Collectors want to know you’re going places. Reveal–through your blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc.–that your art career is active. If your work is good and you present it well, we’ll be interested. If you have good content, you will gain readers. More readers=more people to refer you.
Blogging to attract art collectors Read
Gravatars are the small photos you see next to people’s comments on Art Biz Blog and many other blogging sites. This short post shows you where you can get a universal avatar for free and also gives you a link for adding gravatars to your own blog.
How to get your universal avatar Read
I don’t want to put all of my knowledge on my blog. I need to save it for my teaching. I shouldn’t be giving it all away for free. This objection is raised at almost every workshop at which I discuss blogging. It happened again last week. One person voiced the thought, but there were
Being an artist is tough. Not only do you have to create your work, but, in order to be successful and make a living, you have to market and sell it. Integrating social media into your marketing plan is an investment well worth your time.
The Cost of Social Media Marketing (+Giveaway!) Read
The Blog Triage class ended and a lot of hard-working artists have much better blogs to show for their efforts. They tweaked their sidebars, About pages, writing, linking, and design. They also made sure they had their feeds straight so people can easily follow them.
Blog class “patients” check out with improved blogs Read
Someone–perhaps I–told you to get a blog. And you did it. Now, you aren’t feeling the love. Your traffic is almost nonexistent, and your posts are boring even you. If you’re intent on building traffic for your blog, here are some tips for you. 1. Write with respect for your readers. You can write anything
