Oh! Do not get me started on people contacting me with questions about marketing and then, when I answer them, they say, ‘Oh! I did not realise it was such hard work’ It is not hard work. Actually most of it is moderately easy. It is, however, time consuming. (perhaps that is what they meant) and hey, yeah, I get…
Category: Marketing and Social Media
Accepting payments for original art
Hi, this is a rehash of an old post I made a year or so ago on the old site. I have checked the details and they still hold true. When you finally make that original art sale over the web (and it is not one of the many thousands of phishing emails sent out daily) then you need to…
Pixels.com Users – Showing a gallery on the shopping cart
This is for premium member shopping widget users on http://pixels.com You can actually choose a gallery to show when people first open the page but not just ONE gallery. The widget will always show the others in the sidebar. It will also not show all galleries. However, if showing one gallery at first is what you need, here are…
Marketing Art on Facebook
Facebook has taken a bit of a bashing lately but I have always found it the best social media for marketing art. I use a Fan Page and like that it keeps things separate from my personal Facebook page.A Fan Page offers a number of great tools, some of which you can embed in your own website or blog. There…
New Premium Websites on Pixels.com
The BRAND NEW premium Websites have arrived over on pixels.com. If you were unsure about upgrading on that site before, I know you will absolutely think about it seriously now! Registration Here is the membership plan page Just login to your existing premium site and then look for the option at the top of your “Behind the Scenes” page that…
Can I copy from photos I find on Google?
Basically, EVERY artwork, photograph, story, sculpture, creation is the creators copyright and property. Every single one. Then they may decide to issue it for public domain. Public domain sites are NOT always public domain sites. Oftimes they are infringing just hoping to make money from your purchasing from advertising on their pages. Or the artist may sell licenses for others…
SSL Domains on Pixels.com
If a premium member on pixels.com, you have the opportunity to use your own domain pointing to your shop However, if you just point it then you will not see a lock and you may get a warning that the site is not secure. Here is a workaround. To create a secure site on our own domain when pointing to…
