What a week!

It has been such a busy week. I have been researching online marketing. So, I decided to buckle down and dedicate this entire week to promoting my art online. If anyone has ideas or tips to share with me on this topic please feel free, all comments are welcome.

Here's what I have so far...
I set up a store on Etsy
Then I created this Blog.
I set up a Myspace account.
Next I signed up for two more art sites. I have to wait for approval from them before I can post a link to my profile. The suspense is killing me! One of the sites allows the artist to have a website through them. So I will be working on this too.
Etsy is geared more towards crafts, so I will sell my crafts and smaller prints on there. One site is a very high end art site, I will sell original paintings on there. The third site does prints.
Then I will need to link all of these together and order some business cards etc. Once everything is set up and organized, my plan is to be able to check in and post updates to each of these sites quickly, and then get on with my day. Since everything is linked to my email I will find a little sound bite, (turn my speakers up loud) to notify me when I have new mail.
Finally after all of this is accomplished I can get back to painting! Phew!

Busy Little Elves

Here's what I'm working on today, busy little elves. I finally bought some polymer clay to play with. Fun, fun! I haven't worked in clay since college. The clay is white, so it may be hard to see all of the details.
I accidentally broke the shorter one. He was holding a paintbrush. I wonder if that's fixable? They are baked and ready, next I have to paint them.

Day 1, Bit of Blog Stage Fright

Welcome to my blog.
I am an artist. I love my job! My weak point is marketing. One of my goals for this year is to market my art online a little more than I have in the past. It does not come naturally for me. Quite honestly the entire concept of sales seems so alien. I would prefer to stay in my little studio space listening to my favorite tunes and paint all day! Which would be fine, but I would never be able to have my art be my career.
After much web surfing to research the topic, I have chosen a few marketing strategies that I think I would enjoy. A blog definitely sounded like a fun marketing tool.
In this blog I will post ideas, current works in progress, maybe try my hand at writing some how-to articles, share useful information I have found etc. I would really like to be able to network with other people with similar interests.