Comments on: A Simple Structure for Creating Content

By: Seona

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:39:12 +0000

I love your blog with its great advice on helping us artists connect on- line and promote our art and its great that you retweeted this valuable advice. I a, both an artist and a writer and I think it is possible to be both. So I decided to take your advice and start a blog http://www.fromarttoeternity.com. I guess the key for me is to get people engaged so I look forward to seeing more posts on this subject. Thanks for your great blog.

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Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:36:57 +0000

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By: Anjali

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:08:29 +0000

Great post! I always wonder about artists who keep blogs and what to write about & how to organize things. This post and the comments were really helpful! Thank you!

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By: Mary RG

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:51:00 +0000

I did exactly what you are saying here for my blog. But… I have lost my momentum. I appreciate the nudge to get back on track. I have a question that might be the content of another blog post — how does the content differ between newsletters, blogs, and social media? I find myself being redundant with posting a link to my blog article on social media. And my newsletter has been lost to the ethers feeling like it might be an old way of doing things.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:10:41 +0000

In reply to Christine Dougherty.

Christine: I’d love to know how you use this.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:10:23 +0000

In reply to Debra Joy Groesser.

Debra: Thank YOU for being here and reading. Now, let me now how it works for you.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:05:03 +0000

In reply to Jennifer Rapp Peterson.

Thanks, Jennifer. I love that quote and I truly believe it’s true. We need parameters.

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By: Jennifer Rapp Peterson

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:07:16 +0000

Alyson, I love your blog. I wanted to share one of my favorite quotes with you:
“When forced to work within a strict framework the imagination is taxed to its outmost – and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom the work is likely to sprawl.” T. S. Eliot
Artists, by nature, are content creators. Books on creativity like Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit, The War of Art (Pressfield) and The Artists Way (Cameron) talk about making creation a habit. Writing is an excellent way to stay in touch with your muse too. I wrote a post summarizing a presentation I did recently on this content marketing for artists. http://goo.gl/0xWIx
Some ideas for blog content:
Your work as content- Images, video or writing.
Write about your work and process.
Write about you – share you behind the scenes.
Share resources and link to them.
Write about what inspires you.
Write about what you know.
Blog posts can be short too. 300 – 800 words.

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By: Christine Dougherty

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:21:49 +0000

Thank you so much!!!
You always give us the best info & advice, Alyson!

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By: Debra Joy Groesser

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:55:35 +0000

Wow Alyson, thank you so much for this post…this is the one thing I struggle with most. I’m going to put this system to work beginning today! Thank you for all you do 🙂

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