From the category archives:

Web Sites, Blogs, and Technology for Artists

Are the colors, font styles, and font sizes consistent on your art website and blog? Creating a style sheet to use as a guideline will 1) give your site a more professional look and 2) make it easier on you because you no longer have to spend time worrying about what color or font to use.

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Blog class “patients” check out with improved blogs

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.

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About pages in 1st or 3rd person: A compromise

by Alyson Stanfield on August 25, 2009

The About page is sometimes the only page with a lot of text on an artist’s site so it becomes a candidate for including the name and description of the artist’s work, making 3rd person a choice, sort of by default. Guest author Patricia J. Velte shares a compromise for using 3rd person text (which Google likes) along with the more informal 1st person.

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Personalize your Error pages

by Alyson Stanfield on April 24, 2009

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Recycle those blog posts into art exhibit labels

by Alyson Stanfield on April 21, 2009

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Podcast: Expand your online marketing

by Alyson Stanfield on February 9, 2009

Things are changing in the art world. Are you going to yearn for the past or embrace the future?

 
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Expand your online marketing

by Alyson Stanfield on February 9, 2009

Tired of depending on galleries for sales?
Fed up with no results from sending out your portfolio?
Wasting resources on advertising?
It’s time to get serious about using the Internet more effectively.
Expanding your online presence is always (ALWAYS!) a good idea, but now might be a good time to devote even more of your energy to doing so. [...]

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Does your blogging need a shot in the arm?

by Alyson Stanfield on January 12, 2009

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Create a Web album at Picasa

by Alyson Stanfield on November 15, 2008

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