If You Try Something and Fail, Have You Succeeded?
I participated in my first ever art sale at Mcginty's last weekend. Called the Art Bender Weekend, forty artists prepared work, paid a modest space fee and sold work during…
The Process Of Becoming Successful Is Success Itself
Catchy title isn't it? Catchy titles garner attention and I use them to get peoples' attention. After they have paid attention, I begin the process of selling myself. This creates…
You Are Entitled To As Much As You Make Yourself Worth Part 2
To continue from part one of this series, I will now discuss a bit about how I work with my vendors. But first I'd like to back up a bit…
An Unexpected Gift
Getting to know the vendors (office supplies, computers, cameras, bookstore, etc.) who supply your business will pay unexpected dividends. I make the effort to connect with the owners and or…
Podcast Your Expertise
In an earlier post I wrote about getting oneself interviewed to promote your expertise. Podcasting and webinars are additional venues for self-promotion. Two weeks ago Ryan and Alicia from Jitzul…
Help Yourself By Being Interviewed
Do you realize how many sites looking are looking for content only the wonderfulness of you can provide? I have been highly motivated during my career to get the word…
Shameless Promotion
I received the most flattering and thorough review of my book. It is all I had hoped for in a review and clearly Dr. Roach read my book cover to…
You Are Entitled To As Much As You Make Yourself Worth
"You are entitled to as much as you make yourself worth." Douglas Kirkland spoke these words at an APA event I attended in the early 80's. Right then and there…
Contracts Tell A Story
My final 2009 entry is about how I think about and use contracts. I was a member of APA (Advertising Photographers of America) for many years and the contract format…
Invoice & Get Paid
From 1989-1991 I taught a class covering professional business practices for artists at ACCD. An important area covered was on developing an invoice that wouldn't stall as it moved through the clients'…