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Be a fan to have a fan.

This new pen name I am using doesn’t know anyone, but already he has 14 friends on face book.  I do not know any one but my artist associates on Imagekind, they seem to create a very supportive fan base.  I am selecting some artist I will be come fans of later this week.  10 fans a week. 10 Sincere and honest comments about the work they have posted on line.

My twitter is not going as well.  I am really trying to make it without any additional twitter tools, but I may get a few trial auto follow accounts.  More on this later.  I am not indexed on google yet.  I need more meat in my post.  I am going forward but should have at least 200 to 350 words about each post to get noticed bu the great search mechanism of the internet.  It is the end of the first week of doing this and I am pretty tired.  So initially it is hard work.  I do not think there is a way around that.  Eventually it will become easier and most of the task will become routine.  But during the build up stage the first 30 days make sure your  support system is in place to help you stay the course until you hit your objective which should be one sale and 3 ot five prints.  I know it is possible.

Just sticking with it for 30 days or how ever many days it takes will make you stand out.  Will cause people to take notice of your art.

Keep posting , keep reviewing, stay objective,  and focus on the goal

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Jeremy

To Sell Art onling you need to get into a routine.  These are some minimum daily requirement.

• Keep creating
• Post a new piece of Art or A work in progress
• Create and install pay pal
• Review descriptions on ImageKind, and Flickr
• Become a fan of at least one artist

Weekly:

• Review all sites you have become a fan.
• Blog Review Sites on my blog roll
• Post work to a blog like Art and Artistry

Peddle articles:  Twice week write an article about your process, tips and steps.  More on this comming up soon

Check your progress weekly:
Twitter Followers
Facebook Followers
Flickr Fans
ImageKind Views and Coments
Analytics

Take one planned day off a week.  Think about you online stuff on the day off  but, do not work on it.  Just keep note of all the great ideas you get.

Take Care,
Jeremy

What a good post should contain , so I am posting on a daily basis to my pen name blog.  We haven’t really talked about what a good post should contain.  These are some pointers from Mark Joyners Affiliate Marketing Program.

1. A Compelling Title — Why should I read this?
2. A seductive introduction — Your art will handle this once the reader gets there, but before they do you need to say something seductive about your piece. Things like what were you trying to achieve.  What you want the viewer to see.  Tell them what you are expressing in the painting.  Do not just hope they will get it. Were you successful or did this turn out to be a decent study for a theme you will be returning to.  Do not shy away from honestly sharing your results with your readers.  If they know you are going to keep posting and improving they will be more likely to return.  Not everything you create will be a masterpiece, but your collectors are interested in your growth and direction.  Nothing shows that better than works in progress and studies.
3. 3 to 5 details about your work.  Perhaps the pallet you are using, colors, and challenges to yourself as you completed the work.  What materials did you use to put the piece together. How you arrived at the choices for your composition.  Did you learn anything from this piece.
4. Wrap it up, restate your introduction. If you are offering prints online at ImageKind or some place similar, make the offer here with a link.  If you are selling the original, put the paypal button tight in your blog post.

Well these are some basics, that will help when you do not know what to post.  Keep the 4 point in mind for everything you post on your blog.  Check in Tomorrow for How To Create a Paypal Button.

Please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

Jeremy

If you really want to Sell Art on the Internet, you need to be organized.  You should have a check list until you develop you own process this is the list I am using for this project.  I will continue to refine the list and post changes as they seem to fit into the list.

Daily Minimum Requirements

• Review and update descriptions on Imagekind and Flickr
• Post an image, paypal button and story on my blog.  If I am in auto post mode review current post and next day post.
• Tweet something.  Your work in progress whatever.

Daily Measurements

• Google Analytics — Traffic Check
• Twitter Followers  — Keep track
• Blog followers
• Imagekind fans

Stats

Twitter followers: 7

Imagekind fans: 2

Blog Stats: <– where are these and how to make sure we are using them correctly

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Take Care,

Jeremy