Monthly Archives: March 2009
CLEANING UP, CLEANING OUT–AGAIN!!
I was wondering if it were maybe time to start clearing out again. I’d almost talked myself out of it–too much time, too much stuff, it’s spring, dammit, I want to read a book and take a nap and enjoy … Continue reading
Filed under art, cleaning the studio, craft, life
25 RANDOM THINGS: Action Steps for Your Artist Statement #4
It’s okay to laugh. It’s okay to make other people laugh. And it’s okay to write an artist statement about art-that-makes-us-laugh, too. Many people have left comments or emailed me with concerns about my artist statement series. They say they … Continue reading
Filed under 25 Random Things, art, artist statement, body of work, craft, humor, inspiration, life, telling your story
NEW JOURNEY: The Fifth Step
I discover I’m not lost–I’m right where I’m supposed to be. Awhile back, I wrote about a coaching session I had with longtime friend and life coach Quinn McDonald, of www.QuinnCreative.com. (I’m leaving out the links because WordPress does not … Continue reading
MARKETING IN A RECESSION
Here’s a nice little benefit to LinkedIn… I formed a new connection recently, which generated an invitation to connect from the person’s spouse, which led me to his blog, where I found this little gem today. Ed Sucherman’s post is … Continue reading
LinkedIn EXPERIMENT
I’m exploring a new social networking site, LinkedIn, this one for professionals. Professional what?, you ask. Well, there are a lot of professional artists, writers and bloggers there already. You can be, too! So IF you are already LinkedIn, and … Continue reading
Filed under body of work, craft, creativity, life, marketing, networking, self promotion, selling online, social networking, telling your story, Twitter, writing
25 RANDOM THINGS: Action Steps for Your Artist Statement #3
Continuing with my mini-series about how to use Facebook’s “25 Random Things About Me” to write promotional materials. The next question is from an artist who wrote: “Hi Luann, I was intrigued by your letter today in the FAS newsletter. … Continue reading
25 RANDOM THINGS: Action Steps for Your Artist Statement #2
Why you need to jazz up that “perfectly good” artist statement of yours. You say you have a perfectly good artist statement, thank you very much, and you’ve written it the way everybody else is writing theirs, so what’s wrong … Continue reading
Filed under art, artist statement, craft, marketing, self promotion, telling your story
25 RANDOM THINGS: Action Steps for Your Artist Statement #1
My article about using Facebook’s “25 Random Things About Me” exercise to create an artist statement appeared in the FineArtViews newsletter this week. People are asking me exactly how to do that–turn that list into their statement. Should they just … Continue reading
ALL THIS SOCIAL MEDIA and Still Nobody’s Asking Me to Dance
Why it’s okay if you aren’t Twittering/Facebooking/meta tagging/Stumbling/LinkedIn or otherwise filling your social media dance card this week. A quick sidestep from social media (Facebook 25 Random Things topic) to social media in general. Sometimes I beat myself up that … Continue reading
Filed under art, business, craft, Etsy, marketing, networking, self promotion, social networking
