I received this auto response from one of my subscribers today after he or she got my newsletter: This is a business, if your message is not related to photography delete me from your list That’s it. That’s all that was in the email. Well, I’m more than happy to oblige! This person had set
Emailing etiquette: An unbelievably rude way to control spam Read
A few weeks ago, I posted a Deep Thought about being taken seriously. Lots of you commented. Here are some snippets from the quotes: From Catherine Chandler: My advice? Just keep on keepin’ on. Do what you do, do what you love. I totally agree with the first comment…present yourself professionally, don’t waste your energy
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Image (c) Sharon Crute, Storm Approaching Assateague Sharon Crute asks: At your workshop I attended in Bradenton, Florida last year, you mentioned a dislike for "buy now" buttons on the artwork pages in a website. I am currently overhauling my site along with my web guru and I’m not sure what to replace them with.
Instead of “Buy Now” buttons Read
On this blog tour stop for I’d Rather Be in the Studio! Brenda Marks asks me this:
What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of belonging to an art cooperative?
Wow! I’ve never been asked this before. I think I came up with a pretty good list of things to consider, although I realize it’s a starting point.
Brenda’s blog is no longer available, so I have reposted my response here.
Let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages together and I’ll try to be as brief as possible.
Camaraderie.
Brenda, you’ve been a subscriber of mine for a while now. You have certainly heard me say at one point how important I think it is to be engaged with other artists. Great things happen when artists get together and share ideas. A well-run artist co-op can provide that.
On the flip side,
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In today’s stop on the I’d Rather Be in the Studio! blog tour, Jennifer Hofmann asks me about my systems for staying in touch with contacts and keeping up with the details of running a business. Jennifer is the owner of Inspired Home Office and is hosting me on her blog, My Organized Business. All
Jennifer Hofmann Wants to Know . . . Read
As a mature exhibiting artist, you need to make enough work to have a couple of solo exhibits simultaneously. I know you’d be happy if I told you an exact number, but I’m not going to do that. (Sorry/not sorry) © Bonnie Hurst, Buffalo Painting #2 (detail) Some people will tell you to have enough
How Many Pieces Are in a Body of Work? Read
It happens only on the rarest of occasions. But every so often, one of my subscribers or readers or just some random person emails me and is just plain mean. Really mean. I get all hot under the collar and want to fire off a nasty email. But I stop. I know how easy it
Send love and light to someone you need to forgive Read
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.
Christine DeCamp Wants to Know . . . Read
Hello from the I’d Rather Be in the Studio! studio book tour–live from Texas. Yesterday we had a great group in Fort Worth and I’m gearing up right now to head to Deanna Wood’s studio in Sanger. More on both of these later. Here are some fun pics from last Wednesday’s book party at Jan
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
Claudine Hellmuth Wants to Know . . . Read
