Art Marketing Secrets

We’re very proud to announce that we have been invited to give a keynote presentation at the upcoming 2011 smARTist Telesummit. If you’re serious about making a living from your art and are ready to take the next big step forward smARTist may be your dream come true!

Think you’ve tried everything with your artist website and still getting mediocre results? Few visitors, no emails, no sales? That’s not good and it’s definitely not necessary! Learn a simple system to get results.

To what extent can a great artist and a successful business person exist within one human body? We write a lot about combining the two to create and sell great art. But is this realistic or are we just drinking artistic coolaid?

A new artist website going out into the world is always cause for celebration for us! Our latest site showcases the work of Kristen Hoard – a talented and prolific Metal Sculptor from California. Come learn about her beautiful work and her powerful new Espresso Artist Website…

Recently I was interviewed by art licensing expert Tara Reed on the topic of SEO For Artists. Listen in for some great advice on how to improve the quality and quantity of your search engine visitors.

I loved Joan’s new documentary, “A Piece Of Work”. To me it explodes many of the myths about fame and success and shows what that word success is really about. As artists we can all learn from the life of Joan.

One of the great pleasures of being in the art business is the chance to see the work of artists we’re not familiar with from all corners of the world. While there is a lot of good work out there, it is only occasionally we see art that causes us to stop and catch our breath. Such was the case when we first saw the work of Frances Simpson of Kenya.

Want to know what Artists read most on our site? We have our own favorites but here we summarize a list of our top 5 Art Marketing articles of all time as ranked by popularity. All of them are just as relevant as when they were written and they make great weekend reading – so please read, re-read, and enjoy!

Many artist websites look mediocre because artists don’t appreciate that art and design are different skillsets. However sometimes the artist IS also a designer and when that happens the results can be amazing. Welcome then to the world and website of Latifah Shay!

Yesterday we learned an important lesson about the power of social networking to help you align with your target market. It was delivered, curiously enough, not through facebook or twitter but through an email campaign. Here is what happened.