Skip to main content

Art Business Development and Social Media Relationship - Questions

I'm looking into art business models and have some questions for those of you who are already in the business of making a living with your art.  To answer, please reply to this post.  Comments are moderated, so if you'd like your reply to remain private--please note that.

  • What social media methods are you using to share and/or sell your art? 
  • Do social media platform algorithms support or hinder your efforts? 
  • What are you favorite platforms for art sharing? 
  • Do these favorites differ from your favorite apps to keep in touch with family and friends?
  • In this day and age of such an array of technology platforms for social media uses, information sharing has become complicated.  It used to be a website or blog.  Now it seems you may need Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Vimeo, and others in addition to a website and blog to work at reaching your art audience.  Is social media important to your art sharing?  If not, how do you share your work?
  • On the business side, how does or has social media affected how you conduct selling your work?  
  • What are the logistics for selling your art?  For example, do you have a set-up on one site for art sales (e.g. by credit card) and drive interest from your other site(s) to it for sales?     

What other important questions are there to ask and answer as part of developing an art business plan?

If you chime in with a reply, thank you so much for sharing your expertise and experience!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Paris!

Since late March, I've been planning an international solo trip that included meeting up with friends.   The planning is what makes a trip an adventure, and it was definitely fabulous -- now that it is in the rearview mirror -- so to speak.   During my two weeks abroad, the sights visited included the: Mauritshuis, a lovely art museum (The Hague, Netherlands) Binnenhof (The Hague, Netherlands) Delft (Netherlands) Kasteel de Haar, a castle (Haarzuilens, Netherlands) Museum Speelklok (Utrecht, Netherlands) Walking Tour of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dutch Resistance Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) De Oude and Nieuwe Kerks aka old and new churches (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Sainte Chapelle/Conciergerie (Paris, France) Giverny - Monet's residence at one time (outside Paris) Versailles (outside Paris) Musee d'Orsay/VR Event titled 1874 Impressionists First Exhibition...

New Project in Progress

I'm working on a new project with multiple layers and shapes of different colored organzas.  It is an interpretation of lighting on an ice rink...from a show I recently saw.  There is a lot more stitching to do, but I like how its coming along.  I'm learning organzas are not easy to work with especially when you layer them and have overlaid edges.  The fabric also tends to ravel easily. This post also linked to  http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com .

Fabric Basket - Pretty Easy

This basket was made in Jane Hall's half-day course at IQF 2014.  The greatest amount of time involved in making it--was cutting and sewing the strips together.  Otherwise, it went together easily and quickly (3 hours). These baskets are a great holiday gifting idea that you can match to family and friends' home decoration color schemes.  They're fun and useful besides.