The technology advantage

as one of a member operated gallery of 22 women, I have managed to finally convince the membership that having a yahoo group would help things run more smoothly, still only about half the women use it. I think about five of the members have websites and I am the only one who blogs. Many members still don’t know how to use a camera to document their work. I think a lot of the women have a mental block about the computer especially those over forty years old. For the younger generation its like second nature. For myself it has been an incredible tool for networking, selling, opportunities, friendships, resources and even lessons. As someone new to Art Biz Blog, I hope to learn more and stay on track…

I did some figuring, Alyson, and realized that it was just a short five months ago that I attended your seminar in Wilmington Delaware. That was the day the mystery of “the blog” was solved for me thanks to you! Now, not only have I started a blog, I’ve actually gotten pretty good at making regular posts to my blog, and I try to take full advantage of it to use it as another tool to get the word out. There was certainly some learning curve time involved here and there, but when you get past the frustrating little problems that sometimes happen (that’s life!) it becomes easier and fun too! And when one needs to keep an eye on the expenses, ya can’t beat “FREE” for a great price! Again, due to finances, for now, the best I can do to have a web site is a (free) template site. It’s not an individually designed one-of-a-kind site that I hope to have someday, but for now at least it’s a place where I can send folks to see samples of my work. I alert folks on my mailing list when there is a new entry on the blog. I often get remarks from folks that they enjoy reading the latest on the blog! From the blog, they can find links to the other places on the web where they might find my work. I also can use the blog to give notice of events, display directions,… The way I figure it, if you’re already paying for the Internet capability, it’s a way to make full use of that expense! You just need to invest a little time and work. Thanks, Alyson! Your desire to share your knowledge has helped my business to develop! (Now, if only I could figure out how to turn the URLs below into hyperlinks! I guess I’m still on that learning curve item! Sorry, you’ll have to copy and paste.) My site: http://www.hellophiladelphia.com/art/Jeanne.cfm My blog: http://www.JeanneGuerin-Daley.blogspot.com Other links: http://www.ARTsisters.org Check out “Bahama Llama” at the bottom of this page: http://www.Abzoolutelychestnuthill.org/llama.asp By the way, if any of you readers, like me, aren’t able to have a site yet, you can go to http://www.hellometro.com, then find your nearest city and start one up!