Expose Yourself!

I've recently discovered Empty Easel, the "online art magazine with practical advice, tips, and tutorials for creating and selling art."  Their articles are informative and easy to read.  Daily I read some of the biggies in blogging and branding, and am often left with a headache trying to figure out how to apply it to my own art marketing efforts.

I thought this link would be an interesting topic. The article is from 2009 and obviously dated material with a reference to MySpace. However, the creativity exhibited is timeless and leads me into my own social networking experiment.  Another experiment - imagine that!

Great examples of social networking success for online artists

 

 

"Blue Cup and Cherries"
6 x 6 Oil on Gessobord
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Here's my new social networking experiment - I have a Pinterest account and have created a board called The Chubby Cherry.  I've also declared that in my studio July is "Paint a Cherry" month.  All my paintings in July have at least one cherry in them (if not alot.)  Once I've listed each painting for sale on Etsy, I pin to my Chubby Cherry board where it is seen with alot of my other pins having to do with cherries....recipes, history, friends artwork with cherries, cross-stitch and scrapbooking patterns, and other cool cherry-related products.  (My favorite product is the cherry pitter.  It's so attractive to eat cherries and spit out the pits!) I've had lots of repins....so I know people are following and looking.  Hopefully, I'm offering a little information and exposure to the little beloved cherry as well.

 

Next month my subject for still life paintings will be citrus - lime, lemon, orange - with a corresponding Pinterest board.  I might even start a "Fruit Painting of the Month" club??

 

My point in sharing my example of a social networking experiment is to help you think outside the box.  What can you do to gain more exposure for your art?  It can be a small experiment or a large one.  Remember to be very creative when exposing yourself....a lot of the obvious things have been tried.

 

If you haven't read "Purple Cow" by Seth Godin, you really need to. 

 

 

Today's Nitty-Gritty Nugget:

 

     Think outside the box when exposing your art to the world!

 

 

PS.  How are your sales?  Celebrate your successes by leaving me a comment.  I sold two paintings this last week....both cherry paintings.  ;-)

 

 

"Chubby Cherry No. 2"
4 x 4 Oil on Gessobord
SOLD
Going to CA