Story: the glue that binds

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The rise of the internet and its’ emphasis on engagement and connection have opened a vast new world of options for artists to increase their visibility and in turn new avenues for selling their work. The ubiquitous nature of the Internet has produced an ever increasing sense of urgency by artists … [Read more...]

Leading your followers, sliced bread, whales, Twitter,and history

Note: This was originally posted Tuesday 2/9/10 but taken down due to code conflicts that were effecting the site's performance. I've fixed the bugs so these outstanding TED talks could be available to you. The following TED talks occurred last year, they talk mostly about change and the shift we … [Read more...]

Day 5: Who has The Problem to Your Solution?

Objective: Further identify a market and potentially suitable buyers by discovering the problems common to the market.Then using that information to build a profile of those most likely to buy; It is day 5 in this little event and we are going to take yesterday's solution exploring to find … [Read more...]

This Week’s Surf Report

102 Proven Social Media Headline Formulas killer headlines that will help you get more clicks art speak The Creative Tourist Want People to Listen? Get a Life. 20 Business Cards with style Inspiration to stand out and be memorable. ARTWEEN A social network who invites all actors of the art … [Read more...]

Robin Pedrero lessons & advice

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What are the most important lessons you have learned about being an artist and selling your work? I have learned to value my art and time. To not let negative talk infect my work or attitude. I weed toxic people, places and elements out of my life. Stay positive. Build a good comfortable … [Read more...]

Featured Artist: Robin Pedrero

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   Artist Statement I respond to what catches my eyes and heart using colors, shapes and lines. I desire to capture simple pleasures, wind in the trees, atmospheric reflections, people and places around the world. I personify nature through color and movement evoking moods of transition, strength, … [Read more...]

Do you know who your buyers are?

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Before you can really think about developing a relationship it might be a good idea to think seriously about who it is you want to relate to!! Remember when you were dating you probably didn't say "I just want a man/woman" that is a pretty big pot to fish in. You most likely had some vision of who a … [Read more...]

Design Elegance: lessons from Don Norman

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I stumbled across this series first when watching the TED talk and as normally the case I followed links to other of Don's Talks. Don addresses a theme that is very critical to us as a culture and that is the role of design in our lives. I remember reading Don's book "The Design of Everyday Things" … [Read more...]

Featured Blogs…something new

Over the past few weeks I have been working on creating ways to feature Artists and their blogs in a way that encourages them to grow. Two of the ways I have come up with are Adding a feature blog Holding contests built around learning However, I have been stewing about the "How" details … [Read more...]