The Chelsea Arts District in Manhattan is one of the most vital and vibrant art districts in the world. There are around 1,500 art galleries in New York City operating at any given time. In Manhattan you find them in Soho, Tribecca, Chelsea, The Village, the Lower East Side, and…
Are you thinking about starting an art blog or email newsletter? But are you hesitant to start because you hate to write? Or are you afraid you don't have time to write? Let's face it, this is at the heart of why we put off getting that art blog or…
"The way to succeed is to double your rate of failure." - Tom Watson, Founder of IBM Are you failing enough in your art career? Have you made enough mistakes this week? Those are funny-sounding questions, I admit. Nobody likes to fail or make mistakes. But the truth is unless…
If you remember a couple of months ago, I wrote a post called What An Artist Can Learn from Watching the Evolution of My Blog. In that post I told you all about how I first got started with Wordpress. I mentioned how I started out not knowing anything about…
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…
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…
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…
Have you ever known an artist whose work was incredible but they never seem to sell anything? Or what about the opposite? Have you ever seen an artist whose work was not that great but they sold things all the time and for really high prices? You've probably wondered how…
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…
Have you been thinking about setting up your own artist website? Are you interested in starting your own art blog? If you are an artist, there are lots of very good reasons for setting up your own website or blog. Here are just 10 of them: Professionalism Owning your own…
