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5 Apps that help me save time

Tech Tips by Bill

Regard­less of the time you spend on the inter­net, there are no lack of tools to help make the expe­ri­ence less intim­i­dat­ing and more use­ful. I often get asked what I use

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The Artists center holiday gift guide

First Annual Holiday Handmade Gift Guide

ArtWorks by Bill

First annual hand­made Hol­i­day Gift Guide fea­tur­ing selected artists. Each artist has a link directly to their sales venues in addi­tion to their web sites and con­tact infor­ma­tion. The first group of artists are our Fea­tured Artists selected because of their oput­stand­ing tal­ent as artists, busi­ness savvy, as well as their will­ing­ness to step up and lead within the art community.

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First Annual Holiday Handmade Gift Guide

ArtWorks by Bill

Wel­come to the first annual ARTISTS­cen­ter hol­i­day gift guide. As a way of say­ing thanks to all of you fel­low cre­ative souls I’ve decided to set up a sec­tion within the blog to pro­vide you with another way to be seen and hope­fully receive some extra income over the holidays.

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The ArtWorks Manifesto

ArtWorks by Bill

For quite some time now I have been think­ing about how a Credo of sorts could be set up that would help to guide artists of all kinds on their quest to inte­grate their art with busi­ness. More­over, I was look­ing for a tool that could help artists solid­ify their impor­tance to our growth as a cul­ture and rein­force their value and the value of their work in bring­ing their visions to fruition.

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People watch your way to your perfect buyer

ArtWorks by Bill

So the show sea­son is almost in full swing and you are begin­ning to shlep your stuff hither and yon to all cor­ners of this coun­try. If you are a gallery shower you might be shlep­ping or you may just be busy cold call­ing local gal­leries. Either way now is the time to start think­ing about some very impor­tant stuff…like where is this art­sy­fartsy biz of yours going and how can you not starve.

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14 ways to come home empty handed

ArtWorks by Bill

Regard­less of how or where you sell you stuff you may be uncon­sciously caus­ing folks to move on down the road. Because, even though they really want to buy your stuff there is some­thing get­ting in the way, so they leave your booth, your gallery or your web site. Well what’s the big whoop about that? Turns out a lot, because you are not only los­ing that one sale you are likely also los­ing any other poten­tial sales from that cus­tomer just because of that one bad experience…

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Worried about losing your creative mojo?

ArtWorks by Bill

Are you afraid to com­mit to really incor­po­rate busi­ness skills and tools because you might lose your cre­ative mojo? Do you have trou­ble adding up 2+2 to get 4? Have you shied away from think­ing about busi­ness because it hurts your brain? Do you think in images and can never quite get things going in a strait line like fig­ur­ing out what and where you want to go with your busi­ness? Are you resigned to being a starv­ing artist?

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First Official Artsyfartsy bizes

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Our first batch of art­sy­fartsy bizes who have definitly earned the title of art­sy­fartsy biz.

Please take a badge,  and dis­play it proudly because you are the mod­els for today and future’s art businesses…you deserve it.
To learn what it takes to become an art­sy­fartsy biz go here What’s an art­sy­tartsy biz?

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Minning the Twittterverse with minimal time

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Twit­ter is one of the best and eas­i­est tools to use to crete a net­work for your business…but many artists I talk with either a) see it as a time suck b) see it as a toy for kids or c) don’t see it as part of their job description.

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