Networking

Is it important to look like an artist? What does it mean to look like an artist? Has anyone ever told you you look like an artist? If you dress the part of an artist, tell us about it.

The I’d Rather Be in the Studio! blog tour continues. On today’s stop, the fourth, Christine DeCamp asked me about networking. In particular, she has a hard time asking (or remembering to ask) for other people’s business cards and contact info.   Christine’s blog post is no longer available, so I’ve included our discussion below.

It’s another stop on the Blog Tour. On her blog today, Claudine Hellmuth asks me about the pros and cons of sending “pretty” (my word) email newsletters vs. plain text ones using Yahoo Groups. I had a lot of questions for her, so we kind of had a dialogue about the philosophy behind and usability

I continue to collect stories from artists who are thinking outside of the box to promote their art. Have you created an event that generated lots of buzz? Have you gone far beyond sending press releases, postcards, and newsletters? Have you heard a story about another artist pushing the self-promotions envelope? I want to hear