Category Archives: Art Marketing

But I’m an artist not a blogger!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Emma

Some artists get annoyed about the idea that artists could benefit by using blogging as a way of promoting their art to a larger and more receptive audience.  As if art should always stand alone, and not muddy itself by over explanation. … Continue reading →

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Why your Mailing List is your Number 1 Marketing Asset

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Emma

Photo by Mbgrigby With so many ways to communicate with your audience, artists often overlook the basics in favour of the new and latest thing in social media-ville.    While Blogging, Facebook, Twitter etc. are all excellent ways of getting … Continue reading →

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Should Artists Blog or have a Website?

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Emma

Photo by Davic What to choose….? The ideal, I think, is probably both.  A blog for posting artwork as it becomes available for sale, or showing work in progress, and an art website for displaying your art professionally and coherently. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Afremov Selling Art Like Crazy!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Emma

If you want to sell your art you’ve got to look at who’s selling a lot of art and work out their ‘secrets’, then use your findings for your own art practise. Israeli born, Afremov creates unique landscapes, cityscapes and … Continue reading →

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Who’s Still Buying Art?

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Emma

Well some people are despite the current economic melt down. Art is a luxury item, so of course the majority of people will rein in their spending of luxury goods as the stream of bad news on the economy continues.  … Continue reading →

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The Subtle Sell of Social Media

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Emma

Since my post about how artist Jason Baalman uses YouTube to promote and sell his art, I’ve been pondering over the interesting concepts of how the Subtle Sell is the key with Social Media.  On the WetCanvas forum, when queried why he didn’t … Continue reading →

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Small Art Shows for Big Profits

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Emma

Just wanted to throw into the ‘How to Sell Your Art’ mix a recent experience of an Artist friend of mine.  She exhibited three paintings at a local RNLI (lifeboat charity) exhibition recently, that was held during a local festival for two … Continue reading →

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YouTube to Market and Sell Your Art – Jason Baalman Style

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Emma

I first stumbled across the artist Jason Baalman via the Wetcanvas Forum as he did a post about Being successful on eBay…year long study and I found him to be very informative in his analysis of what worked and what didn’t work … Continue reading →

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To Tweet or Not to Tweet, that is Question?

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Emma

Not posted in quite some time…been extremely busy dealing with another priority but I read a great post on Clint Watson’s blog about artists using  Twitter entitled ‘A Spectacular Way to Avoid Doing What Really Matters’ , and it re-energised me … Continue reading →

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Business Cards for Artists – Are They Necessary?

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Emma

I read an excellent blog post by Clint Watson called ‘Why You Don’t Need a Business Card’ in which he describes a better solution to business cards for artists.  Clint discusses the fact that business cards are often exchanged but further … Continue reading →

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