by Becky Sciullo | Jun 28, 2021 | Artist Websites, Resources, Tools
Here are some marketing ideas for your Monday morning.
Five Art Marketing Ideas
1 – It’s never too soon to start your email list—many people who visit a website for the first time never return. It’s good when fans subscribe to social media profiles, but that doesn’t guarantee that they will see all of your content. One way to keep people coming back and ensure they don’t miss content is by asking them to subscribe to your blog or an email newsletter.
2 – Make sure your website is mobile-friendly using a tool like this.
3 – Make it easy for people to purchase from you. You can do this by having clear information on your website, such as a call to action or easy-to-find purchase buttons in your gallery. It also helps to have a dedicated page explaining how to purchase work.
4 – Print out your work as stickers using a service such as Sticker App. You could include them as thank-you for artwork purchases or offer them as a fun, low-cost item when displaying your work for sale.
5 – If you offer limited edition prints, rather than providing them as afterthoughts to your original work, give them the attention they deserve. Announce the release of each new edition through your email newsletter, blog, and social media.
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Monday Morning Marketing Ideas is a regular blog post series to offer ideas that you might use in your business. Thoughts provided cover a wide variety of medium and marketing methods. Some may seem a little crazy. Others, you might say, now why didn’t I think of that? These are simply ideas that pop into my head or come across my desk as I work through the week. I don’t always have time to write an entire blog post on the subject, but I thought they might be worth sharing.
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by Becky Sciullo | Jun 14, 2021 | Resources, Tools
Here are some marketing ideas for your Monday morning.
Five art marketing ideas.
1 – Want to jump on the TikTok bandwagon? Here is a guide for small businesses.
2 – Prices on your website are a good thing. People may have no idea whether or not they are in your price range, and they might not feel comfortable asking you. Make it easy for people to work with you by listing them.
3 – If you are a plein air painter, share images of your work in context. Simply take pictures of your work on the easel before you leave the area where you are painting.
4 – Writing interesting descriptions about your work can help with SEO.
5 – Are you headed back to live events and festivals this summer? Piggyback on current shopping trends and offer a pre-purchase option where possible allowing people to then pick up in person at the event.
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Monday Morning Marketing Ideas is a regular blog post series to offer ideas that you might use in your business. Thoughts provided cover a wide variety of medium and marketing methods. Some may seem a little crazy. Others, you might say, now why didn’t I think of that? These are simply ideas that pop into my head or come across my desk as I work through the week. I don’t always have time to write an entire blog post on the subject, but I thought they might be worth sharing.
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by Becky Sciullo | May 3, 2021 | Artist Websites, Blogging, Learning, Social Media, Tools
Here are some marketing ideas for your Monday Morning.
Seven Art Marketing Ideas
1 – Set up an art loan program where people can make arrangements to rotate art and refresh their walls for a set monthly fee.
2 – Feature up to ten pieces of work in a collection in an Instagram carousel post.
3 – We spring clean our homes. Why not spring clean your business, ultimately making you more effective at marketing and selling your work. Step back and take care of some of those things that may have become cluttered or that you don’t deal with very often.
4 – Take your audience behind the scenes by sharing an insight into your process. Still images are great, but short videos are even better.
5 – Invite followers and readers to “ask me anything”. It’s an engaging way to open up a conversation with them and get insight into what your audience wants to hear from you.
6 – Use a mind-mapping tool like Mindmeister to help brainstorm ideas for anything from blog post ideas to finding an audience.
7 – A downside of Instagram is the inability to share links other than in your bio. Here is an excellent idea on how to get more out of that one link.
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Monday Morning Marketing Ideas is a weekly blog post series to offer ideas that you might use in your business. Thoughts provided cover a wide variety of medium and marketing methods. Some may seem a little crazy. Others, you might say, now why didn’t I think of that? These are simply ideas that pop into my head or come across my desk as I work through the week. I don’t always have time to write an entire blog post on the subject, but I thought they might be worth sharing.
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by Becky Sciullo | Apr 26, 2021 | Artist Websites, Learning, Resources, Tools
Here are some marketing ideas for your Monday morning.
Six Art Marketing Ideas
1 – When listing images of your work on e-commerce sites such as Etsy or even your own website, make sure that your lighting and the way you photograph them are consistent. There are apps such as Vsco to help you with this.
2 – If you are actively seeking commission work, dedicate a page on your website for these projects. Include terms of working with you and images and stories about commission work that you have done in the past with testimonials.
3 – Sometimes people get home and a piece doesn’t work in the space they thought it would. Let your clients know that if they change their minds about a purchase, they can return the artwork for a full refund minus the cost of shipping and handling. Robert Yonke offers this for his work. In the history of working with him, we’ve had two return art. In both cases, they exchanged the work rather than asking for a refund. As a result, people may be more comfortable making a large purchase, knowing that if they get it home and have a change of heart, they can return it.
4 – Be familiar with the places you can market your art in your region. What spaces exist for you to show and sell your art? The spaces can include public spaces like museums and libraries, commercial galleries, and other businesses that feature artists. Keep track of these places and ones that might be a fit for your work. Meet the people who run them. Then, stay in touch so that you stay on top of opportunities that might be a fit for your work.
5 – Don’t forget to use tagging in your marketing. Tags are the search keywords that people use to find your art. You can tag your work in many places, including social media, your blog, and e-commerce sites. Tagging your work helps bring it to the top of search results on the platforms you are using and search engines.
6 – Are you stuck? Sometimes, taking a break from marketing isn’t a bad thing either. Consider a creativity vacation.
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Monday Morning Marketing Ideas is a weekly blog post series to offer ideas that you might use in your business. Thoughts provided cover a wide variety of medium and marketing methods. Some may seem a little crazy. Others, you might say, now why didn’t I think of that? These are simply ideas that pop into my head or come across my desk as I work through the week. I don’t always have time to write an entire blog post on the subject, but I thought they might be worth sharing.
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by Becky Sciullo | Mar 4, 2021 | Artist Blogging 101, Blogging, Tools
Many artists understand that maintaining a consistent web presence could help with sales, but feel they don’t have time for a blog. They’d rather be creating. And, I get that!
Fifteen minutes a day to a web presence.
What if I told you that you could invest fifteen minutes a day in your web presence to see results? In Blogging for a Visual Art Business, I explain that if you get into a consistent habit of writing and working on your blog, you can maintain a system that eventually can take as little as fifteen minutes of your time every day.
This article by Michael Hyatt explains this concept well. Little bits of progress consistently over time will reap the rewards in the long run.
Invest in your art business.
I’m not going to lie, though. You will need to invest some time on the front end. But, after you build your system, you will be able to maintain your online presence in fifteen minutes a day.
Daily is better than monthly.
Working on your system every day keeps you fresh. It helps you to build momentum. It’s easier than sitting down once a month to update things.
Four Necessary Ingredients
If you are serious about starting and maintaining a blog that will drive your art marketing forward, consider the Artist Blogging Toolbox. This program has all four of the necessary ingredients outlined in the article.
1 – Get Clear on Your Goals
The first action in the Toolbox is to outline the goals you want your artist blog to accomplish for your business.
2 – Identify the Right Behavior
After your blog is set up with your first set of posts, you will learn how to set up a system that includes daily behaviors that work to continue to build your presence.
3 – Track Your Progress
The Artist Blogging Toolbox includes tools you can use to plan out your posts and stay on track with your plan.
4 – Accountability Partner
Perhaps the most significant selling point of the Program: You are not alone! This is a self-paced program, but it includes points for checking in and one-on-one meeting time between you and me working specifically on your blog.
Positive Habits Make Progress
Fifteen minutes a day of any proactive activity can help your business. Even if it’s not blogging, try committing fifteen minutes every day to one positive thing you’re already doing to market your work.
If you’d like to set up a fifteen-minute Zoom meeting with me to talk about how the Artist Blogging Toolbox might help you, please drop me a line at becky@artisan-advantage.com.
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by Becky Sciullo | Feb 15, 2021 | Learning, Social Media, Tools
Here are some marketing ideas for your Monday Morning
Five Art Marketing Ideas (and suggestions:))
1 – Dig into Pinterest with Pinterest Presents, a free virtual summit.
2 – Speaking of Pinterest. Convert your personal profile to a business profile. Business profiles offer better data and you won’t lose any of your pins by switching over.
3 – Gain exposure and revenue with Patreon. Allow fans to support your work. Build yourself a profile and get paid for things you might already be creating.
4 – Consider live-streaming your process.
5 – Don’t overlook LinkedIn. I recently read that posts with images get 94% more views. Your work can easily stand out on this platform.
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