Okay,. you really don't have to have a marketing major to get customers for your art . All you need to do is go to the internet and find some blogs about marketing your art. There are so many, so go search. Hopefully you have read some or found mine and so I am going to do the best I can and give you some target markets.
FACEBOOK, I know not everyone has 500 something friends but you can get them. Just start with the friends you have on your list and look at their friends list.If you know of them, their is nothing wrong with sending a friend request to get to know them better. When I mean Know of them, I mean you have been involved with them in some social function; your children go to school with their children, you see them at your church or what ever.Send them a friend request if you think they might be a good customer contact.
WEBSITE: you must have an artist website to sell your art online. Find a cheap website that you can set up your art digitally as a gallery. Most of these websites will have an application so every time you post a new piece it also post on your facebook page and your list of friends will see this. I cannot say enough about an artist website. Some of these websites are Imagekind, fineartamerica.artrising and many others. These website will sell your art in any size on any medium and you only pay a annual fee with a commission
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UPLOADS: upload your work of your art and create marketing tools such as discounts , sales or re-posts options.Upload a painting and list a sale price or discount ,everyone loves a bargain. Re-posts are a technique that artist use to get more exposure and customers.This process consists of listing an painting and the facebook friend that shares or re-posts with the most likes get the painting as a fre promotional item. This will get more people involved in your art and more facebook future friends will see your art and become potential customers. People love seeing art and being involved in the art process so get your list going and get your friends exposed to your art. Good luck and More to come later. Keep watching and visiting.
Emerging Artist Belinda Lawson
FACEBOOK, I know not everyone has 500 something friends but you can get them. Just start with the friends you have on your list and look at their friends list.If you know of them, their is nothing wrong with sending a friend request to get to know them better. When I mean Know of them, I mean you have been involved with them in some social function; your children go to school with their children, you see them at your church or what ever.Send them a friend request if you think they might be a good customer contact.
WEBSITE: you must have an artist website to sell your art online. Find a cheap website that you can set up your art digitally as a gallery. Most of these websites will have an application so every time you post a new piece it also post on your facebook page and your list of friends will see this. I cannot say enough about an artist website. Some of these websites are Imagekind, fineartamerica.artrising and many others. These website will sell your art in any size on any medium and you only pay a annual fee with a commission
.
UPLOADS: upload your work of your art and create marketing tools such as discounts , sales or re-posts options.Upload a painting and list a sale price or discount ,everyone loves a bargain. Re-posts are a technique that artist use to get more exposure and customers.This process consists of listing an painting and the facebook friend that shares or re-posts with the most likes get the painting as a fre promotional item. This will get more people involved in your art and more facebook future friends will see your art and become potential customers. People love seeing art and being involved in the art process so get your list going and get your friends exposed to your art. Good luck and More to come later. Keep watching and visiting.
Emerging Artist Belinda Lawson
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