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Pay What You Will Coaching for Artists

In the spirit of my Jason Parker's generous offer, I wanted to thank the Artist community online by offering one-on-one coaching - and you can decide what it's worth. You may have noticed a new button on the site, over on the right column. It says Tungle.Me on it and it's ...

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My Big Audacious Goal

My Big Audacious Goal

Help 100 artists build businesses that support the lifestyle they want. That's my Big Audacious Goal. Everybody needs one. How did this come to be my B.A.G.? A month ago I was sitting with some friends on a beautiful Portland roof top. These friends are the people that I meet with every two ...

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Selling Art Online: Facebook

Selling Art Online: Facebook

With Facebook set to hit 500 million members this July, you can't afford to not be on Facebook at this point. I've written about Facebook a lot over the past few months, but I can't keep away from writing about it more. Picture this little scenario: Johnny is a 35 year ...

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How Do I Find the Right Place to Sell My Art Online?

How Do I Find the Right Place to Sell My Art Online?

image by Wonderlane Tami Espe, a Mandala artist asked: "I am a Mandala artist. The hardest thing for me is finding the right places/connections to show my artwork. So my question is How do I find the right venues/sites/contacts with such a specific topic?" Well, Tami, luckily for you, finding ...

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How to Merge Your Art Blog and Your Website (and why you should)

How to Merge Your Art Blog and Your Website (and why you should)

image by cambodia4kids If you have a website and a blog as two separate places online, you may be wasting a lot of valuable opportunities. Easy blogging services like Blogger have done a great job of encouraging thousands of people to start their own blogs. Artists who don't know better ...

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The Evolution (and Re-Evolution) of An Art Business

August 26, 2010
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This is a guest post from the amazing Melissa Dinwiddie. I’ve been working with her off and on for several months and I think her story is instructive to many new artists. This is the first post in a series on how her art evolved into a thriving full-time business that supports her mortgage.

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Pay What You Will Coaching for Artists

August 24, 2010
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In the spirit of my Jason Parker’s generous offer, I wanted to thank the Artist community online by offering one-on-one coaching – and you can decide what it’s worth.
You may have noticed a new button on the site, over on the right column. It says Tungle.Me on it and it’s my new scheduling service. [...]

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Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex

August 20, 2010

Matt Ridley talks about what happens when ideas have sex.
The point I want to make, the reason I’m sharing this video, is that it’s not about which artist will become the best at marketing themselves, but instead, when will the art community as a whole raise the tide enough so that most artists will [...]

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Motivation

August 19, 2010
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Motivation is Key to Selling Art
Every morning I wake up and do two things: I read my scriptures and I plan my day by writing down the five things that I need to get done that day and write down my gratitude for five things that are happening in my life. It’s a good [...]

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How to Teach Storytelling to a Business

August 17, 2010
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The other day a friend came over to hang out and he pointed at a painting on my wall, asking me, “What is that painting?” It was my dream portrait by Eleatta Diver I told him. I went on to explain to him that Eleatta had interviewed me about my dreams and what I [...]

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