Liese Martin Lessons and Advice

What are the most impor­tant lessons you have learned about being an artist and sell­ing your work?

I guess as an artist keep­ing a bal­ance between the “money mak­ers” and the fun new things I’m learn­ing is what I am try­ing to do now. I need both to keep going and to feel inspired. As a seller I have learned that you just CANNOT be shy when it comes to talk­ing about your work or ask­ing ques­tions of other suc­cess­ful sell­ers to help you along. No one is born with this knowl­edge. I con­sider it like tak­ing courses to keep you up to date in your dayjob. It works the same way. You have to stay informed and current.

What advice would you give to other artists?

Geez, I could write a lot here. I am very free with what I’ve learned, but it really depends on what you are sell­ing. I love to see peo­ple do well. I guess my best gen­eral advice is to net­work with other artists, ask ques­tions. Find some­one sell­ing a sim­i­lar prod­uct and do what they do. Be per­sis­tant. Be pos­i­tive. Find the time to learn. Use the google search bar. There are many artists out there that have been kind enough to spell things out for you, you only have to find them.
Finally, enjoy what you do. That is MOST impor­tant, because you may soon find your­self doing it 75 hours a week.