June 2010

Audio version of the newsletter. You can’t just build a website and wait for the traffic to pick up. You have to encourage visits consistently. Here are fifteen techniques to start the wheels churning.

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Converting In-Person Meetings into Web Visits

by Alyson Stanfield on June 4, 2010

It would be an error to give all of your information in a handout or email. I’m encouraging you to create a special FAQs page so that people must visit your site to get the information they want. You don’t want to turn people off. You approach it with a spirit of generosity. You’re helping them out!

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Self Doubt: Friend or Foe? < Deep Thought Thursday

by Alyson Stanfield on June 3, 2010

Is self-doubt a friend or foe for you or other artists you know? Can one be too confident in one’s art? Writer and historian Steven Pressfield says self-doubt can be an ally. Do you agree or disagree?

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Plan a Road Trip to See More Art

by Alyson Stanfield on June 1, 2010

Don’t stay in your comfortable world. Escape! As an artist, you should explore and experience everything the art world has to offer. Go out of your way to see more art. You never know when you’ll come upon a life-altering or art-altering experience.

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