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Sell Art Online and other ways to super charge your artist career!Or,
Have you ever wanted to Sell art online? Art marketing, even the term puts fear into some artists minds. Even for me. And what I’m about to do is giving me the eebbee jeebees all over again! If you’ve been a long time reader on my site, you’ll know that it went live in early 2008. The main purpose as explained on my “about” page was to funnel web traffic to my online prints gallery in order to sell art online. I’ve learned a lot about the web and my art since then. One thing I found was I truly enjoyed sharing with other artists my techniques. As this site has grown, so has my portfolio of works completed. So I am thinking, maybe I need to get into a 3rd Gallery. Having been in 2 Galleries for awhile, I’m a bit rusty at this sort of thing called “art marketing” and a Why not share with my readers and explore this together? Then the questions began to roll in, what if I fail? Really crash and burn? What if the process drags on for months or worse, years? Well….. it might happen! With the economy in shambles, its gonna be a tough row to hoe! A recent trip to a bustling university town near where I live found out of the 9 Art galleries within the town center, 6 had closed and of the 3 remaining open, 2 were now boutiques selling mostly jewelry, pottery and glassware. Only 1 was selling strictly hanging art. I’ve always enjoyed a challenge, (my wife says I’m the forever optimist), but lets face it. If we can’t hope for a better tomorrow, it’s not worth getting out of bed today! Why don’t you join me! This will be the launch page, and links to other pages will fall below. Each of these pages will have an area where you can contribute. Tell me about your experiences, struggles, success’s and yes, failures (without them, we never learn not to touch the hot stove). See below the first links!
Oh, before I forget. Here are some great reference books that I’ve got to get all the dust off of before I start reading them. Just do the amazon thing and get yourself a used copy. Each author has a different approach, but each book really is a must for your library.
(On a side note) This book has loads of exercises and will have you trained in no time. Here's the link to her site. Check it out now as she has a number of special offers that she includes with her book. Some very nice offers!
To really understand how to sell your artwork you can get up to speed with this coarse in a hurry! It features 27 lessons and over 13 hours of instruction. Including how to sell art online. Talk about over delivering to your customer! It is without a doubt, the most comprehensive coarse I've found that covers so many aspects and ways to earn a living as an artist (both online and offline) and all in one place. This guy really cares about your success as an artist too. After I received my coarse and needed some questions answered, he returned my email within a few hours with an answer! Not saying that happens to everyone, but I sure felt special! Here is the link to his site. Click Here for How to sell your art without selling out! Again, this is not some get rich quick scheme, but a step by step process that explains dozens of methods from "how to approach a gallery", to "selling your art work on eBay!" I especially like his eBay idea's. I use them even now! His "how to sell art online" chapter is but 1 of 27! And his teachings don't just stop there! Every so often I will get an email from him that has a link to an interview. And not just any interview, but one with a successful artist! They discuss exactly what steps the artist took to achieve success, not mediocre success, but big money success! This is a real bonus that he doesn't even advertise. Real Over Delivery!
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