11 Gorgeous WordPress Themes for Artist Websites

December 15, 2011
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I’ve talked a LOT about using WordPress for your artist website. I even built a whole class on using WordPress to create a fully functional, beautiful site for your art. A handful of artists keep asking me to share my list of WordPress themes that work well for artists. I finally sat down and assembled [...]

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Breaking Down the Easiest Ways to Start Accepting Payment On Your Own Website

December 13, 2011
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If you know you SHOULD be selling your art on your own website, but are not because the technicalities of accepting payment scare you, I am about to rid you of every excuse you’ve got! I’m Stephanie Peterson, the founder of an e-commerce web design/development agency called Fairground Media. I’ve got over 13 years of [...]

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Artists: Stop Building Other People’s Business

November 29, 2011
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Too many artists are building someone else’s business. Sites like Etsy, Artfire, FineArtAmerica, and others (which I call Art Malls) make it easy to create the illusion of having a ‘web presence.’ When they upload all of their work to an Art Mall site, it makes many artists feel like they are finally getting their [...]

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How to Make Your Art Stand Out Online?

October 26, 2011

It’s a question that artists of all stripes wonder. There are thousands of artists around the world who sell hundreds of thousands of pieces online. How can you get anyone’s attention? I’m bringing a focus on the basics back to The Abundant Artist. For the next couple of weeks, we’re going to publish a series [...]

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Business Plans for Artists: Here, I Did It for You!

October 25, 2011

I noticed that a lot of artists are looking for business plans. I did some looking and it turns out there aren’t a lot of pre-made business plans out there for artists, so, I brought Jennifer Lee, author of Right Brain Business Plan, here to share her creative ideas for business plans. She’s really amazing, [...]

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