Ten years ago today I sent out my first newsletter. It’s been going out every week since then.
Today I quietly celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the beginning Art Biz Coach.
Thank you for being here with me.
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63 thoughts on “Celebrating My 10 Year Anniversary”
Congratulations, Alyson! You’ve accomplished so much in these 10 years. I hope you have the opportunity to sit back and think about all the artists whose careers you have helped, including mine. I am grateful for your encouragement, expertise and friendship.
Congratulations Alyson! Not only is that an amazing accomplishment to come up with an article every single week, but it is also a wonderful canon of materials for many thousands of people.
I have benefitted so much from your ideas and suggestions and I thank you very much for your inspiring work! What I like the most about your work is your huge desire to share your knowledge with others. What a gift to us! A toast to you!
Congratulations and THANK YOU! You have helped and inspired so many of us…
Congratulations Alyson!
You are a high energy and dedicated mentor.
Thank You,
Barbara
Congratulations, Alyson! You’ve set standards for visual artists, many self-represented, and given us the tools to reach our goals. Raise a glass to yourself today, and enjoy our gratitude. Thank you
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary! Time to celebrate — not quietly! Ring the bells, bang the gongs, blow the whistles, buzz the buzzers! Oh, and thanks for all your advice and support! You ROCK!
Thank you, Kate. I wish I was better at celebrating milestones.
Wow! Ten years is a BIG DEAL. Bravo Alyson. I’ve learned so much from you and am grateful for your coaching! Congrats!
Alyson- that is a wonderful thing to celebrate… here’s to your ongoing success in empowering so many others. Congratulations! here’s to many more….
Can’t tell you how much you’ve helped me and so many others. Mazel Tov on your anniversary! 😉
Congratulations!
I am a very new subscriber to your newsletter. You have given me much needed insight with your posts. Thank you so much!
Why are you “quietly celebrating”? You should put up a billboard or grab a megaphone and shout out your window for all to hear! TEN YEARS! TEN YEARS!! TEN YEARS !!!
Thank-you for this ten years of helping – REALLY helping – the art community and providing a free forum for thoughts, debates, and always nurturing this family of sometimes fragile and sometimes feisty artists and artisans and for putting up with a lot of run-on sentences.
with love and deep respect…Mckenna
Mckenna: I’m not a big celebrator. Kinda strange that way. But I do have a 10-yr badge in the sidebar. Does that help?
Thank you for screaming it for me. 😉
Thanks for pointing it out. Pretty soft message… but I will respect your “shyness” around this important milestone. Would love a splash of red or ??? somewhere in that banner…
Anyone else think it could stand a little pumping up?
We all just want you to be here for us forever, so we want more and more people to be here buying your book, taking your seminars, and otherwise keeping you busy and financially secure. Selfish? You betcha! xo
Congrats! Happy 10th anniversary & best wishes for many more!!
Congratulations, Alyson! I’ve been a happy subscriber for several years now and find your newsletters always inspiring and thought provoking.
Congratulations Alyson!
Thank you for all you do!
Your endless energy, information, and support…are such a great asset to the art community.
I look forward to your Newsletter in my inbox every week!
You totally Rock! 😉 😉 😉
Love,
Dora
You make a difference every day! Thank you for your wisdom, humor and ability to share your knowledge so well! Congratulations!
Happy 10th Anniversary, Alyson! I’m so grateful to have been a part of your team for almost that long. You ROCK!
Pat: I should be giving you all of the credit. It’s because of you that the newsletter reaches people’s inboxes and looks so darned good.
Very happy Lia gave me your email all of those years ago.
Yay! Love your newsletters and read them all. They give me the determination to keep moving forward. Happy Anniversary!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing so much 🙂
Congratulations, Alyson! Thank you for all the wonderful help and encouragement you’ve given me!
Congratulations, and thank you so much! I’ve benefitted from your blog, website, podcasts and your book(s), and I’m always happy to buy another copy for an artist launching themselves into the world!
That’s nice of you, Veronica. Those artists are lucky to have you on their side.
ALL: Thank YOU! I am so grateful for your kind wishes and for sticking around with me. I’m truly blessed.
Congratulations! You have a great habit.
Thanks, Franki.
Congratulations! Good for you, Alyson! (And good for us, too, I must selfishly add. 🙂 )
You do wonderful work and improve our lives in positive and measurable ways! You do rock, you know.
Amantha: Thank you for being so present here.
Congratulations Alyson! You have made quite a dent in the art world over the past 10 years. Your constant dedication to helping artists (and in my case, artist representatives) is amazing. Thank you so much for IRBITS, your online classes, and even the responses to emails over the past 1.5 years. You have helped me tremendously.
Here’s to another 10 years of the Art Biz Coach!
Sincerely,
Stephen
Thank you, Stephen. You’ve been very kind to me and you’ll never know how much I appreciate that.
Fabulous Alyson! I’m so glad that you’re here. Thank you for all the insight and encouragement.
Thanks, Beth!
Wow, that is impressive! Thanks so much for all that you have given to the art community.
Thanks, Christine. I’m kind of impressed at it myself – but first I had to stop and count the years. Who keeps track?
Congrats! been with you since the beginning and learned so much, thank you!
Victoria: Thanks for sticking around!
Alyson, if it weren’t for your Blast Off Class years ago, I’d still be sitting on my porch wondering what to do with myself. Your guidance has been invaluable to me and to so many others. I consider you a mentor and a friend, and wish you all the best in your next 10 years.
Patty: I’m so happy to hear that. I love that one of my classes made a difference.
Congratulations, Allyson! Love your newsletter. Keep up the great work!!
Thank you, Carlin. I’m happy to hear that. Stay tuned for some exciting changes in the newsletter. Really – better!
I’m so fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with you in person and online. Congratulations and continued success!
It is I who is the fortunate one, Dora.
Congratulations! I often end up citing your posts for my readers who want to “go pro”. May you have dozens more years of success!
Thank you, Cyndi!
Congratulations on ten years!!! Just think of all the lives you have touched!! Mine included. I always credit you with helping me create a stronger “brand” for iZoar. Thank you…Thank you!!! Celebrate!! Ce,ebrate!!
Thank you, Janice. It was fun working with iZoar – a fun line!
Congratulations Alyson! That is a wonderful milestone and even more you should be proud to have been successfully helping us artists for a whole decade. Your messages are still fresh and topical and that too is one heck of an accomplishment.
^5s!
Thank you, Patricia. I appreciate your contributions to this blog.
What is ^5s ??
I’m giving away my computer age and geekiness here, but ^5 means “high five” and is probably not much used any more. I gave you a plurality of them.
LOL!
You’ve helped me! Thanks for all the expert and kind work you do. I expect to hear from you the next ten…. Well deserved celebration, quiet or not. Congrats.
Thank you, Lori. It’s been a fun ride.
Happy Birthday to the Art Biz Coach!!!
Thanks for being here and for doing what you do, Alyson. I love your blog and your book. Your advice has been so helpful in my career.
I really appreciate that, Eva.
Congratulations and Happy 10th Anniversary!
Thanks, Cathy!
Congratulations! It was great meeting you in October on Long Island at the workshop. You are an inspiration, and a wellspring of wisdom and guidance. I look forward to the many opportunities you offer for me to create a flourishing business. Thanks for the great work you do.
Thank you, Celeste. It’s always nice to meet my subscribers in person. Very special.
Alyson,
A newsletter every week for 10 years tells us all that you “walk the walk”. I’m inspired by your classes and my path as an artist has truly changed for the better because of you.
Thank you for your dedication, enthusiasm and your hard work to stay on top of today’s art world. You make a difference!
Thank you, Kathleen! I appreciate that.
Congratulations, Alyson! I have been following you from the beginning and am so grateful for all of your guidance. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thanks for sticking around, Barbara! Wonder how you found me . . .