detailed discussion about authorship. However, in 1997 the media reported controversy about authorship of a prize-winning work. As such controversy must affect marketing, this topic (as it relates to this artist), was included. -- Although possibilities for improvement in marketing methods have become apparent as a result of this research, areas where further research would be beneficial have also become apparent. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / 265, [48] p

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research addresses the relationships that form between contemporary art and cultural marketing through the private sponsorship exemplified by CowParade Porto Alegre. The cultural marketing has the contemporary art as a tool for building the image of a company, brand or product. Therefore, we attempted to briefly contextualize the evolution of financial support modes for cultural projects in Brazil in order to think about the growing interest of private initiative in sponsoring artistic events. A debate on the definitions related to the market, marketing, culture and cultural policies was considered as a theoretical basis, as well as concepts related to the system of arts and symbolic goods. Once the collection of information from the CowParade Porto Alegre and interviews (expectations and impressions) with artists and other participants of the event were done, an analysis to demonstrate the peculiarities of the event was carried out, using it as an example of the implications of private sponsorship in contemporary art. / A presente pesquisa aborda as relações que se formam entre arte contemporânea e marketing cultural, através do patrocínio privado exemplificado pela CowParade Porto Alegre. O marketing cultural apropria-se da arte contemporânea como uma ferramenta para a construção da imagem de uma empresa, marca ou produto. Para tanto, buscou-se contextualizar brevemente a evolução dos modos de apoio financeiro aos projetos culturais no Brasil, a fim de refletir sobre o crescente interesse da iniciativa privada em patrocinar eventos artísticos. Como fundamento teórico considerou-se o debate em torno de definições referentes à mercado, marketing cultural, cultura e políticas culturais, bem como com conceitos referentes ao sistema das artes e bens simbólicos. Feita a coleta das informações da CowParade Porto Alegre e das entrevistas (expectativas e impressões) com artistas e demais participantes do evento, foi elaborada uma análise para demonstrar as peculiaridades do evento, utilizando-o como um exemplo das implicações do patrocínio privado na arte contemporânea.

This thesis focuses on marketing activities of the classical music festival Dvořák's Prague. Its goal is to analyze the advertising and other marketing activities of Dvořák's Prague in detail. On these bases recommendations on how to increase the knowledge of the festival will be proposed. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the first part the thesis focuses on theoretical points related to marketing ín general and to the arts, which are the subject of the festival. Then the concept of the market research is defined, its process and methods. In the second part, theoretical points are applied. After the introduction of the festival itself, the thesis continues with the analysis of particular marketing activities and with the marketing research, which was conducted to discover the public knowledge and awareness of the festival. In the final part the findings from the analyses of marketing activities and results of the marketing research will be used to propose possible improvements in marketing campaign to increase the public awareness of the festival.