Hi Steven,
I've been here about the same period. Have lot less images than you but have also had a few sales. So the question for me is no longer is it possible to sell my work, but how do I repeat those sales?
I said, in another thread the other day that trying to find your market on FAA is like having to cook everyday for people you never know what they liked about your cooking. Until you can figure out what they are liking anything they do like is just an accident. You have no better chance of the next effort being successful than you did yesterday.
By effort on FAA I mean it's in promoting, keywords, descriptions etc. As modest as accidental sales are they are the first hurdle (are you salable?), so I'm not talking about how you need to change your art, but the marketing of art. Figuring out how to make that effort becomes sales.
The amount of time you probably spent marketing to get these sales, proves that marketing solutions HAVE to be in effectiveness of marketing, not doing more marketing. There simply aren't enough hours in a day if we can't get more efficient and effective.
So how you going to figure out stage two, marketing efficiency? Finding out what branding your market likes? Do you notice any difference between you selling images other than the fireworks (btw great work)? Like used better keywords, promoting differently, link sponsoring, etc. I would say that my few sales were mostly on pretty describable images (places, topics, etc); being found in the searches. I'm betting that abstract artists have a tough time. As far as promoting than 60% of mine we ones I had promoted off FAA - primarily through twitter. No sales through FAA to my local market, but possible relationship to local events I participated in. I was all over the board on subjects i.e. landscapes, portraits, etc. You seeing any similarities?
I'm just now trying to figure out google analysis, so hope this start giving us some answers, but wondering if you have any methods you're using to test your marketing efficiency?
Hearty congratulations too.
-- mary ellen anderson
