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Location Based Services: more than games?

2010 by Bill

As with most inno­va­tions these apps sprang from another inno­va­tion that set the stage, they are all based on GPS tech­nol­ogy but, and this is an impor­tant but, GPS in and of itself was not enough.

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SEO for artists

2010 by Bill

Unlike, major brands who only want traf­fic when there is a good chance you’ll buy, artists on the other hand want both buy­ers and repeat vis­i­tors who will share their dis­cov­ery with oth­ers. As artists, our abil­ity to achieve repeat sales is directly linked to the qual­ity of our connections,

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A social media network formula for artists

2010 by Bill

Because we don’t own store fronts and most of us are the only peo­ple employed in our busi­ness we need to have some way that brings peo­ple to what­ever venue we sell our stuff out of

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An Artist’s Social Graph

2010 by Bill

In a nut shell, social media/networking is both a com­mu­ni­ca­tions con­duit and a way to let peo­ple out in the world know you have some­thing they might be inter­ested in. It is also more than that, it is your key to build­ing trust and in turn relationships

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Featured artist sarah lacy

Sarah on rules, tradition and building community

2010 by Bill

I think almost every­thing I do would be con­sid­ered “non-traditional” by very tra­di­tional artists, but I don’t know how much of it is really “out there”. I try to see mar­ket­ing as another cre­ative out­let, where I can exper­i­ment and try new things.

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Resistance is Futile:the truth behind social networks

let's talk by Bill

The net­works we cre­ate are organic, they change and grow over time while often keep­ing the same focus. For instance net­works of obese peo­ple tended to remain rel­a­tively the same as it evolved, and, more impor­tantly, as mem­bers left and new ones joined the obe­sity level of the new mem­bers increased.

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Featured artist sarah lacy

Sarah talks about Art as Business

2010 by Bill

When I was 16, I was already itch­ing to run my own busi­ness and I gave it a shot and failed mis­er­ably. I never really got any­where because I didn’t have any way of get­ting myself out there. I’d fallen for the “Build it and they’ll come” myth. That’s when I real­ized some­thing had to change.

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Self Promotion Monsters

let's talk by Sarah Lacy

It kinda makes me want to throw up. Even those words – the pro­mo­tion of my self. Ick. Ew. Ugh.

And I feel so ridicu­lous for doing this. All of my per­sonal mon­sters and demons are yelling. Loudly.

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AIDA four letters to clear the marketing fog

2010 by Bill

Some­times it is good to have a for­mula to help remem­ber what you need to do espe­cially when you are start­ing some­thing unfa­mil­iar. Over the years a sim­ple for­mula evolved to help mea­sure the effec­tive­ness of mar­ket­ing efforts

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