June 21st, 2010 If you’re ready to build your own website to promote or sell your art…you might have discovered that there are a lot of ways to do it. When it comes to building a website for your artwork, you’ll want to choose a website building method that’s low cost, easy to build and maintain, and flexible. One way that fits all of that is WordPress. If you have you’re own blog, you’ve probably heard of WordPress. But this popular blogging software is good for more than just websites. On this show, I’ll go over why WordPress is a great choice for building your art website.
This is a preview of Selling Art Online: Using WordPress to Build Your Art Website . Read the full post (437 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)
June 17th, 2010 If you’re thinking about building your own website to showcase and sell your art, you might have found that there are a number of options available to you. And as often with the case of having a lot of options, the more you have, the more confused you get, and most newbies don’t really know what the best choice is. Here are of the things that you need to consider when you are thinking about building your own website and some of the most common ways to go about it.
Before you begin building your website, consider these issues:
This is a preview of Selling Art Online: Building Your Art Website . Read the full post (645 words, estimated 2:35 mins reading time)
June 1st, 2010 A lot of attention has been given to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But there is another social networking site that artists often overlook. That overlooked networking site is called LinkedIn. Even if you already have a presence on Facebook or Twitter, there are a number of reasons why it makes sense for artists to have a presence on LinkedIn as well. On today’s show, I’ll discuss the advantages of using LinkedIn to promote your artwork and give you some tips on how make the best impression.
1. LinkedIn has a couple of advantages over other social networking sites
This is a preview of Social Networking: LinkedIn Tips for Artists . Read the full post (283 words, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)
March 9th, 2010 Just like there are a lot of things that you must keep control of in the offline part of your art business…there are a number of things that you need to be in control of if you have an online presence or if you’re selling your artwork online. Unfortunately, a lot of artists give up a lot of control over their online presence simply because they don’t know how certain parts of the Internet works or because they don’t want to get into the technical parts of running a presence online. And this usually ends up in disaster for the artist who caught unawares. In this show I’ll talk about how to keep control of your online presence and how to avoid some of the pitfalls that can take how your present yourself online out of your hands.
February 25th, 2010 There’s a lot of choices in services and software to start and run your art blog including Blogger, Typepad, WordPress, LiveJournal, Squarespace and more. So what’s the best choice for your blog? The service or software you choose for your blog depends on a number of different factors including cost, features, and ease of use. Here is some information about different types of blogging services and software available and how to choose the right one for your art blog.
Blogging services vs self hosting
This is a preview of Blogging: Choosing a Blogging Service for Your Art Blog . Read the full post (507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)
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