Allowing customers to pay with debit and credit cards is vital, even for artists. Checks are risky (I refuse to take them) and less and less people are even willing to write them anymore. When I owned my gift shop back in the early 2000s, …
Simple Ways To Maximize Art Sales
Every artist wants to sell art but how that’s accomplished often seems mysterious. I’m here to take a bit of the mystery out of why some artists sell well and some don’t. Contrary to what you might think, selling art isn’t necessarily about the art itself …
Writing a Compelling Narrative?
If you’re looking for advice on how to write a compelling narrative, this isn’t the post for you. This post outlines my struggle with what it means to write a compelling narrative. Confused? I’ve read a lot about the subject recently. It seems that every social …
What Does 'Ready To Hang' Mean??
When you see a ‘call for entry’ from a gallery or art event, the listing will state that “all submissions must be ready to hang.” But what does that really mean? The assumption, even when the gallery or event is for emerging (new) artists, is …
SEO For Artists - A Brief Overview
About a week after I started my site overhaul, I realized I hadn’t Googled my site in a while. I did a search for “Whiteroses Art” (the search term most often used to find my site). The results were horribly disappointing. Google didn’t even have my …