Are you looking for creative ideas to share your art on Pinterest and drive traffic to your site? Pinterest is a mainly a visual showcase, which makes it perfect for artists. And if you’re wondering just how effective a great image can be in driving traffic to your website, read on… Since the launch of […]
7 Simple Keys to Successful Art Blogging
June 6, 2012 by 4 Comments
Are you ready to take the plunge toward successful art blogging. A blog for artists is a great tool for being found online and gaining a larger audience for your work. Blogs are ideal because they can be completely free, search engines love them, they are easy to start and simple to manage. Many artists […]
How To Write Eye-Catching Headlines that Transform Browsers into Buyers
February 16, 2012 by 2 Comments
Want to write great headlines and even better content? Do you want more readers for your email newsletter or blog and more buyers for your products? Start with the headline first. Picture your blog post being retweeted thousands of times on Twitter, and shared all over Facebook. By the time you finish reading this article, […]
Secrets to Understanding the NYC Art World: Beware the Vanity Gallery
February 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
Chelsea Art District in Manhattan If you are like most artists who take their career seriously, you are willing to give almost anything a try. And if you are like me, you put a lot of care not only into creating your art but into the business side of your art. You love to create, right? […]
8 Reasons Your Art Blog or Website Isn’t Making Any Money (And What To Do About It!)
January 16, 2012 by 8 Comments
Have you wondered why your art blog or artist website isn’t making any money? Is your art blog failing financially? You’ve probably been working hard on your art and putting your work on your art blog. You want people to read your art blog, of course, and look at your work. And sure, you want […]
Why Your Mailing List is Your Most Important Asset for Selling Your Art
January 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
What is the single most important tool in building your art business? It’s your mailing list. In the simplest terms, a mailing list contains names and contact information of people you know or might like to know. For the artist, a mailing list usually begins with friends and family, and then expands to buyers and […]
Why Some Artists Will Almost Certainly Make More Money Using Email Newsletters
January 10, 2012 by 11 Comments
What is the best way to increase your income on the internet if you are an artist? There are a lot of options to deliver your content, images and messages online. Blogs, social media, static Web sites and user-generated content sites like Squidoo or Ezine articles all provide an opportunity to get the word out […]
Artists: Are You Digitally Sharecropping?
December 29, 2011 by 7 Comments
Too many artists are building someone else’s business. They are essentially digitally sharecropping. Are you one of them? Sites like Etsy, eBay, Artfire, FineArtAmerica, and others (which I call Art Malls) make it easy to create the illusion of having a ‘web presence.’ When they upload all of their work to an Art Mall site, […]
