Helping visual artists become sustainable businesses
First a little back ground The current rebellion over underpricing soccer moms on Etsy has gotten a lot of other artists’ undies in a bundle. There are few options for artists to sell their work on-line so the sites that offer all the things that make us creatives shudder like credit card … [Read more...]
A couple of weeks ago I came across a post on craftmba.com about the impact of underpricing and general cheapness that seems to be causing havoc within Etsy. The range of the comments illustrated the depth of this issue and which I maintain is the logical outcome of an overall paradigm shift based … [Read more...]
Don’t rely on sticking your finger in the wind this year to figure what you want to have achieved come December 31st, 2010. Back in the day, one of the favored ways for us to plan was to lick their index finger, and stick it in the wind... it was the way most of us did it , in fact we did it … [Read more...]
The last day of the year! Accountability time. I look at the last year's goal list, wondering at this moment why I haven't looked at it much this year, which seems silly to not have. (first on next year's list post goals in studio) Deep breath, slowly releasing......... here we go.. 1. Apply for … [Read more...]
Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library) on Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape, 2008 Web 2.0 Expo in NY. Very inspiring... Social media = business some thoughts by Gary … [Read more...]
Welcome to our holiday gift guide! The guide is a listing of: artists whom we have had the honor to feature during 2009; member artists who who submitted work and were juried into the guide; non-member artists who also were juried into the guide. The mission of The … [Read more...]
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. What A gift guide listing on The ARTISTScenter blog over the holidays. Depending … [Read more...]