February 6, 2012

Is Etsy Dying?

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Etsy is a dream come true for Artists (isn’t it?) Etsy is widely known as one of the premier websites for selling arts & crafts online. They essentially took eBay’s shop concept and focused it squarely on the creative niche so you no longer had to sift through lawnmowers in order to get to beaded lanyards. [...]

How long is all of this going to take?!

"Time" by Andreyutzu

[Don't feel like reading all of this right now?!  Now you can listen or download the entire audio podcast of this post and enjoy the surprisingly irritating sound of my voice anytime!] Let’s face it, only bad things happen quickly One of the things that I’ve learned about this whole building your artistic repuatation online process [...]

How to Create (and destroy) your Reputation Online as an Artist!

Create and Control your Reputation Online!

Unlike high school, getting a reputation online as an artist isn’t easy.  We can’t just smile and charm our fans and potential customers with our good looks.  Sure they might stop by and admire your stuff, but chances are they’re not going to be buying anything unless they end up feeling a real connection to [...]

Stop stealing my sh*t!

Stop Stealing my Sh**t!

The internet is great.  With the world wide web we are connected like never before.  News travels almost instantly and communities of like-minded individuals can easily come together and share their passion. Without the world wide web, witty and informative websites like Skinny Artist could never exist. Unfortunately, as many of you already know, the [...]

There’s no place like home

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Where’s your online home? As an artist marketing yourself and your work online  do you have a home or do you find yourself virtually homeless? In other words, after you spend a long hard day schmoozing with your groupies on Twitter and Facebook and displaying your wares on Etsy, Amazon, ImageKind, and deviantART, do you [...]