Monday, July 5, 2010
Unreleased New Google Maps Features
Hey everyone, this is yet another artist promo to circulate. All of these videos have the potential to drive traffic to an art website. In this one we got board and just made a few suggestions to Google.
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Awesome and Abstract Black and White Musicians
This is a unique and unusual compilation of acrylic on canvas by Austin local artist Nique Bilbo. For more from this artist try one of the following links
Classic Artist Website With Flash
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
3 Big Things To Consider When Choosing a Gallery
There are always things to consider when showcasing your art. For some it is space availability and location within a gallery and for others its duration of an exhibit or accompanying art that may also be displayed along side their own. For others based on style or amount of experience there may not be any issues at all. However, There are a few things that you should consider to help you tell if the exposure equals your efforts when showcasing your art with someone.
First is to never forget that no matter how free the expression is in your artwork it is not free to own a building and run lights and promote a gallery. This is an investment from a business standpoint and as much as you don't have to worry about this the gallery owner does. An artist needs to be ready to price their artwork accordingly. This means that anytime a gallery has a commercial or a paid promotions, a location that is known to have high rent, or any other ad related expenditures it gets passed on to the artist. This means that your painting may have to reflect this when you set the price as you will probably have a larger percentage to pay for the consignment by the gallery. At an all time high of 50% making you have to sell your piece for about twice as much to hit your targeted value as the artist. For ex: you have a painting you did that you feel is worth 200.00 by experience. You would actually have to charge someone 400.00 which for some art would be a far harder sale or maybe even impossible depending on trends and quality of the piece.
Secondly you should have an estimate of what is the actual amount of traffic that will be seeing your art. If you are in a high end gallery that has large events but low daily traffic You may get the same results with a well designed online gallery giving you control of when your art is sold shipped and so forth. One of the problems that is run into often when you are a new artist is the gallery still needs you to close the deal. You will promote a piece and even maybe sell that piece yourself but then have to turn around and give a portion to the gallery even though you have created the exposure and the sale by your own proactive means. Kinda like signing up to have your art held hostage. You can't sell a piece in a show on-line without retrieving a piece from them at which a lot of them claim it under an agreement as a sale by them during this time period.
Thirdly and just as important is to go against your instinct to be different. Being able to recognize a pieces likenesses is key when trying to find similarly minded artist. If you have very intricate art and the gallery owner does not feel it will move part of you should put some thought into what they are saying. Remembering that the business is still present so more than likely they are telling you this not because they don't feel the potential of your art, but more along the lines of the experience with what has actually been document as selling from their particular establishment. this can save you alot of time hanging things with no results as potential art lovers miss out on your work at the perfect venue for you else where.
First is to never forget that no matter how free the expression is in your artwork it is not free to own a building and run lights and promote a gallery. This is an investment from a business standpoint and as much as you don't have to worry about this the gallery owner does. An artist needs to be ready to price their artwork accordingly. This means that anytime a gallery has a commercial or a paid promotions, a location that is known to have high rent, or any other ad related expenditures it gets passed on to the artist. This means that your painting may have to reflect this when you set the price as you will probably have a larger percentage to pay for the consignment by the gallery. At an all time high of 50% making you have to sell your piece for about twice as much to hit your targeted value as the artist. For ex: you have a painting you did that you feel is worth 200.00 by experience. You would actually have to charge someone 400.00 which for some art would be a far harder sale or maybe even impossible depending on trends and quality of the piece.
Secondly you should have an estimate of what is the actual amount of traffic that will be seeing your art. If you are in a high end gallery that has large events but low daily traffic You may get the same results with a well designed online gallery giving you control of when your art is sold shipped and so forth. One of the problems that is run into often when you are a new artist is the gallery still needs you to close the deal. You will promote a piece and even maybe sell that piece yourself but then have to turn around and give a portion to the gallery even though you have created the exposure and the sale by your own proactive means. Kinda like signing up to have your art held hostage. You can't sell a piece in a show on-line without retrieving a piece from them at which a lot of them claim it under an agreement as a sale by them during this time period.
Thirdly and just as important is to go against your instinct to be different. Being able to recognize a pieces likenesses is key when trying to find similarly minded artist. If you have very intricate art and the gallery owner does not feel it will move part of you should put some thought into what they are saying. Remembering that the business is still present so more than likely they are telling you this not because they don't feel the potential of your art, but more along the lines of the experience with what has actually been document as selling from their particular establishment. this can save you alot of time hanging things with no results as potential art lovers miss out on your work at the perfect venue for you else where.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
How to promote your Art on Youtube
After struggling with hours of linking and submitting websites, I decide to sit back enjoy a little video share on the web. My results for getting more traffic to http://www.austinartwar.com still less then desirable, I found myself frustrated and running out of ideas. This is when I noticed the fattest video ever and it happened to be a student demo reel. It had already had a crazy amount of hits and it was still counting. When it got to the end there it was his website and details. I had always thought about doing like a 30 sec artist promo and One of the easy ways to get quick exposure for your art is to use youtube and other media share sites showing short demo reels of what your work is about.
So we decided to do it to promote the whole website. I know it's been done before, and it can be hit or miss but the traffic is instant and constant if you just put a little production into your clip.
Very simple I know but not everything is rocket science...Hope you like. Thanks.
Well it's not movie gold, but you can see where I'm going with this. You upload it to youtube and go into a category that is similar to your topic. This is the first part . The second thing you will need to do is find videos with a high number of previous views and add a video response with your add. This will allow you to get the same exposure from those who are interested in the same subject matter.
for more on how to promote see
http://www.squidoo.com/advertiseartwithoutmoney#module9375541
So we decided to do it to promote the whole website. I know it's been done before, and it can be hit or miss but the traffic is instant and constant if you just put a little production into your clip.
Very simple I know but not everything is rocket science...Hope you like. Thanks.
Well it's not movie gold, but you can see where I'm going with this. You upload it to youtube and go into a category that is similar to your topic. This is the first part . The second thing you will need to do is find videos with a high number of previous views and add a video response with your add. This will allow you to get the same exposure from those who are interested in the same subject matter.
for more on how to promote see
http://www.squidoo.com/advertiseartwithoutmoney#module9375541
Austin Art War and SEO?
Austinartwar.com is not alone when it comes to trying to find a spot on the web. We have been looking for people who operate their own blogs and artist websites just so we can improve our on-line presence. If you have come across this and have wondered why it is with all the different places hosting art in Austin that when you type in Austin art you continually get those same listings. You would probably begin to wonder what happens to the others that are created on a daily basis. Well since web masters know that presently most Seo rankings can be based on incoming links to the website so in a very real way if your website does not have people willing to take the extra second to say that you are worth having links to then there is a good chance that you will barely ever make it to a browser by search engine.
If you have no luck with this and don't have the financial means to pay someone to do it for you then you might want to look into selling your art on Twitter or another media sites.
This would be the second web commercial I made using free on line software and a little time. This is an example of what you can circulate on media share sites to get you going. There is something to remember. Even though the commercial itself may not sell anything or improve your website ranking. Ultimately it can be a good get around the waiting period to see if google indexing of your site has improved by using the keywords related to your site. For some reason with the larger sites it is possible for a video with your web info to maybe make it to a google first page via the more credible site intern giving your site some exposure.
If you have no luck with this and don't have the financial means to pay someone to do it for you then you might want to look into selling your art on Twitter or another media sites.
This would be the second web commercial I made using free on line software and a little time. This is an example of what you can circulate on media share sites to get you going. There is something to remember. Even though the commercial itself may not sell anything or improve your website ranking. Ultimately it can be a good get around the waiting period to see if google indexing of your site has improved by using the keywords related to your site. For some reason with the larger sites it is possible for a video with your web info to maybe make it to a google first page via the more credible site intern giving your site some exposure.
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