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The ego-first flyer principle
The single highest-leverage flyer design principle at SLIST is not about typography, layout, or color. It is about ego. Specifically:...
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The red pill: why SLIST uses red
Every SLIST flyer, ad, and branded piece of content runs through a red filter. Not because red is a cool...
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The WordPress tech stack
Running an event brand on WordPress sounds like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Every other promoter is on Squarespace,...
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Creating funnels is my biggest passion
I said this to someone once, completely unprompted, and it is probably the most honest thing I have ever said...
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The guest list growth hack
Guest lists are not freebies. They’re the most effective growth mechanism in event promotion — if you structure them as...
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Converting competitors’ audiences
Your competitors have audiences that already care about the same music you promote. Those people are pre-qualified — they attend...
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Every buyer becomes a promoter
The traditional promoter model requires manual onboarding. You find someone willing to promote, create a code for them, explain the...
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Brand building for dark culture
Dark culture is not a genre. It is a mood constraint that allows genre flexibility while maintaining identity coherence. We...
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The event naming test
Most event promoters name their events whatever sounds cool in the moment. That is a mistake. The name of your...
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Meta ads for events: the three-tier funnel
Most event promoters run one ad, point it at a broad audience, and hope the algorithm figures it out. That...