Art Blog - ArtId

There are some very persuasive statistics and reasons to get out there and blog. The comment I get the most is "I have nothing to blog about." followed directly with "I don't have time to blog." The actual keyboard time involved in blogging is minimal, it's the subject matter we blank out on. Imagine...you are exhibiting in a gallery or Art Show, what are the most FAQ from viewers? Inquiring minds really do what to know. It makes them feel like they know you or have an inside track on you and your work. Buyers are much more likely to purchase original art if it has a story attached to it. Every time you upload a new piece on your artid site, there is a button that says "blog about this art". Here are 10 "Starter" tips to get any artist blogging... 1… Continue reading… 3 comments

For ourselves as business persons we try to keep up with "what's going on" especially in the areas that are of interest to us, like art marketing. For you, as artists selling your work on the internet, we follow blogs that help us keep up with "what's going on" in Art Opportunities, Art Marketing and Social Media. There is so much information out there to digest and some of it not all that worthy. In addition to our own ArtId Blog We have compiled a list of six blogs that we have found, among the millions, to be great for artists in the business of selling art. … Continue reading… 2 comments

Did you know that artists who write in their ArtId blogs enjoy more popularity on the site than those who don't? It's true. Every time you post a blog entry from your gallery, it not only appears in your ArtId pages and the Artists Blog homepage where visitors can read your blog and then click in to your gallery, but it also is indexed by the search engines, posted on the ArtId Facebook page (where we currently have over 400 fans) and shared with anyone on Digg, Stumbleupon and the many other content sharing networks available using the "Share" button. So it just makes sense to get yourself out there and blog to get more people to see your art. … Continue reading… 1 comment

Describing art for the internet requires artists to shift gears and think much differently about the word "description". In gallery speak, a "description" is "watercolor painting of my grandmothers garden where I loved to play as a child." In internet speak the same painting has to read "original watercolor painting, of garden in summer with purple and yellow flowers and a white chair." Then, you add "painting of my grandmothers garden where I loved to play as a child." … Continue reading… 0 comments

Very soon you will be seeing Free Memberships on artists web sites disappearing. Actually, all manner of web sites. In order for a site to generate revenue, they must do one of two things, host paid advertisements or charge a membership fee. Advertising support is shrinking for a number of reasons leaving all websites looking for alternate revenue streams. Before too long you will be paying a subscription for online news as the newspapers scale back their print runs. Magazines are dropping their printed material and going completely online. Even with all their heavy-duty advertising, the printed magazines and newspapers weren't free and their sites won't be either.… Continue reading… 2 comments

We've just enhanced the artists' blogs so you can add your Favorite Links to your blog pages. This is a great way to recommend websites to your readers and to exchange links with other people on the Internet. Look for "My Favorite Links" as a new feature listed inside your studio in the member menu under the category "Blog". Having links to your blog and ArtId gallery from other websites also helps raise the amount of hits to your ArtId, and exchanging links with other websites you admire helps you create a network of like-minded art partners. Login… Continue reading… 0 comments

As the Editor of ArtId, part of my job is to monitor what is happening on the site everyday. I check out all the new art that has been uploaded and read the new blog posts. What I am seeing is the members of ArtId becoming more than just names and images in a list of online art galleries. Instead, they are a vibrant community of individuals whose experiences, stories, and expertise are successfully engaging both visitors and other artists. This is what we at ArtId had hoped for when we built the new site. Being an artist is more than just producing art, and now, through the new site capabilities, we are able to hear the voices of artists as they speak about their inspirations, difficulties, experimentations, and philosophies, and view their new art in real time… Continue reading… 3 comments