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Hello! Welcome to the first edition of our Backstage Pass – an inside look at the Marquee Digital ecosystem. I'm Joe Chisholm, co-founder and lead developer of Marquee Digital, and I'll be your guide through this video series. Today, we are going to explore the Marquee Digital Dashboard for your Marquee Pro Subscription. It offers our most robust component options and toolset, and we are going to dive into each of them today.

Once you log into the dashboard you will arrive at the main Dashboard Panel. Up top, you will see a list of all of the Marquees you have created, with dropdown menus for some easy access options.
Below that is a welcome screen and an At A Glance panel, which will highlight your subscription information and basic stats to keep track of all the great content you have created.

The rest of the dashboard is split into three sections: The Marquee Builder, Marquee Database, and Support. 

The Marquee Builder is where you will build out your Marquees. The Database contains all of the content and information you’ve ever created so you can make any needed edits along the way. Our Support knowledge base will have walkthroughs and frequently asked questions for all aspects of your Marquee Digital experience.

Marquee Builder

Let’s start with the Marquee Builder. We already see our new Marquee ready to go. You’ll notice the phone mockup is currently blank, and after we have added the key art for the event, you will see that key art on the mockup moving forward. We recommend you work through the following steps in sequential order, as information you add early on will be automatically threaded through later parts of the build, keeping you from having to repeat information.

Step One is Start Your Marquee. This is where you add the vital information about the event, like the title, dates, and key art.

Next Step is Venue. Here you will create any venues your events may take place at, as well as add Venue Staff for each location.

Next is Title Billing. This is the main information you would see on the front page of a printed playbill; listing the producers, cast, creative team and show logo.

Now we are in the Who’s Who section. This is where we will add people for all the various roles and positions for your event. First up is Artists. The main button is used if the admin wants to manually add artists. The copy sign next to will automatically add a link to your clipboard that you can share with your artists, for them to add their own information without you having to wrangle and input it yourself. After that is the Production Staff, a more robust listing for all the people that make your event happen. And if your event is a musical or has live music, you can add Musicians.

Step Five is The Essentials. These are all of the possible components that you might want to add to your Marquee. None of them are mandatory, and are set up conditionally so if you don’t use one, that section of the marquee will not activate for users. Messages are up first. You can add up to three messages, such as a Message from the Director, Dramaturg, Artistic  Director, whomever.  Special Thanks can be used if you want to highlight anyone for their work or aid on the event.  With Media, you can add up to 10 production photos and 3 videos for people to peruse. Songs & Scenes is where you can add lists of the Songs in each act, or the Scene breakdown for each act. Social Media allows you to plug all relative social channels relating to the event. Ad Map is where you will choose the placements of your Ads in the Marquee. Local will list all of the Local businesses and their relative deals that you have added to the system. 

Step Six is Sponsors and More. Here you can create or add existing Sponsors, Grantors, Donors and Tributes to the Marquee. 

Step Seven contains any extra components for your Marquee. You will see the Pop Up form here. When activated, the pop up will be the first thing people see when they launch their Marquee. You can highlight an understudy going on,  announce a talkback for after the event, or both! The pop up lets you spotlight information for your audience.

In the corner of each Marquee panel you will see a few additional icons. The clipboard icon will launch a checklist that shows all the components that have been added to your Marquee, letting you keep track of what you have added and what you still need to add. Once you add your initial information for your Marquee, a QR code icon will appear where you can download the QR code generated for that Marquee. 

Marquee Database

Next is the Marquee Database. Here you will see tabs for each group of items you create for your Marquee. You can edit any existing item by selecting the Edit button. You have additional options from the dashboard, such as adding an order to which the artists appear in your Marquee, to creating new Ads, and more.  

Support

The final Panel of the dashboard launches the Marquee Knowledgebase. Here you will find all the answers you need about the dashboard and creating your Marquee. You can also use the chat option on the corner of your screen if you need additional help. You can either ask questions that will direct you to the appropriate documentation, live chat with members of our team, or send us a support ticket email if no one is available for live chat. 

The final pieces to explore are the What’s New and Road Map sections. What's New automatically appears when we add any new update to the system, but you can always revisit it by clicking the button on the dashboard, where you will see an up to date list of all our announcements, updates and fixes. Our Road Map lays out the short-term and long-term feature growth we currently have planned.

That wraps up our Backstage Pass of the Marquee Pro Dashboard. Are you ready to get started? Sign up here.