Paul Marden

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Crowd Convert | acquires K3 MStore | blooloop Crowd Convert has acquired K3 MStore, a comprehensive ticketing and retail platform, from K3 Business Technology Group.

K3 MStore (formerly Merac) has officially joined the Crowd Convert family 🙌

Full story over on blooloop: blooloop.com/technology/n...

Congratulations, Andy Povey and Paul Marden 👏

#AttractionsIndustry #DigitalGuestExperience #VisitorAttractions #RehumaniseCommerce #Ticketing #RetailTech #Merac

🎙️ LATEST @skipthequeue.fm EPISODE 🙌

“If we've been able to do it, then why can't they? Why can't you? Why can't we all do it?” -Jeremy Mitchell FRSA, Chair of Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery

Recorded live from the #MandH show floor

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What does best in class museum retail look like? - Rubber Cheese Paul Marden is joined by Catherine Pinkerton, from Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales, about Amgueddfa Cymru’s new approach to museum retail. With other people who have participated in the project

💻 NEW IN THE BLOG 🙌

What does best in class museum retail look like with Catherine Pinkerton, Group Retail Manager of Amgueddfa Cymru – #MuseumWales

Guests:
Anya Kirkby
Arantxa Garcia
Nia Elias
Guy Veale
Amy Samways
Kate Eden

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See us at #MandHShow 2025 at Olympia London!

@rubbercheese.com + @crowdconvert.co.uk will share how we help attractions rehumanise commerce + build remarkable digital systems

Catch @paulmarden.bsky.social + @mrticketeer.bsky.social hosting Theatre 4

🎙️ Recording @skipthequeue.fm live

Bore da. I'm at @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social Big Pit National Coal Museum today recording a special episode of @Skipthequeue.fm about the new museum gift shop experience that has opened at Big Pit

YouTube video by Rubber Cheese What Stories Does Dynamic Earth Tell? | Mark Bishop | Dynamic Earth

‪🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode 🙌

@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Mark Bishop, CEO of #DynamicEarth, who talks about the legacy of the Millennium Commission — from funding the Millennium Dome to launching science centres like Dynamic Earth

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Join our new Discord to share ideas, shape the future, and get exclusive updates.

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Museums to benefit from young trustee programme Charities will be supported to develop a more inclusive board culture and diversify their trustee pool

Museums, galleries and heritage charities have been urged to apply for a programme that aims to boost recruitment of young trustees and diversify their boards

@paulmarden.bsky.social reveals key insights from the 2024 @rubbercheese.com Visitor Attractions Website Report!

Which content management systems are dominating the visitor attractions sector based on the 2024 survey respondents and data?

📥 Download the full report
rubbercheese.com/survey/

I loved hearing about Tulip Festivals and scare events at Tully's

Jobs and volunteering - The Mary Rose Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.

We're looking for a Marketing Campaign Officer to join our marketing team, to help us spread the word of what we do and how you can experience it.

Become part of the team - Find out more at the link below.

#jobs #careers #marketing

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Meeting Tom a real highlight of the trip

🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode live! 🙌

@paulmarden.bsky.social was live at the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡

With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨

🎧 Listen now
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#FarmAttractions

i had such a lovely time recording this episode

I'm excited for this one to come out... I hear from Steve the Podcast editor that its a great episode

🎙️ SKIP THE QUEUE EPISODE 🙌

@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing

Anita Waddell talks about the importance of digital advertising to your visitor attraction

Listen in: buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing

@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing.

Liz Dimes dives into using Employee-Generated Content as a strategy to boost your attraction's customer engagement.

Check out the full conversation here:
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#AttractionMarketing #EGC

This was a great interview, with lots of ideas for marketers at regional attractions. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or go to skipthequeue.fm

Skip the Queue Skip the Queue is for visitor attraction owners, directors and suppliers who want to improve their organisations and deliver a better experience for their guests. Each episode we speak with inspiring ...

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This was a lovely interview for the podcast recorded just before Christmas. We learn about Abi and her Lit Lab London popup science and sip events. They sound like a real blast.

Thanks for sharing. I joined the queue and got tickets for the wifes birthday.

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📢 Callout: are you a solo museum manager? Running a one-person ship? We want to hear from you!

We're looking to speak to individuals who are managing a museum in the UK by themselves for a feature in Museums Journal 📰

If that's you, please email journal@museumsassociation.org 📩

(Please share!)

@paulmarden.bsky.social , CEO @rubbercheese.com , is at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today for the Association of Cultural Enterprises Networking Event! 🎉

Excited to connect, share ideas, and explore new ways to support cultural organisations. Say hello and chat with Paul 🤝

#ACE2024

Look at this beauty @mckayeli.bsky.social

Hey Keith I would love to talk to you and your team about the Museum in Residence Programme and your experience on my podcast @skipthequeue.fm let me know if you'd like to chat about it.

An eco-light trail, bracing walks and Jane Austen: how to get festive in Hampshire From Christmassy Regency houses and steam train rides to the best grub and places to stay, here’s how to have a high time in Hants this winter

Great article on light walks in my little corner of the South Downs, including a stop in my local pub

www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...

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That's an alarming amount of time trying to learn Danish