by Jim Davis | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
How To Harness The Power of Crowdsourcing to Grow Your Art BusinessBufferCrowdsourcing is a buzzword we hear a lot about these days. But, what is crowdsourcing and how can artists use it? On his popular blog, Jeff Bullas explains, “Crowdsourcing is the name used to...
by Jim Davis | Dec 2, 2012 | Blog
How to Take Better Landscape PhotographyBufferDo you often take reference photography of a scene for later use in the studio? Does it sometimes lack the detail you would like to have either because the shadows are too dark, or the sky is a blaze of white? Recently,...
by Jim Davis | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog
A 10 Step Approach to Develop a Series of Exhibition PaintingsBufferA lot of thought and exploration goes into developing a series of paintings for an art exhibition. Today, this has been a topic of conversation between my good friend and fellow artist, Shanna Kunz...
by Jim Davis | Nov 28, 2012 | Blog
7 Ways To Grow Your Artistic Career With Social MediaBuffer Last week I wrote a guest post entitled, Seven Ways to Grow Your Artistic Career With Social Media for the creative blog, Seven Sentences. 7 Sentences is a blog that is written to inspire creativity on a...
by Jim Davis | Nov 25, 2012 | Blog
Tips for Using Amazon Mechanical Turk to Build Your BusinessBufferDid you know Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) can simplify your small business tasks through the use of crowdsourcing? This process was introduced in Part 1, How To Harness The Power of Crowdsourcing to...
by Jim Davis | Sep 24, 2012 | Blog
When working in an art-related business, sooner or later a request will come up as to whether or not you are able to stretch a canvas. Some simply use strainer bars to accomplish this task, however, strainers are not considered acceptable for stretching fine art...
by Jim Davis | Aug 10, 2012 | Blog
How to Use Your Twitter Friends as Character ReferencesBuffer Since I began using Twitter in 2009, I have made life changing friendships via social media. Many of these ‘friends’ have become professional colleagues, and personal friends. Recently, I have...
by Jim Davis | Aug 8, 2012 | Blog
The Differences Between Marketing & Branding Quickly ExplainedBuffer Marketing and Branding are two important words that are often used interchangeably. Both small and large businesses frequently misunderstand their differences. Understanding the differences...
by Jim Davis | Aug 8, 2012 | Blog
How Will the World Population of 7 Billion People Impact the Art MarketBuffer Last week, I received this compelling infographic which illustrates our current world population of 7 billion people. To put things into perspective, during the 16th century there were only...
by Jim Davis | Aug 7, 2012 | Blog
Marketing Your Digital Art: To Watermark or NotBuffer Many artists, photographers and even businesses choose to add a digital ‘watermark’ symbol to their online artworks, designs and photographs as a way to protect their ownership and copyrights. The...
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