Comments on: Ensuring a profitable art business (96)

By: Laureen Marchand

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 17:00:26 +0000

Alyson, this was one of the most focussed and useful 13 minutes I’ve spent in a long time. Thank you!

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By: Actions Speak Louder Than Words–or….If You Talk The Talk…Walk The Walk « Donna Branch

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:17:55 +0000

[…] Are you walking the walk? What challenges have you had in being true to your words? Let me know in the comments. […]

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By: K. Henderson

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:12:09 +0000

I agree and disagree.
“If a product, service, or situation is losing money, they will seek to stop the bleeding immediately.”
For years, I’ve painted the same subject matter, same style (more or less). I support my family with the sale of my art work. Yes, it’s important for me to know what is selling well. I will continue to paint these paintings.
BUT, I also paint a less popular subject matter. I have a passion for it and year after year I am selling more and more of this subject. So, while I can’t yet make a living selling these paintings, I won’t stop creating them. I suspect that eventually they will be my “Claim to Fame” .
The difference with being a CEO of Coca Cola and CEO of your own art studio is the artist NEEDS to experiment. And you have to keep the passion alive.

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By: Choosing to Live Excuse-Free — Art Biz Blog

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:00:56 +0000

[…] have a choice. You can accept full responsibility for your life and do the work required to get you where you want to be, or you can continue to lie to […]

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By: Sari Grove

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:29:23 +0000

In reply to Pam Regan.

Pam, um Oops? I sent my answer(a while ago) to your request to [email protected] which was the email I found for The Bluestone Gallery? if I sent it to the wrong place, I guess, um, well, sigh, ho hum…oops…sorry…

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By: Christine Sauer

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:36:29 +0000

I recently did a time tracking exercise as part of Artist Professional Development training from Creative Capital, N.Y. that was very revealing and really helped me focus how I spend my time. We had to write down everything we did for a week and how long we spent on stuff. Goal was to see how long we actually spent in the studio and on other stuff in an effort to learn to make more reasonable schedules, to see how much time things took vs what we thought they took, and to help avoid burn out. Also the advice was that 20% of your time should be spent on marketing, promoting, getting your work out there.Very helpful!

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By: Sari Grove

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:33:54 +0000

Ugh Anwar…It’s this teeny tiny line…Somewhere along the way, when you are not able to produce enough, you raise your prices, & all of a sudden you are filling your mum’s garage with leftovers…I’m not sure if when Baskin ‘N Robbins gets too crowded, that it is ok for the girls to start charging 40 dollars per ice cream cone because demand is too high…I was thinking more of starting a corporation (you know like taking over the world), & somehow making each thing more affordable, by maybe getting help from people I employ…Probably too big of a dream to chew off for the moment…Plus I don’t know how…

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By: Anwar

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:44:09 +0000

Thanks, not much going in or out at this time but cool. I AM ready to start with Sari’s advice though! Thanks a ton for those ideas!! My guess though is that your prices can go up!!

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By: On Becoming a CEO of My Artistic Ventures | Suzanne Gibbs

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:29:11 +0000

[…] While I do not embrace the concept of crazy artist I am beginning to realize that the drive, perseverance, and commitment it takes to be an artist is misunderstood by many. Jobs followed all of the advice I recently read about in Alyson B. Stanfield’s blog: […]

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By: Pam Regan

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:48:36 +0000

In reply to Sari Grove.

Sari, Thanks for your comments. If you wouldn’t mind, could you send me a private email with a sample work and price. I curious to find out if your clients are similar to the gallery’s clients.
Pam

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