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Steven Pressfield

Wrote a great book for breaking through artist blocks.  It is called The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. Here is a great quote on page 22.

        “The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become habit. We don’t just put off our lives today, we put them off till ours deathbed.
        Never forget: This very moment, we can change out lives.  There never was a moment and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.  This second we can turn the table on Resistance. 
        This second, we can sit down and do out work.”

It is a great book.  The advice, and lessons it contains are priceless.  It is less than Ten bucks.  I like it so much, I will not lend it  anyone. 

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Talk to you soon,

Jeremy

Keep on being an artist.  For the last two or three days I have been working on portraits, not on blogs or marketing.  At least twice a week I take time to join in  a live drawing session or a get an online critique.  A great online teacher is Johannes Vloothuis at http://cyberartlearning.com , Johannes has a lot of knowledge, he knows how to teach and gives a great critique.  39 USD for 4 sessions.  It is worth many times that amount.  You have to keep working on your art.

Make sure you stay in touch with your blog and twitter verse at least with short notes and photos of your work in progress.  Give them a reason to keep coming back to your blog

If you care to see what I have been working on in addition to this 30 day challenge,  check out http://www.jeremymckay.com/artist.  Please leave a comment.  In the mean while, I do have 30 preloaded images for the 30 day challenge.  So I can easily drop one on the testing blog and get a paypal button and offer another master piece to the fans of my pseudonym.

You  need good copy to attract and hold the attention of potential customers. It is not different when it comes to the copy that you place on your artist blog. Without coherent and informative text, your site will soon die, no matter how good your product happens to be.  Just like signage, location and newspaper ads are the way you promote you offline store.  Good copy is your word of mouth on line.

Here are some tactics you can use to make your web copy be all it can be:

1. Keep the copy  simple. Write your copy as if the individual coming to your site knows absolutely nothing about the you, and wants to learn about you.  What do you want to tell them.
2. Make the copy scannable. Using short paragraphs, bulleted lists, and other visual devices will make the text seem less daunting.
3. Keep it upbeat. Use your space to point out what you like about your art, not what is wrong with it.  Remember the objective is to sell art.
4. Tell a story,  everyone loves a good story.
5. Write short, but interesting letters. People are more likely to read what follows.
6. Your headlines should lead to the art work. This does not mean the headlines are the titles of your art.  This does not mean that there are times when the title of you art is the headline.
7. Forget extra characters in your headline. They add nothing to it and will likely obscure the words, something you don’t want to happen.
8. Don’t include hot links in the headlines. You’ll get more mileage if you keep the links in the body of the copy.
9. Revise the headline slightly now and then. It can help old copy attract new attention.
10. Start paragraphs with a verb. This implies action, which can draw people into what you are trying to convey.
11. Spell things correctly. Nothing kills good copy like a bunch of spelling errors.
12. Go with proper grammar. You’ll come off looking like an authority on the subject matter.
13. Avoid big words when and as possible. Try to shoot for sentences composed with words people use every day; it will make the copy more accessible to your audience.
14. Focus on value of your Art. Some People need to be reassured that the purchasing decision is giving them a real benefit.

These fourteen points can help you.  I would encourage you to set the time aside to review you copy, on a weekly basis, If you are posting on a daily basis, review more often.  I generally read or at least scan a blog post the day it is first published.  So you weekly review will help you to be better next time.  Continue to write , edit and improve.

Please add your own comments or tips to this article.

Thanks

Jeremy