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what an agent really does in publishing and culture.

finding the right contacts, getting a release or a season noticed, getting the money in: what you deal with, what the agent does, what comes out.

illustration: publishing, media and culture

a week at a publishing house, a magazine or a cultural venue, moment by moment. for each task: what you deal with, what the agent does, and what comes out.

01 · at the start of the season

finding the right contacts

thousands of organizations in the sector: knowing which ones are active, and who decides there.

Enriching a prospecting list from public sources

what you deal with

Cultural organizations and media outlets listed with no size, no contact, no news.

what the agent does

For each publisher on the list: executive, headcount, latest notable publication, with a link to each source.

list · enrichedwhat comes out
headcountsourced
executivesourced
websiteblank
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Qualifying prospects with public data

what you deal with

Cultural organizations contacted without knowing if they're active.

what the agent does

The active theater companies and venues in a region, with their size, their managers, and their latest published accounts.

to call · mondaywhat comes out
company · published accountssignal
grant awardedsignal
new establishmentrecent
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02 · with every release, every date

getting noticed

a release, a season, a show: people still need to hear about it.

Social posts from your everyday work

what you deal with

Releases and events pass by without being shared.

what the agent does

For every release or announced date, one post per network built from the press release and three photos, scheduled at the right time.

posts · weekwhat comes out
announcement · new releaseready
rehearsal behind the scenesto approve
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Google Business Profile and review replies

what you deal with

A venue or bookshop with wrong hours and ignored reviews.

what the agent does

Hours and events kept current, and a reply to every public review, in the house's tone.

reviews · to answerwhat comes out
review 5 star · great eveningdraft
review 3 star · long lineto approve
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Website SEO audit and fixes

what you deal with

Titles, shows or articles that Google doesn't surface.

what the agent does

Well-described title or event pages, and tracking of searches around your catalog.

search · catalogwhat comes out
catalog titleto track
event pageto write
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03 · end of month

getting the money in

subscriptions, invoices, grants: tracking what's due, without spending every evening on it.

Handling failed direct debits

what you deal with

Subscribers lost because a failed payment was never followed up.

what the agent does

A subscriber whose monthly payment was rejected gets a polite note with an update link, and the subscriptions team can see what happened next in the log.

rejections · mondaywhat comes out
rejection · insufficient fundschased
rejection · closed accountcall needed
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Chasing unpaid invoices, with the right contacts

what you deal with

Rights and partnership invoices forgotten.

what the agent does

A public body gets the reminder on the correct public invoicing platform, with the purchase order references.

reminders · this weekwhat comes out
rights invoice · 45 d2nd reminder
public body invoice · 30 d1st reminder
partnership invoicepaid
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Bookkeeping and cash flow assistant

what you deal with

Grants and royalties received on unpredictable dates.

what the agent does

An alert when an expected grant payment hasn't arrived by the date set in the agreement.

update · weekwhat comes out
receivedup to date
missing documents4
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all week long

and around it, the team

meetings, emails, internal questions, new arrivals: what every organization deals with too, seen through the words of the sector.

Meeting notes and action items

what you deal with

An editorial committee whose calls get lost.

what the agent does

After the committee: titles accepted, rejected, pending, with who follows up which author.

notes · sentwhat comes out
decision · title acceptedconfirmed
action · follow up authorthursday
action · notify distributionmonday
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Sorting the inbox and capturing into the files

what you deal with

Manuscripts, press requests and invoices in the same inbox.

what the agent does

A manuscript acknowledged and logged in the submissions tracker, a press request forwarded with a reply draft.

inbox · sorted this morningwhat comes out
manuscript receivedfiled
press requestrecord
rights requestto handle
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Onboarding a new employee

what you deal with

A new hire figures out the house's workflows by trial and error.

what the agent does

For a new editor: style guide, approval workflows, publishing calendar, key contacts.

arrival · mondaywhat comes out
certificationsto provide
ppeordered
welcome bookletready
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