Get More Web Traffic: Join Entrecard and Get The Firefox Toolbar

We joined Entrecard a while back. I met Bill Weaver  of The Artist Center through Entrecard. He is doing a good thing- encouraging artists to find their niche market. We syndicate his web content with his permission. For the most part I have ignored the whole Entrecard mishagoss. I really didn't like the complication of clicking on card and then the next and then next. After being on an upswing for most of 2008, our traffic started falling off the beginning of this year (2009). For the … [Read more...]

Marketing Monday: Building your Mothership

After you have  a clear vision of your art business the next step is to build your basecamp, your mothership  your blog. I am not going into detail here on the mechanics of building and using a blog, that subject has been more than adequately covered by others many whom I have mentioned in previous posts. What I am going to do is discuss why a blog is the most important part of your marketing strategy,  how to go about finding the right platform, and how to use your blog as a … [Read more...]

A Long List Of Free (and almost free) Stuff

This is part of my endless list of free stuff from the web.  Believe it or not, most of the graphics offered on the sites listed below are free. HOWEVER they are all offered under different licensing agreements- some require a link back to the designer's website, some required copyright credits, others require nothing at all. Make sure you read the licensing agreements carefully. Don't abuse an artist's intellectual property rights and they will keep sharing their work with … [Read more...]