Hi Everyone – I’m looking for your advice, especially from those spaces who have strong subscription programs!
Signature Theatre has never used rankings. Now that we are a bit over a year into Tessitura, we would like to start creating and using rankings. I have some questions for you all:
1. Do you rank patrons at your theatre? Donors only, subscribers only, both, or otherwise?
2. If you do rank and have a written ranking policy or procedure would you mind sharing it with me?
3. Does anyone simply do it by dollars? IE: Every dollar from that patron, either for a ticket, subscription or donation is = 1 point? If so, how many years back do you look?
4. Does anyone use rankings or take ranking as one of the factors used to create a seating order when seating subscribers? If so, how do you do it?
Thanks all! I’m so excited to take this next step.
Jen
Jennifer BuzzellDirector of Marketing and SalesSignature Theatre4200 Campbell Ave.Arlington, VA 22206
buzzellj@sigtheatre.org571 527 1830
We created a custom ranking system based on a list of criteria. Each item is assigned a weight and that's added together to get the total of the rank. The people with the highest total are the the top of our VIP list. We use the ranking for a number of things, but mostly for sub seating.
Below is our list of rank criteria: