Guest blogger Michelle Davis Petelinz gives you tips for wowing the jurors who look at your slide submissions. As an artist and juror, she has seen both sides of the process. As long as you’re paying an entry fee, you’d better heed her advice and give it your best shot.
8 Tips for Stronger Art Show Submissions Read
You want to sell your paintings or photographs of gardenias to the local garden club members, but they won’t give you the time of day. Have you stopped to consider it might not be your art but your approach? The garden club doesn’t know your background or where you came from. They just know you’re (another) someone trying to sell them something.
Marketing to Your Niche the Donnie Brasco Way Read
Workshop presentation isn’t rocket science. As long as you act professionally and take a little time to prepare you can easily add workshops and lectures to your art career repertoire. Photographer (and workshop designer) Jacqueline Webster shares her experiences in this guest blog post for Art Biz Blog.
Thinking about winging a presentation? Think again Read
Two things about my process for collecting contact information are key. 1. There is no sign-up in full view, so the information remains private. 2. The request is active and in person. When people give us their email, they know they’ll be getting a “painting in their inbox” (and an immediate thank you for stopping by the show) and nothing more.
A Strategy for Asking People for Their Contact Information Read
Marketing lessons are all around us if we pay attention. Guest blogger Michael Lynn Adams shares a personal experience with his hairdresser–one that taught him at least three lessons for his art career.
Marketing Lessons From a Hair Stylist Read
Next time you run into a difficult situation, don’t be afraid to take action and be the “maverick.” Use your best judgment along with carefully justified reasoning to determine your course. And always live up to your agreements while continuing to communicate all the way.
Artist Contracts: She Broke the Rules Read
The economic downturn has made the already challenging proposition of pursuing artistic work as a full time profession even more difficult. This means that you, the professional artist, need to increase your ability to be self reliant. What does that mean? Simple, you need to be the driving force behind marketing and selling your work.
Selling art into a headwind Read
Not yet a believer in the power of social media for artists? Leonard Olson shares his story about how Twitter helped propel him to a Top 5 search-engine ranking for his new invention.
Using Twitter to enhance your search-engine ranking Read
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
Guest blogger: Michael Lynn Adams There is a ton of information online about social media tools and techniques. But there is little information to help me know how effective my efforts have been compared to other artists. I believe that I have had reasonable success in achieving some of my goals. I have had sales
What benefits do you receive from using social media? Read
