Attract More Blog Traffic
This article is an edited excerpt from the soon-to-be-released newest edition of I’d Rather Be in the Studio. This Quick-Start Manual outlines the key areas you need to work on if you want more blog visitors. And who doesn’t want more blog visitors? Focus on Content More than anything else, good content will attract people to your blog. Create a regular schedule – perhaps once a week in the beginning – of writing and posting
Afraid of Sending Too Many Emails to Your List?
How to make sure people on your list receive invitations without bugging them too much?
Out of Practice: The Physics of Your Art Business
The reason you’re out of ideas is that you’re out of practice. I was so proud of saying this to a client the other day that I asked her to hold while I wrote down the quote. I knew to write it down because I’m in the practice of gathering ideas for my writing. I have a regular writing schedule. I can’t say the same for a studio schedule. No Studio Practice When Barbara Gilhooly
The Strength of Artists as a Community
I struggle for ways to acknowledge this solemn anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Should I ignore the date on my calendar, or try to write something profoundly moving? Usually I ignore the date in my emails and on my blog, which seems more appropriate for my audience. This year I had an idea to use this space to focus on one of my top values and priorities: community. Community is a value I absorbed
5 Steps to Take Charge of Your Art Marketing (and Why You Must)
Stop waiting for the famous gallery dealer to call you up. Stop waiting for the artist agent-fairy to wave her wand. Stop waiting to win the lottery. Start taking charge. You have to plan for business growth. It doesn’t happen on its own. Nobody cares about your success more than you do, and nobody can do a better job marketing your art than you can. Here are five steps for taking charge of your art
How to Improve Your Slide Submissions for Juries
One of the sessions at the Arts Festival Conference in Portland, sponsored by ZAPP, was “Public Portfolio Critique.” A mock jury of 6 people sat at the front of four screens in a large room. One at a time, artists’ slide presentations were projected as they might be in a slide jurying situation. The jurors offered valuable feedback for each set that was projected, and I took loads of notes. Here’s what I learned. Most
