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Setting up email with IMAP or POP?

05/28/2019
Artist information, Marketing

Setting up email with IMAP or POP? As all professional, you want to come across as professional as possible. Setting up email with IMAP or POP may seem a bit daunting at first, but read thru this post. It’s not as tough as it sounds. First, WHY? When people go to your contact page or […]

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Get your Artwork featured: 45 of the best art, design and photography blogs

05/20/2019
Artist information, Marketing

Get your Artwork featured: 45 of the best art, design and photography blogs If you’re an artist looking for more attention, submitting to really prestigious art blogs can certainly help you with that. There are hundreds of places online where you can submit your work and get published. Even better, if you make it on […]

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Do an Art Business SWOT Analysis

05/18/2019
Artist information, Marketing

Do an Art Business SWOT Analysis What is SWOT???? A SWOT analysis is a technique that businesses use to discover new opportunities and eliminate potential threats. “SWOT” stands forStrengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Just like an annual checkup is meant to maintain your body’s overall health, a periodic inventory of your art business helps you […]

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Increase Art Sales by Reducing Choice

05/16/2019
Artist information, Marketing

Increase Art Sales by Reducing Choice The Easiest Choice There’s a famous study where two stalls were set out selling different flavours of jam. One stall offered 6 varieties, and the other offered 24 varieties. In the end, the stall offering only 6 varieties sold a lot more jam than the one offering 24, suggesting […]

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Can You Really Make Money From Art?

05/13/2019
Marketing

Can You Really Make Money From Art? This article is shared from Dan Johnson In an ideal world, artists should be able to spend all day every day creating whatever art they wanted, without a care in the world for trifling matters such as money. But in the real world, we all have food to […]

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6 GOOD Artist Blog Post Ideas

05/07/2019
Marketing

6 GOOD Artist Blog Post Ideas Usually, I am NEVER out of fresh ideas, but I often find myself out of TIME when it comes to implementing them all. Most artists however, while never out of ideas for creating art, often struggle with what to share on their blogs. Below you will find 6 blogging […]

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The Psychology of Color for Artists

04/30/2019
Artist information, Marketing

The Psychology of Color for Artists Do you ever notice that you feel different in a yellow room rather than a red room? There is a reason why people prefer certain colors over others. This preference says volumes about our personalities, because each color is associated with a reaction our brain has when we internalize […]

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5 Basic SEO tips for beginners

04/26/2019
Artist information, Marketing

Very Basic SEO for beginners: 5 basic seo tips that are often overlooked by many website owners. Just a little “quickie” to help improve your websites ranking in the search engines. Would you rather hunt for customers, or make yourself available to customers hunting for you? SEO allows you to tap the value of search, […]

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Sell more ART pricing it RIGHT

03/30/2019
Marketing

Sell more ART pricing RIGHT When people enter your website, is it obvious your work is for sale? Sell more ART by pricing it RIGHT!!! This is another common question. Do I show pricing on my website? Should I have people contact me if they’re interested? You need to scream “MY WORK IS AVAILABLE!” No, […]

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Color theory 101: an Artists guide to Color

03/25/2019
Artist information

Color theory 101: an Artists guide to Color Color theory 101: an Artists guide to Color is Basic, but important. Picking the perfect greens for an landscape, or the bright hues of a sunset is something every artist ponders. Even the most experienced artist thinks through his palette before putting down that first line. If […]

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Artists concerns with Watermarking

03/21/2019
Marketing

Artists concern with Watermarking Watermarking online art. Artists concern with Watermarking! Artists Watermarking! It’s actually a very common question I get at my workshops…..do I need a watermark on my images (original art, jewelry and even reproductions of original pieces) that I post online? Many artists and craftspeople are very concerned of pieces being “stolen“. […]

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Do I NEED an artist statement and how to write one EASILY!

03/10/2019
Marketing

OK, I get it….we all get it…it’s Hard for we as artists to put down our creativeness in WORDS!!! Unfortunately, writing is a necessary evil for everything from website content, newsletters and our ABOUT page. PURE DRUDGERY, right?. However, the most important thing for artists to write is their ARTIST STATEMENT. Whether you like it […]

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