 | Perry Austin's Video | FineArtViews Blog by Canvoo(via fineartviews.com)"Make sure your marketing conveys who you are and what your art is about. Tell your story through your marketing efforts. " (Keith Bond) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 9 hours ago
 | attention intersest desire and action a formula for marketing part two - The ARTISTScenter(via www.theartistscenter.com)"Each piece of your work has a gift included in it, the gift of you and the emotional labor of your vision. One key way to decommoditize your work is to help your buyers see the gift it is." (Bill Weaver) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 10 hours ago
 | Your Website: Where Visitors Disappear and Sales Never Come Out(via www.theabundantartist.com)"Does your website ask for the sale? You should make it easy for someone to buy something. " (The Abundant Artist) | Read >> Like |
1 point by lwsimons 10 hours ago
 | How to Sell Art with No Fear - Art Print Issues by Barney Davey(via www.artprintissues.com)"Your job is to make art people want to own, then to build a case why they should buy, and finally to always always ask for a buying decision." (Barney Davey) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 14 hours ago
 | Stapleton Kearns: Ask nice Mr. Stape!(via stapletonkearns.blogspot.com)"When you set prices, don't take into consideration your own ability to pay for things. Price is relative and there are people who have the money and the willingness to buy fine, carefully crafted art and spend enough on it to provide a good living for its creator. " (Stapleton Kearns) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 14 hours ago
Self Vs. Self: The Curator's New (Old) Clothes(via hazeldooney.blogspot.com)"Art itself is flourishing outside of the traditional system. Artists are distributing their work and ideas everywhere via the web and connecting directly with those who are most interested in them. More and more, their work is nourished by direct contact with this 'audience'. " (Hazel Dooney) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 14 hours ago
| Stapleton Kearns: Some ideas on sales 1(via stapletonkearns.blogspot.com)"NEVER EVER assume that someone can't afford to buy or is to dim to buy your art,. It is impossible to tell . You must treat each encounter with another air breather as serious. " (Stapleton Kearns) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 4 days ago
| Painting in Style | FineArtViews Blog by Canvoo(via fineartviews.com)"We should make choices in our working methods that will bring us greater satisfaction, but be careful to be faithful to our unique personal tendencies. " (Dan Schultz) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 4 days ago
 | thestudiosource.com � Put four Ps in your creative marketing(via www.thestudiosource.com)"be yourself, keep your wits about you, respect the process, and see it through." (Stacey Cornelius) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 5 days ago
 | Surviving Analog in a Digital World � Art Candy(via natashasartcandy.com)"Do things that disconnect you from the digital, so that you aren't caught up in it" (Natasha Wescoat) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 5 days ago
 | From the Comments: John T. Unger on Creative Burnout | Lateral Action(via lateralaction.com)"When your creative mind feels blocked, it's probably time to take a rest, step back and reassess your work to date, look for new ideas or challenges, pay some attention to the relationships or obligations you may have ignored while in the white heat of working, etc." (John T. Unger) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 6 days ago
 | Training Your Brain | FineArtViews Blog by Canvoo(via fineartviews.com)"So how does one do a lifestyle change when it comes to organizing things and activities? I'm convinced the only way to do this is to train my brain to think differently." (Lori Woodward Simons) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 6 days ago
 | Are you Selling or are you Making a Contribution? It's all in your head. | Philosophy - Maria Brophy(via mariabrophy.com)"What if we SHIFT our thinking and instead of calling it "selling" we call it "making a contribution?"" (Maria Brophy) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 7 days ago
 | Post New Works to Your Site Religiously | FineArtViews Blog by Canvoo(via fineartviews.com)"Develop a HABIT of posting new art works on your web site religiously. " (Clint Watson) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 7 days ago
| Artist Career Training - Art Marketing Blog - The Best Thing I Ever Learned (How to(via www.artistcareertraining.com)"I know times are tough and it's soooooo tempting to stop investing, to stop spending money on your business and marketing. But I'm telling you, it's a mistake. Yes, be frugal, be wise, have a long-term plan and keep going, just don't stop. " (Robin Sagara) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 7 days ago
 | The sweet joy of lists(via clicks.robertgenn.com)"Be ambitious for the work and not for the reward. " (Robert Genn) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 7 days ago
| Let Your Fans In | FineArtViews Blog by Canvoo(via fineartviews.com)"Let your fans into your fan club. Don't be the bouncer keeping them out. Open the door wide and invite them in." (Keith Bond) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 8 days ago
| attention intersest desire and action a formular for marketing � The ARTISTScenter(via www.theartistscenter.com)"In order to gain attention, the intrinsic or core value of you and your work has to be extremely apparent." (Bill Weaver) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 8 days ago
| thestudiosource.com - How to write your bio and About page without driving yourself crazy(via www.thestudiosource.com)"Your audience wants to know you, the artist. They want to make a connection with the person who makes the work they want to buy." (Stacey Cornelius) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 8 days ago
| ArtistsWhoTHRIVE� Blog Archive � Artists Investing in their Businesses(via artistswhothrive.com)"f a student wants to become, and remain, a professional artist they're going to have to make an additional investment. That is an investment of time, money, and effort in learning and applying business and marketing principles to their art career, or rather, their art "business." " (Ann Rea) | Read >> Like |
1 point by smlacyart 8 days ago