Selling art is not so much who you know but rather who knows you. If you hide and keep your stuff in a drawer, by one definition it will never become art and you will never sell. Networking and the Internet is the modern way to do this but don't dismiss old fashioned leg work, people to people, one person at a time.
My advertizing is all word of mouth now but I never fail to begin the conversation.
One place often overlooked in this attempt to sell yourself is your old High School. The love of gossip that you might have hated then can now be used to your advantage. People like to talk.
Sleepy towns can produce great people. Clint Eastwood and Ken Kesey were both from my little town, Springfield, Oregon. I was raised in Corvallis, Oregon, even a smaller town which has seen the rise of other now famous people. I know a Movie Star, a Writer and an Artist, all from my little high school, all childhood friends. Reconnecting with old classmates is another way to enlarge the circle of those who know you.
My barber, my banker know what I do and have my business card on their wall. I don't join clubs but that would be another way, some kind of opportunity to tell people what you do.
I need the help of other people or I can't continue what I do. The next sale allows for more materials for the next piece I have yet to think of. People want to be helpful too. My "stuff" has been in the lobby of my bank many times, it is the rack you might hang your hat on at my local barbers, and above your table at a local cafe I frequent.
More of my STUFF is here.
My advertizing is all word of mouth now but I never fail to begin the conversation.
One place often overlooked in this attempt to sell yourself is your old High School. The love of gossip that you might have hated then can now be used to your advantage. People like to talk.
Sleepy towns can produce great people. Clint Eastwood and Ken Kesey were both from my little town, Springfield, Oregon. I was raised in Corvallis, Oregon, even a smaller town which has seen the rise of other now famous people. I know a Movie Star, a Writer and an Artist, all from my little high school, all childhood friends. Reconnecting with old classmates is another way to enlarge the circle of those who know you.
My barber, my banker know what I do and have my business card on their wall. I don't join clubs but that would be another way, some kind of opportunity to tell people what you do.
I need the help of other people or I can't continue what I do. The next sale allows for more materials for the next piece I have yet to think of. People want to be helpful too. My "stuff" has been in the lobby of my bank many times, it is the rack you might hang your hat on at my local barbers, and above your table at a local cafe I frequent.
More of my STUFF is here.
