by Alyson Stanfield on March 15, 2010
One reason that blogs are so powerful is that they can establish you as an expert. Give information freely on your artist blog! Just because you give away free information doesn’t mean that people won’t pay for the same information in a different format
by Alyson Stanfield on September 16, 2009
The Blog Triage class ended and a lot of hard-working artists have much better blogs to show for their efforts. They tweaked their sidebars, About pages, writing, linking, and design. They also made sure they had their feeds straight so people can easily follow them.
by Alyson Stanfield on July 29, 2009
When it’s okay to use someone else’s artwork on your site, how to do it, and when it’s probably best to ask ahead of time. Also, how to deal with someone who has swiped one of your images without crediting you AND how to credit images on your blog.
by Alyson on April 6, 2009
It happened again! I talk to a group of artists about using social media like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. I tell them that this is part of a marketing program and that, yes, it will take time. I warn them not to get sidetracked using social media and forget to go into the studio–that [...]
