Sales

Do you doing any self-marketing?

If you type 'marketing' in the 'Search Discussion' field above you'll see many threads to browse through and get ideas.

Many times I sell a print and I don't even know how they found me - was it an advertisement that I ran on Facebook? Twitter? Maybe an organic search result?

Who knows.

I agree about reading up on the marketing tips that have been shared.

You got something against friends and family?

Maybe he just doesn't want his friends and family to feel obligated to buy from him.

Create content around your work that attracts people who would be interested in it.

well that shouldn't be a problem, friends and family usually don't buy anyway.

you have to advertise, and post things people want to buy. a better bio would be good as well, google finds you better that way. you have many images that are either noisy (far too noisy to print), some are soft and you have almost no keywords (you need commas in there as well). to sell you need to start off with quality images and then market it. if you have family that would want to buy it, let them, it will help you in the search.

---Mike Savad

Joe, where did he mention that he did not like friends and family?

Mike, where did he ask for a critique?

pointing out noise and printably is not a critique. further customers don't want to see noise.

---Mike Savad

Don't do it again, Mike, you are not the leading authority and spokesman for what customers worldwide want.

Thanks for the great info. I have nearly zero instinct for self promotion and will not use friends or family. Thank you Jeffrey I'll read up on the marketing searches.
And Mike I'll have to look at the noise issue. I've only been at this a few months, still learning!

I have been told that some of my images would never sell and that if they did they would never print. The funny thing is that the images that they were talking about had already sold and have sold multiply times since then.

We are getting people more exposure through two new groups I started on Facebook.

You are welcome to join us as is any member of FAA. It is only for FAA members. And one is for Western/Native America art work only. You can join as a fan or buyer of W/NA art buy you can not post non-W/NA art.

The idea is to reach outside the FAA and normal Facebook marketing that is only seen by YOUR friends and reach as many people as possible.

Here are the details:

If you are looking for more exposure for you FAA AW images, I have started two different groups aimed at helping us get our artwork in front of more people.

The first one is up and running and has 70 FAA members already. It is named FineArtAmerica

https://www.facebook.com/groups/521753177970410/

There is a thread here with more details http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2001926

This group is for FAA members only.

If you do western art, I have another group that just stated, only has 15 or 16 members and it is limited to only western art.

The group is called Western Art Buyers & Sellers and the link is https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403150156590398/

The tread is located at: http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2015864

I know for a fact that both groups are for sure reaching a lot of people. I have been sharing the images posted with several groups I belong to and I am getting all sorts of comments, likes and most important - Shares!

Read the example I posted in the Western Art Buyers & Sellers thread. I posted that image and with in a few minutes it was shared 3 times. That proves we can broaden our reach and get our images in front of more people way beyond FAA which is the goal.

The first question to ask yourself when posting an image is "Who would want this on their wall? Once you've determined who constitutes your market, then you can go after them on social media, the real world, etc.