About a week and a half ago I came across what I think is a very smart art marketing technique used by Chris Bolmeier. It isn't necessarily a NEW technique in the online world, but up until now I haven't ...
Selling Art Online: Information on Where (and How) to Sell Art on the Internet
Posted May 6th, 2008.
Posted May 5th, 2008.
Several months ago I posted a survey asking artists where they sold their art. The response so far has been incredible, with over 270 artists taking time to respond. After analyzing the poll, here are some of the more interesting ...
Posted April 22nd, 2008.
Zazzle.com is a print on demand supplier of various products, including posters and fine art prints. It's fairly similar to other print on demand services I've reviewed, but with enough clear differences that I'm sure some artists will prefer Zazzle ...
Posted April 15th, 2008.
CafePress.com was one of the first online markets to offer print on demand services to artists. Now CafePress has over 6.5 million members (each with their own CafePress shop) who sell t-shirts, mugs, stickers, cards, and yes, even posters and ...
Posted April 8th, 2008.
Because of Etsy’s popularity, I’ve had several requests lately to review it - and while it’s not solely a fine art site (the focus is really on crafts and handmade items) it’s certainly possible for fine artists to use Etsy ...
Posted March 31st, 2008.
My experiment with Google Adwords was somewhere between success and failure. I DID get visitors to EmptyEasel through my ads, and I DO believe that any other artist could do the same for their own website. However. . .
Posted March 25th, 2008.
If you want to sell your art online, you need to help people find it. In this article I'll be comparing the two most popular methods for getting people to visit your website - search engine optimization (SEO) and paid ...
Posted March 24th, 2008.
This month I noticed something out of the ordinary while checking some statistics about the online art market - in the past, Imagekind has ranked higher than any of the other art websites I'm tracking in terms of sheer visitors. ...
Posted March 4th, 2008.
Have you been to Artflock.com lately? Artflock is a UK-based website for displaying and selling original art, but it’s open to artists all around the world. More importantly, it’s really been changing over the last few months, and it's now ...
Posted February 26th, 2008.
Finally. . . I'm getting some visitors through my ads! If you’ve been following along in my Adwords for Artists series, you know that I hadn’t seen very good results from the first advertising campaign I tried. But, after revising ...
Posted February 19th, 2008.
There are three main types of artist websites you'll find online: HTML, JavaScript or Flash websites. What you WANT is a plain HTML site, but keep reading because I’m going to quickly explain each type of artist website and why ...
