#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Jul 232018 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Marketing library services

Marketing and outreach are mega important to a library in this day and age, and they can be hard things to do. So let's have a chat to talk about that. Good marketing and outreach can exponentially increase the impact of your services and programs. Here's an archived webinar to watch before the chat on 4 simple way to beef up your library marketing. Libraries are Essential has put together a list of marketing resources. Here's another piece called Tips for marketing the 21st-century library. And lastly, don't forget to check out the PLA's marketing strategies guide.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE TIME TO 8:30PM ET!

QUESTIONS

We post the questions here in advance of the chat so you can decide whether or not this topic is of interest to you and/or prepare your answers in advance.

Q1 Share one way you have creatively marketed library services. How did that work out?

Q2 What tools/resources do you turn to in order to market library services?

Q3 What challenges have you encountered when marketing library services?

Q4 What advice can you share on marketing library services?

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