Do I Need A Personal Website to Sell Art? (8 of 30)
Sell Art with Great Copywriting.
Traffic and comments slow, still not getting any decent results.
1. It will take more than week of postings.
2. It will take more than 100 words a day. You need to raise the bar to 300-500 words a post.
If every piece of art you are offering for sale means something to you, use that meaning in your opening description about the work. Explain you self in the next paragraph. Explain the emotional content and the feelings you had when beginning the piece. Talk about the feeling you would have if you had to display this piece to someone who loves you. Finally restate what the work means to you.
Imagine where the piece could fit in to someones personal collection, what type of person do you want to buy your art. Make your description an open letter to that collector.
Keep practicing, one upload a day until you have 30 pieces fro sale on your blog
Review you writing constantly, ask other for their reviews of your writing and art.
Do I Need A Personal Website to Sell Art? (7 of 30)
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
Do I Need A Personal Website to Sell Art? (6 of 30)
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
Do I Need A Personal Website to Sell Art? (5 of 30)
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.
- A Compelling Title — Why should I read this?
- 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 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.
- 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