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Twitter Tweekly for May 19 2013

26 reasons why no one likes your art via @MoonApe ow.ly/kisUs

Painter travels to the wild for true adventure/subjects. Looks like a great film! ow.ly/kpQeO via @robertgenn

HBR.org: To Get Consumers to Spend More, Try Turning Up the Lights web.hbr.org/ds/042513

As often as possible, give. As often as possible, give without wondering “what’s in it for me.” hbway.com/nlnow @chrisbrogan

Neil Gaiman addresses art school grads in awesome 2012 speech ow.ly/kOhkR

Create rather than consume. Brilliant mindset shift fr @chrisguillebeau chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/changing-t…

Art Startup Gertrude Bets on Plugging Collectors Into Pop-Up Salons zite.to/13j6B7e

The Art Market

5 reasons you shouldn’t invest in art ow.ly/kyjPJ via @EconomicTimes (India)

Prospects of art as investment via @nytimesarts ow.ly/kyk8R

Debating the art market as the best judge of quality zite.to/107JXl5 via @latimes things to think about

Taos gallerists talk about downturn in biz ow.ly/kyg69

Some interesting points about today’s super-rich art collectors…. fb.me/2odbxxAXO

Art being used for money laundering. Fascinating! @nytimesarts ow.ly/l00jG

Helly Nahmad Gallery Owner Indicted in Gambling Case – NYTimes.com zite.to/16ErGzy art is becoming a dirty business

Social

Google Launches Dramatic Redesign of Google+, Emphasizing Context and Content Discovery zite.to/1125KWM via @Zite

MT @rebeccacoleman: Add the Instagram app to your FB page ht.ly/kz6gy

Facebook Cheat Sheet: Image Size and Dimensions zite.to/ZyuRoi < awesome resource

Do This

Make a wish! Participate in this artist’s installation. Super quick form. ow.ly/l4d0n

Share pics of art packed, packaged or stored. ow.ly/l6DeA See what other artists are doing

Artist As Example

I love getting @tina_m newsletters. You should subscribe if you love art or want a better nwsltr ymlp.com/xgeseysugmgj

Another awesome newsletter fr @lisacall <good model for #artists ow.ly/l3mCh

It Really Happened

Artist born w/o arms unable to get permission to enter UK because he could not give fingerprints bbc.in/10k1W3X @BBCBreaking WTH?

RT @chrisguillebeau: Me: “I’d like to give you $500 to make some art.” Local artist: “Sorry, I don’t have the right energy level.” <Ruh roh

Quote Me

Marketing isn’t expensive these days, but you have to be willing to give your time

Subject lines are for getting ppl to open your email. Are they doing that job?

Remember that your #1 priority as an artist is to make art. Marketing is important, but it can’t supersede your studio time.

Consider buying a separate URL for a big #art project. You’d hate for someone else to own the name of your project online.

If someone sees your art in a gallery and tries to buy fr you instead, send them back to the gallery. Every time.

I love seeing a full free day on my calendar. I’ve scheduled my biz so I can have that. You?

Something To Think About

Creatives must say NO. Awesome article medium.com/thoughts-on-cr…

For Fun

How to be happier every day via @TheDailyStat ow.ly/khu9K

If you really want to be an artist, you search yourself, and you find a lot of it comes from earlier times – Claes Oldenburg via @nytimes

Van Gogh’s True Palette Revealed nyti.ms/ZX6T2s

12-yo girl wise beyond her years. This short video should inspire everyone ow.ly/kQGIW

Ordering new outdoor banners fr soundwinds.us Love their banners!

@jaybaer FIRST concert? This dates me significantly, but probably The Osmond Brothers!! First car date to concert: Styx (under the heading TMI)

@jaybaer I also saw Andy Gibb and Shaun Cassidy in concert. I was VERY young of course. (more TMI)

For Impact

Every time you teach people how to look at your art, you empower them.

Post images on YOUR site first, then link/pin/share on social media

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Beware of Poisonous Relationships

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Group Energy You Can't Duplicate Online

At dinner with artists Rae Marie, Angeline-Marie Martinez, Shari Sherman, me, Denisse Berlinghieri, Robin Pedrero, and Victoria Page Miller.

Online connections have their place in marketing your art, but most in-person experiences can’t be duplicated in the same way on a computer. I’ll go one step further: certain in-person opportunities would never arise if you relied only on the Internet. Last week I was reminded of this during a 3-day Florida workshop in which I participated. [...]

What Is Your Compelling Artist Story?

“They” say that stories help sell anything. [...]

4 Ways to Graduate to a More Fulfilling Art Career

graduates throwing their mortarboards in the air

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When You Can't Decide

When you are struggling with a decision, remember this . . . You have everything you need to make the right decisions for your art business. You have read the books, listened to the recordings, and taken the classes. You have paid attention. [...]

How Your Artist Statement Can Engage More Eyeballs

Reading about the artist, but did they look at the work after this photo was taken? Photo credit unknown.

In I’d Rather Be in the Studio I lay out guidelines for your artist statement, where I say that my litmus test for an effective artist statement is that it compels people to look at your art. Think about it: What good is your statement if people only read it and then move on to the next label, the next statement, the next page, or the next artist? [...]

Is Your Art Business Prepared For Disaster?

Most artists don’t want to think about what might go wrong in their businesses. It’s not sexy to talk about backing up, getting insurance, or mitigating risk. Art Biz Blog readers (you!) know that these unsexy topics are necessary to confront. Do not put this off. Right about now you’re probably saying Bor-ing! and you want to leave. But this is critical. Take a look at any of the stories on the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) website and you’ll see that many artists haven’t acted in time. [...]

Is Your Art Good or Garbage?

If you want to reach a higher level in your art career, there must be someone around who can tell you what’s good and what’s garbage. Or does there? In 2005 NPR aired a 4-part series on flops. In part 3, they discussed the aftermath of failure – specifically, what happens when a movie flops. [...]