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ANTHONY FISHBURNE

8 Years Ago

Increasing My Sales, Help.

Hello everyone! I've been on FAA since 2012, and my sales have not been so great. Is there something I can do in order to increase my traffic and sales? Thank you.

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Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

you have 148 images, but they are not divided up in galleries. you want to be organized.


Photography Prints
you only want to stick with your own photos you took yourself. adding the blurb you can't find these in stores - is not really a good way to promote it anyway.

Photography Prints
there are billions of flowers on the web, it will be hard to sell this. especially when you have no description, keywords that have no comma so they are one word, and keywords that look like this:

anthony fishburne

floral paintingpainting of irisirisstill life artiststill life irisgarden artpurple irispurple irisirisesiris decorpurple irisespurple flowersflowersflower digitalflower picturesflower artflower gardeniris gardenpedalspurple pedalsfloral art floral picsfloral paintings flower paintingsdigital irisdigital flowerspurple digital irisflower artiststill life artistanthony fishburne artpaintingamerican artamerican garden artpainted dew drops

i don't know what all that stuff is, but not many will type these words in - irisirisstill ? its not even spelled right. flowersflowersflower? none of these makes sense.

Art Prints
http://beaches-best.blogspot.com/
i really suggest you use work you took with your own camera and not take it from wall paper sites. the stuff on those sites are mostly stolen.


Photography Prints
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/361836151289298889/
running work you find on the net through a filter does not make it yours, or yours to sell. at the very least you compete with the originals. more so because your picking at random you can't see that you seem to have many different photo style in your gallery that don't match at all.

Sell Art Online
http://www.1freewallpapers.com/african-elephants/ja?PageSpeed=noscript
while normally i would say you need to market your work -- its not yours to market.

Photography Prints
http://mobiledevicesalon.blogspot.com/2012/12/free-christmas-pets-hd-wallpapers-1280-800.html
and while i didn't check the others above for this kind of content... cropping things out and painting them - nope.

Sell Art Online
this one actually matched up, and if you have this ability you should be making a folder of this kind of art and not cheat it with a painter. sure its a good way to bulk things up but it will end in a world of trouble if the original artists find out you've been using it. an "artist" was just erased from this site recently for doing this. anyway, this image is blurry up close and probably won't print.
a 4x8 print for $90 - will never sell. your charging too much meanwhile your card is only $8. its only an 1in smaller.

so of the ones that are yours you have to market them. you only want your style because buyers like knowing what they are getting and you should only market work that is in your name alone.

beyond that follow these guides:

Marketing 101 by Mike Savad
Why Your Work May Not Be Selling - By Mike Savad
Evaluating Your Own Work To Sell – By Mike Savad
How To Critique And Edit Your Own Work For Better Sales


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com


 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

Sell Art Online
http://pixhome.blogspot.com/2014/05/orchid-flower-image-hd-wallpaper-stock-photos.html

Sell Art Online
http://typesofflower.com/iris-flower-good-meaning-with-good-care/iris-flower-arrangement-pictures/

so even the flowers are from other sites? flowers are the easiest thing to take. i would love to help more, but this is a bit too much for me. i usually don't call out, but since you brought your site to our attention on how to sell it, i just can't help you sell work that's not yours. my main advice right now would be:

1. erase all the work that is not yours, stuff you downloaded and painted.
2. organize stuff you did really make yourself. buyers want to see your style. i think your actual stuff is in the back and it should sell based on what i saw.
3. follow the above guides

ironically you have this in the bio:

Copyright (Anthony F. Fishburne) All Rights Reserved. COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
Anthony Fishburne digital paintings retains all rights to his images. Images may NOT be copied, scanned, downloaded for personal use. Images on this site may NOT be used for personal or commercial use without written permission by myself, the artist, Anthony Fishburne.


which is funny considering where many of these images came from.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Edward Fielding

8 Years Ago

What do you consider "not so great?" 1 sale? 100 sales? 100,000 sales?

 

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