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How (and Why) to Stage Living Room Shows
For years I’ve been telling artists to focus on what they can do right away to start making sales now rather than waiting for a gallery to pick them. One way of doing that is to fill a living room, and...
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How to Write Effective Art Tutorials
When I decided to start an art blog, I was constantly doubting my decision. Every website I researched, every forum I read, and every podcast I listened to told me there was no hope for a blog focused...
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10 tips for selling art in 2022 (and beyond)
The pandemic drastically changed the fine art market. Yesterday I shared these stats. 2/3 of all art buyers bought art online in 2021 8/10 people who bought online bought in the last 12 months 27% of...
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How to Sell Art to Interior Designers in 2022
Want to learn how to sell art to interior designers to increase your exposure and supplement your income as an artist? How about picking the brain of an experienced interior designer who knows exactly...
View ArticleAntifragile Art Businesses
In his book Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains that some systems become more resilient and work better as they experience stress and chaos. Certain kinds of artmaking tends to behave in an...
View ArticleAfter the Twitter Meltdown: Where Do Artists Go Next?
Social media is splintering into much smaller networks. Twitter is imploding. Facebook has been losing people for years and may have entered a death spiral where fewer people spend time there, so...
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The State of Online Art Sales Heading in to 2023
The state of online art sales, heading into 2023 The Abundant Artist founder Cory Huff recently shared the trends he’s seeing in online commerce over the course of the last three years of the...
View Article2023 is going to be a weird year
This is the time of year when everyone (including me) rolls out their new sales courses and promises that if you just use their simple, proven system that you’ll make a bunch of money. But here’s the...
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Online vs. Offline Sales: Which Matters More?
How many sales come from a successful artist’s Instagram account vs. their galleries? What about their email list vs. the gallery’s collector base? So far this year I’ve had multiple conversations...
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How to Return to Selling Art After a Long Time Away
Every so often I get an email like this one. I have an extensive history of shows and sales, and was heavily involved in the art world 24/7 decades ago. For family caregiving reasons [or health, or...
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