Personal Coach for Artists - Selling Art
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ArtNewsBlog has written an article about – “Robert Genn’s latest newsletter he is talking about personal coaches and the value that artists could gain from them”. The article talks about how Robert is not an art coach but believes in them and brings some very good, holistic thought to what artists need to look at for their own lives and productivity and heath. As an art coach I would add a few simple things to Robert Glenns wonderful list - one would be very specific about your goals - in selling art, the amount of money you want to make and the date and times that you will have your goals accomplished. Another thing is accountability – have people in your life other artists would be great and share your goals working together to hold each other accountable. For what happens to all of us is that if we are not accountable we will falter…. it is human nature – but if we are accountable to some one else that it affords us to push and get it done in a way that by our selves we would not. As an art coach I do that all the time for people, and I have accountability partners in my own life as well. I want to thank ArtNewsBlog for introducing me to Robert Glenn and than Robert for his empowering input – subscribe to his news letter below and enjoy – best Chuck
Art Online: How to Help Buyers Find your Artwork
Please check this article out by Dan at Business at http://emptyeasel.com - the article is very clear and what is also important is that Dan tell you to stick to it for 6 months and I believe that to be incredible important and often missed as strategies go – What I mean to say is this with all the many options to promote your work on and off line you need to have a set plan and a commitment to carry out that plan with accountable goals. So you know that you are spending an hour a day doing it…Working the plan and making it happen. So often we can set out with great aspirations but are never able to achieve what we set out to because we did not structure a plan for our selves, we did not create a map and break it down to a everyday every week, month scenario…
Dan’s out line is great but for it to work you need to structure out a clear time line and do it – some times like your life depended on it for it to give you the results you so desire and rightly deserve…
- to your success Chuck DeWolfe
What others are saying about Gallery-worldwide.com:
Gallery world wide has a great package for artists and they own the claim of having the highest traffic for an online gallery to date, they also have a interesting e-commerce package as well – here is what Gallery-World wide is offering to sell art on line:
How To Successfully Sell Your Arts and Crafts on the Internet
http://www.GerrysJewelBox.blogspot.com
So you want to Make Money on the Internet… Learn the Secrets to Increase Your Success! - How to Pick a Product to Sell - Where to Sell your Products - Pricing Your Product for Profit - Promoting Your Product…Learn some secrets about Search Engines
This article above talks to people who create fine craft and speaks to how those individuals can truly sell their work on line. It is helpful that “Gerry” speaks with such specificity and endurance about sell fine craft work on line and introduces some great ideas for those individuals entertaining the thought of branching on to the on line world with their work
You can check out the entire article at:
http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/how-to-successfully-sell-your-arts-and-crafts-on-the-internet.html
Sell more Art - 3 Ways to Promote your Art
Imagekind.com – is a great resource – they are a café press company that deals with creating product lines of your work and can plug you in to other net works that will help you sell your work. Let them do it for you –as a begging and intermediate artist you can have a product line of cards, posters, prints, prints on canvases and direct your friends and clients to your imagekind.com account. It is a way to totally get your wok out there with out spending a lot of cash and it professionalizes your standing – they even help you optimize your own traffic as written below- have lots of fun with this
My very best to you - Chuck DeWolfe Read the rest of this entry »
3 Artists Success Stories - Selling Art Online
This great article looked at by artnewsblog.com, looks are 3 specific artists who have caved their own line space with creative marketing approaches on line. These are solid examples of artist who took strong initiative and created basic marketing profiles for them selves and committed to their process. Sticking to it for 6 months to a year. Beyond there basic idea is the clear commitment to carry it threw and be consistent. This basic undertaking was more important than the work it self
And allowed for people to witness them working and got them the attention that they deserve – so check these guys out….
USA Today has wrote an article about how artists are taking advantage of the internet to sell their work. Read the rest of this entry »
I don’t know if you thought about this…
But have you considered the advantages of the art galleries at local colleges or universities?
7 FREE Ways to Promote & Sell Your Art Online
In this kick-butt article: “7 FREE Ways to Promote & Sell Your Art Online” by Kristin Royce on selling art she writes about the top online resources for artists to sell art and get exposure on the web. Free web directories, artist galleries, search engine submissions and more.
It is a clear and powerful article delivering rock solid information and you can find it here - The one thing that I want to add is this – it is important to know what your doing on line and to understand how the world works via the web because that is where we are and where we are heading and there is no turning back at all… but - and this is important - you can hire some one to help you implement all this great material- you can even trade them some art if that works - I would recommend WES UNRUH he charges 100 an hour but can implement in an hour what might take you 3 weeks…my very best to you and I want to thank Kristin Royce for giving us some great new recourses:
1. MySpace
http://www.myspace.com
2. Friendster . http://www.friendster.com/
3. Art.com http://www.art.com/App/OriginalArt/
4. Submit your artist website URL for free to these Artist directories:
. The Pauper’s Artist Directory
. Studio Arts - Online Directory of Local Artists
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5. Web Search Engines .
. Yahoo!
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6. Message Boards / Groups Yahoo! Groups for Entertainment & Arts
. eZBoard
. The Pauper Cafe Message Board
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7. Email Signature File Use your mail program to create an email signature file that will be included in every email you send….
BONUS! Read “Why Every Artist Needs a Blog” by Kristin Royce for the new innovative way to sell art online and check out http://BloggingforArtists.com to learn how to make money with your blog big time!
Paradise City Arts Festival Video Podcast - Mia LaBerge
Virginia artist Mia LaBerge provides some great tips on getting out and selling your artwork at shows. She also emphasizes the importance of starting up blogs as a way to present fresh work online.
Thanks Mia! (There’s quite a bit of great work on her site!)
Be sure to check back for more art tips from artists at the Paradise City Arts Festival!
Art Coaching is Essential!
If you are starting out in the art marketing world, able to see and acknowledge other points of view, value them, and learn from them is essential.
There is a great post at artbusiness.com by Alan Bamberger where he says
Before you can get representation or a show, you have to understand how people who sell art for a living think, what they need, and how you can give it to them.
To do this, you need to be part of a mastermind group. Artmastermind.com is a group designed to introduce you as an artist to an ongoing community committed to self-development and financial success.
