Some artists will almost certainly prosper in the coming epic years. Artists will almost certainly prosper who are prepared and who plan ahead for the coming revolution. There is revolution in the air. Unless you have spent the last four or so years on Mars you can’t have missed the restless loss of direction of […]
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 […]
Artists: Are You Digitally Sharecropping?
December 29, 2011 by 8 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, […]
Why Some Artists Will Almost Certainly Thrive and Prosper in the New Economy
December 12, 2011 by 37 Comments
There is revolution in the air. Unless you have spent the last four or so years on Mars you can’t have missed the restless loss of direction of the western world as it has struggled to make sense of the momentous economic catastrophes unraveling all around. Security, certainty and jobs have been sucked into a […]
Are You Polishing Your Art Marketing Skills for the Coming New Year?
December 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Will this be the year that you take your art marketing to the next level? What are you doing now to make sure this year and coming years will be your best ever for art marketing? You may need to spend time on one or more of the following Art Marketing educational areas now: factual […]
Are You Making These 6 Mistakes on Your Artist Website?
December 5, 2011 by 2 Comments
I look at a lot of artists’ websites and in my meanderings around the corners of cyberspace I have found that there are some issues that come up again and again. I would say that there are a core of common mistakes on some of these websites, all of which have the potential to seriously […]
8 Bad Habits that Crush Your Creativity And Stifle Your Artistic Success
September 14, 2011 by 18 Comments
“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts the moment you get up and doesn’t stop until you get into the office.” ~ Robert Frost It’s a myth that only highly intelligent people are creative. In fact, research shows that once you get beyond an I.Q. of about 120, which is just a little above […]
