Revive Your Blog
I have witnessed a large number of artists build successful blogs. I have also, sadly, watched even more artists’ blogs falter.
There is plenty of room in the blogosphere for meaningful artist blogs.
With this article, I’m calling on all artists who have it in them to revive their blogs – to recommit to the practice of blogging and the art of improving what you write and share.
Why Blog?
1. Blogging adds fresh content to your site.
Your content is built on a virtual space you own – not Facebook, not Instagram, not whatever-the-next-great-social-media-site-is. It powers up your site rather than turning over the traffic to one that you have no control over.
You can always share your blog posts to the social media channels, but the traffic will then point back to your site.
2. Blogging helps you grow as an artist.
You learn a lot about your art and your goals as an artist when you blog and interact with people.
Almost every artist I know who blogs regularly has shared with me that
