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…
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…
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…
Know Your Rhythms
I've been wanting to write this article for years (even before Al Gore invented the internet). What follows is my story about how the most important lesson I learned early…
Positioning. What Do You Own?
Positioning. This powerful marketing concept was first brought to my attention when I read the book by the same name; Positioning. In it I learned about this powerful concept of…
Giving Back
Hello folks, how is everybody? Things are picking up; my first book will be in stores early next month (pre-sales have exceeded expectations), my rep Wendi and I are lining…
Creatives & Self-Employed: Be Your Own Best Friend
As the month of September begins and I've paid my end of August/beginning of September bills, I got a bit nervous about my dwindling bank account. In the past, the…
Parlaying Sales Through Good Karma
So today's entry is about leverage, more specifically how to parlay one job into the next. For this discussion I will review one of my latest projects, a group portrait…