New Jersey Stage Issue 71 | Page 104

releases, NJ Stage suggests sending them out a week in advance if possible. Search engines generally pick up event listings and stories within a day or two, but allowing for a few additional days will ensure search engine visibility. Plus people are working different schedules due to the pandemic so releases a day or two in advance may not be noticed in time. In addition, for every regular event that would take place during the year there are probably 10 or 20 virtual events. People aren’t just holding virtual events on the weekend, they are presenting events every day of the week. This is another reason why promoting your events is important. The New Jersey Stage Virtual Event Calendar will list events for any arts genre or community event. Our goal is simply to help bring more attention to the events. New Jersey Stage made the move to virtual events long before most noticed the trend. That’s one of the advantages we have of being a small, independently run operation. We can change our direction at a moment’s notice and do not require lengthy meetings or approvals. Our regular event listing area is still active and receiving new events from venues, but we will not be adding events ourselves until physical shows return. And, like you, we cannot wait until physical shows return... • For great events to watch each day visit: www.newjerseystage.com/virtual New listings are added by 10:30am each day NJ STAGE - ISSUE 71 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 104