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Comment by Julie Bull on August 25, 2009 at 3:00am

I have set up a Tweetworks group to share art calls for textile artists. I am based in the UK and would love to exhibit worldwide
Please add your links to TextileArtOpportunities http://www.tweetworks.com/groups/view/TextileArtOpportunities
PS you need a Twitter login to play!

Comment by Suzan on July 15, 2009 at 7:59pm

Art quilters - Melody Johnson has a great blog posting noting her advice to a faithful reader who wants make a living with her art quilts. Check it out at http://fibermania.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html. Scroll Down to the part of the blog titled Advice Bits.

Comment by Rayela Art on July 2, 2009 at 9:00pm

Here's a thread on Etsy with some helpful marketing tips: Click!

The list includes:

[sites to advertise in]

1. http://www.postaroo.com/postaroo
2. http://www.craigslist.com
3. http://www.myspace.com/etsy
4. http://www.cracker.com.au
5. http://www.cmather.com
6. http://www.stumbleupon.com
7. http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
8. http://froogle.google.com/
9. http://www.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
10. http://www.dmoz.org/add.html
11. http://www.ecom.yahoo.com/dir/submit/intro/
12. http://www.adwords.google.com/
13. http://seocompany.ca/directory/free-web-directories.html
14. http://www.blogger.com/start
15. http://www.flickr.com/
16. http://www.freecraftfair.com/link_exchange.html
17. http://www.freecraftfair.com/categories.html



[other advertising ideas]

1. Join forums and put your Etsy store URL in your signature, if the forum rules allow it.
2. Find people to link to your Etsy store, and do the same for them in return.
3. Put your Etsy URL in your e-mail signature
4. Advertise in free bulletin boards
5. Do business card swaps with other Etsy sellers.
6. Vistaprint.com - free business cards and give them away like crazy.

If you go to the thread, the links are all active.

Comment by gur on June 4, 2009 at 10:50am

I have been following the handmadeology on facebook and actually he knows and shares so many tips.I wish I have more time to spend on examining the site .

Comment by Rayela Art on June 4, 2009 at 10:43am

Tim Adam is a seller on Etsy who works with metals. He has also spent a great amount of time and energy making tutorials for other artists on how to market yourself. He is on Facebook, Twitter, and all over the place. His website has some excellent tips: Handmadeology.

Comment by Rayela Art on April 12, 2009 at 8:33pm

There are lots of venues out there for artists, Linda, but it takes relationship building to find the right places and with this economy, retail stores are closing all over the place. Several of my friends who wholesale and drive around have said that many of their long time stores have closed in the last year. One idea is to get someone local that you trust to be your rep and give them a cut of sales. 15% is the norm in many places. A gallery might take 50%, so the rep would have to find those places which could command high enough prices for each of you to get your cut. Or, the rep could do your online selling for you.

Comment by Linda Parker on April 12, 2009 at 12:27pm

"Tired of being a wall flower" is awesome! Are you putting it on facebook as well? I agree with Annie, location is critical. I think it would be awesome to find some one who wants to market/run a shop for those of us who want to make/create and not market. I trust we will find one of those people!

Comment by SUSANTA BISWAS on April 12, 2009 at 5:58am

I convey my heart-felt regards to all the members of this group and humbly introduce myself as a documentary maker doing documentaries on handicrafts and related subjects as well as on contemporary issues affecting the poor, vulnerable, marginalised sections and environment.

Comment by Annie Thomas on March 22, 2009 at 4:29pm

Thanks, but I do think that location is half the battle and we are in a great location in a very touristy area, that coupled with being willing to go the extra mile for our customers certainly helps.
My son once had an amazing coffee/sandwich shop which failed because it was in an absolutely horrible location .....
Thanks for all your great comments.

Comment by Rayela Art on March 21, 2009 at 1:39pm

Wow, Annie! To be thriving in this economy is wonderful! Kudos to you!

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