New Here, Help!

have you advertised at all?

wait you've only been here for a day, your not getting a sale just like that. how can you possibly get a 1000 views already? you have 52 images, and it takes 24 hours till you get into the search. beyond that if you type marketing help in the search box lots of things will be listed.

you'll also want more keywords.


---Mike Savad

keep in mind every tweet you send you will automatically get bot hits and maybe a few curious lookers

also be aware that they have strict printing standards,


this one is rather noisy up close, they probably won't print it because of that. make sure the images are clean, nice and good looking up close. or they will stop the sale, make you fix it, and if you can't you'll lose the sale. just letting you know before you upload more, because finding out later is sort of heart stopping and then like stomping.


---Mike Savad

Read some of these with a cup of tea. :)

http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=98980

Relax a bit. It's gonna take time.

Kathleen,

You're kidding right? You've been here ALMOST a full day and no sales? That's not how it works here and you should know that. There are no guarantees that anything will sell here. It may takes monts and many more images before you see any sales,if at all.

I think you have a good eye for composition, but you need many,many more images for this to work. Look around and do some research and see who is you competition and see how you stand up to them. Then make the decision if you want to get into this and join($30),still no guarantees, and see how you do. This "business" is not for everyone,really not for most,

Rich

Kathleen,

I agree with Rich's comment completely. Sales are sparce here because of the abundance of work, but it is a cost effective site from where I am sitting.

The noise in your image may be the result of expansion in Photoshop or the result of multiple compression into JPEG. If you are unaware, multiple JPEG compression will degrade any image. You should save your original edit in TIFF format, which stores all data without compression. You can then store as a JPEG, at any smaller size. Expansion will also degrade the image quality,creating noise.

Dan

um, OK, I think the it takes more than a day on the site to make a sale thing has been addressed. (and I am sure it will be even more as the FAA world awakens.)

Anyhoo, price wise you are on the low to VERY low side on pricing. Especially on your larger work.

Welcome to the mix

MARKETING

As an artist, half of the work is marketing yourself.

Here are some good links to discussions in our forum and elsewhere about marketing your work

http://1stangel.co.uk/downloads/ Dan Turner's 7 Keys To Selling Art Online
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=720538 The Art Of Social-network Marketing Available Online For Free
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=908258 How to critique and edit your own work for better sales
http://1stangel.co.uk/fineartamerica/2011/07/12/tagging-or-keywords-and-descriptions Tagging, or Keywords and Descriptions
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=377664 Marketing Yourself
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=431967 Innovative Marketing for Artists - Challenge!
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=420132 Niche Marketing?
http://1stangel.co.uk/fineartamerica/2011/07/11/how-do-i-launch-a-local-art-show How Do I Launch A Local Art Show??
http://1stangel.co.uk/fineartamerica/2011/06/23/press-releases PRESS RELEASES what are they and how to use them
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=432109 YOUR Print Quality - Please Read
http://www.fineartamerica.com/newsletters/order-fulfillment-partner.html One of the newsletters with some good info on

Be sure to stay active on Fine Art America: join discussion, contests, etc.

We have an entire Marketing section for you to utilise to help sell your work. Try using those tools to help you.

But the best place to start is telling your friends and family.




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Welcome Kathleen! I'm wondering how you got that many views already too! That is remarkable for being here a day. That said you are going to need some patience in the sales department...unless maybe you are incredibly lucky :)

Welcome, Kathleen. It took me three months to get a sale, and I'm not a big seller here, but I have a day job and don't advertise. Be patient and read what's been offered.

By the way, this is MY cup of tea. I'm not sure how many of us out there like this kind of image, but I do....;-)

Loved that one as well...

.... the reason she had over 1000 views is because she got involved with mutual promotional groups....