Dear Partners,
Happy Fall! Temperatures are dropping, application numbers are climbing, and the Acceptd team is hard at work to help everyone settle into a year of partnership. Whether this is your first season with us or your fifth, we are so grateful to have you on this journey. There are many exciting things happening this month for our new partners, including an Acceptd Orientation (great for first-timers!), exclusive discounts on marketing services, and a get-to-know-you for the fellas that many of you worked with on our New Business Development Team.
Stay tuned for our December Partner Update: The Acceptd fam takes on NYC and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
With love, encouragement, and creativity always,
The Acceptd Team
Upcoming Orientations
November Training: Attention all NEW Acceptd partners!
Join us for an Acceptd Training! This training will provide you with a basic look at the Acceptd platform. Join us on Wednesday, November 29th at 1pm Eastern. Click here to sign up if you, your reviewers, or faculty members would like to join us.
ICYMI: Tech Updates
We love these updates so much, we're going to share them again.
Resources Tab on Landing Page: We've added a new section to the landing page where you can host media files that you want your applicants to have access to. We can also link directly to these files from the guidelines or in your confirmation message. The resources tab is a great place to put extended guidelines, audition excerpts, or terms & policies.
Tag Filters for Assignments: If you manage a large number of users OR programs, we recommend using tags to keep them organized. Using these tags, you can now filter down by tag when assigning users to a program OR when manually assigning a user to a set of applications. This is helpful in finding the correct programs or users for the assignment.
Multi-Tag Assign and Un-assign: With our new tags assignment experience, you can assign or un-assign multiple tags to a set of applications at the same time.
Did someone say marketing discount?!
We sure did. The coolest part? Acceptd's marketing programs consistently outperform industry standards in all channels, including email, social media marketing, and online advertising. Maybe that's why nearly every partner who does a marketing campaign with Acceptd works with us on additional campaigns. Quite simply, Acceptd is the best way to attract the right artists to your program.
Schedule a free 30-minute consultation with a member of Acceptd's marketing team by December 31, 2017 and receive a 20% discount on your first Acceptd Marketing Campaign. If you are already a marketing client, mention this post and receive one additional month of a Homepage Banner or Premium Directory Listing in your next campaign.
Meet the Newest Members of the Business Development Team: Jake Blevins and Logan Wacker
Fueled by their passion for the Acceptd mission, Jake and Logan work day-in and day-out to introduce creative solutions and establish lasting partnerships with Arts organizations around the globe. We asked them to chat a bit about themselves, and here's what they had to say:
Jake Blevins
Favorite Weekend Activity - Sleeping in till 9, learning or trying something new, antiquing, MTB, Climbing, WW Kayaking, going to cars and coffee, and hiking with my girlfriend Jess.
Favorite Vacation Spot - Camp Bethany in Lakeville OH, I've been to 11 countries on 3 continents and I always come back to the wooded sanctuary of Northern Ohio's rolling hills. I spent a week every summer at Bethany and I go back every chance I get!
Pet - My girlfriend has a cat so, I think I have a cat? Is that how you get a cat? Either way, his name is Finnegan and he's a good dude.
Favorite After Work Activity - Tinkering with something, playing board games, accidentally spending hours on Wikipedia learning information I have no use for.
Favorite Food - So hard to pick just one?! Basically any breakfast foods, Bacon, Eggs, Pancakes, Waffles, Crepes, Ham, Sausage, Biscuits, and Gravy, Oatmeal with fresh berries... I could go on... and now I'm hungry.
Instrument & Art Interests - I'm a percussionist, photographer, filmmaker, and amateur stage performer. I like my standard PDP kit as well as various hand drums like the Cajon, Djembe, Bongos, and Bodhran. I shoot on a Canon 60D and the USM 50mm f/1.4 is my go-to lens. I edit on FCP X and mostly make highlight videos for events and adventure sports.
Logan Wacker
Favorite Weekend Activity - A great weekend for me would be to play tennis on Saturday morning and drink a few beers with some friends in the afternoon. During football season, I love taking Sundays off to watch my Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens, which is my girlfriend Josie's (pictured) favorite team.
Favorite Vacation Spot - I went to Costa Rica in High School. We ziplined through the rainforest and repelled down waterfalls, and it was the most amazing experience of my life.
Pet - None for me, but I grew up with three dogs! A cockapoo, a french bulldog, and a chihuahua. The french bulldog was unarguably the cutest.
Favorite After Work Activity - Helping our office Volleyball Team (the Acceptd Aces) pave our way to a championship. We'll bring home the gold one of these days.
Favorite Food - I love sweets and desserts, so I'll have to go with a nice Chocolate Molten Lava Cake.
Instrument & Art Interests - I was a guitarist back in the day. Also, my old hobby was to paint and decorate gourds. My grandparents have a friend who makes a living off of gourd artistry.
Account Owner Toolkit: AR Help Desk
Forgot how to edit your cover photo? Need a reminder on where you can edit your guidelines? Check out the AR Help Desk! From changing your password to changing your program deadlines, the AR Help Desk has the answers you need. With detailed tutorials, step-by-step instructions, and lots of screenshots, the AR Help Desk is a useful tool for our partners to refer to in a pinch. Still can't find what you need? Submit a request and an AR Specialist will lend a hand. Click here to explore the Help Desk and brush up on your Acceptd skills!
We love to hear from you! Our Account Relations team is here to help if you have questions or comments. Contact us at accountrelations@getacceptd.com or 614.610.9991.
