5 Art Pricing Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
Long time readers of TAA know today’s guest poster, Melissa Dinwiddie. She’s one smart cookie, and happens to be my partner in ArtEmpowers. Melissa has written here at TAA about how her art career...
View ArticleWhat is the Value of Your Art?
Earlier this week, I stuck my foot in something nasty.An earlier guest post on selling art on Fiverr.com raised some hackles. While she says right in her post that artists should limit the amount of...
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Where do you want to go?
The Cheshire Cat scene from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland has always struck me as particularly profound.“I just wanted to ask you which way I ought to go,” says Alice. “Well, that depends on where you...
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How Art Consultants Can Help You Grow Your Art Business
This is a guest post from Laura ReynoldsAs a growing profession offering a range of beneficial services across the arts world, art consultants can offer enormous value to anyone looking to make an...
View ArticleHow to Double Your Income by Giving Away Your Art for Free
Note from Cory: from time to time I get pitched guest posts for things that are completely out of alignment with what works in the Fine Art world. In many instances I reject those posts because they’re...
View ArticleSociety of American Mosaic Artists – I’m Speaking There!
If you are a mosaic artist, you are probably familiar with the Society of American Mosaic Artists and their annual conference.This year it’s being held in Houstin, Texas, and I’m a speaker on the first...
View ArticlePromoting Your Art in Alternate Places
Doctors’ offices. Lawyers’ offices. Coffee shops. Restaurants.These are all great places to promote your art. Why? Because only a small fraction of the populace goes to art galleries. In addition, if...
View ArticleGoogle Hangouts for Artists – Creating a Virtual Artist Community
[from Cory:] When I started talking to Bill about some of the ways that he could market himself online, we were both really enthusiastic about his teaching videos. Bill has a warm personality and a...
View ArticleContent Marketing Course Syllabus download
Hey folks – very short blog post here. A whole bunch of people have asked questions about the Content Marketing Course schedule. I decided to go ahead and publish it here since so many of you were...
View ArticleBuilding Your Business the Right Brain Way Book Review
Jennifer Lee’s new book, Building Your Business the Right Brain Way, is a detailed overview of how to get your business off of the ground.We’ve featured Jennifer on the blog here at TAA a few times in...
View Article86+ FREE Ways to Market Your Art
When I wrote the How to get Quick Wins Online post, it was intended to be a short run down of what I consider one of the easiest ways to get started selling art online. Since I wrote that post, I’ve...
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"It Doesn’t Matter if You Call It Art If You Don’t Have Anything to Say"–...
This is a quote from one of my very favorite plays – The Shape of Things by Neil Labute. The entire play (and the movie) is a take down of shallowness and shock art.“Anybody can be provocative or...
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Business Coaching for Artists
You know what one of the most entertaining and gratifying things in the world is? Watching an artist break into a huge smile over Skype because she’s so excited about making sales to people via email....
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Art Business Coaching Case Study: Angela Treat Lyon
For the last five years I’ve been coaching artists from all over the world. If you like my Facebook or Instagram pages, you’ll see that I occasionally post snippets of positive feedback from coaching...
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Goal Setting & Lifestyle Design | TAA Podcast #2
For the second episode of TAA Podcast, I’m introducing you to the concept of a non-interview podcast, where it’s just me, talking in-depth about a topic. I look forward to your feedback! For those who...
View Article10+ Tools and Tips for Online Market Research | Ep 3
http://traffic.libsyn.com/taapodcast/online_research_tools_ep_3.mp3 Download Episode directly with this link Today’s episode is sponsored by ArtStoreFronts.com. Maximize your Art Sales, By Having a...
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$500 Photography Portraits to $8,000 Portraits with Pye Jirsa from SLRLounge.com
http://traffic.libsyn.com/taapodcast/payam_jirsa_.mp3 Download directly with this link. Pye Jirsa and his 2 partners run a photography studio in Los Angeles, California. LinandJirsa.com and...
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The 50/50 Time Rule for Art Business
Something happened last week that I was a little surprised about. I spoke to two separate artists that were really struggling to get their art businesses off of the ground. One artist was struggling...
View ArticleHow to Talk About Your Art Even if You’re A Hopeless Introvert
http://traffic.libsyn.com/creativeinsurgents/8_Vanessa_Van_Edwards.mp3 Download link here 1:15 – Vanessa Van Edward’s introduction. Science of People’s website (affiliate link). She’s an expert in body...
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Selling the Experience: Telling the Story of Your Art
From Cory: I’m so glad Lisa reached out with this post. It’s a solid explanation of how to tell the story of your art. We’ve published articles similar to this in the past, like How to Tell the Epic...
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