http://seoforartists.today.com An artist helping other artists optimize their online presence Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:39:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "It's a dangerous business going out your front door." ~J. R. R. Tolkien http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/11/04/business-quote-of-the-day/ http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/09/09/wordless-wednesday/ "The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself." - Peter F. Drucker http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/09/02/marketing-tip/ Twitter, though simple in its structure, offers a myriad of opportunities for self-representing artists. With Twitter, you can connect with your clients and potential clients in real time. For clients, having the ability to get to know artists is a great way to connect to an artist's work. As an ... http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/08/19/using-twitter-to-grow-your-business/ There are those clients who have such a concrete vision of their site. This is both a blessing and a curse. It's good to get helpful input, input from someone that understands the concepts behind design. Certainly, it's better than the client that says, "I'll know it when I see ... http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/07/29/the-number-one-rule-of-web-design/ We all know about the importance of being online. You've been living under a rock if you think your business doesn't need a website, a blog, and a social media presence. All are required in today's online world. The key to making your presence known is consistency. You want to build ... http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/07/22/building-your-online-presence/ Work has picked up for me. I have two new clients. It's great to be busy, but it's a hassle juggling tasks. I caught myself getting stressed. You know the feeling. I wanted to snap at my husband and kick the cat. Fortunately, I kept it all in. So, it occurred ... http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/07/15/how-not-to-stress-out-over-work/ I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~Bill Cosby http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/07/08/quote-of-the-day/ Lately, I've been working to recruit bloggers for a client of mine. We're trying to create buzz about their product. I have used paid blogging services for some time. I always make it a point to choose opportunities that fit my blog and ones that I can honestly feel okay ... http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/07/01/how-not-to-make-money-blogging/ There's a common adage in the writing community: write what you know. Doing so gives you a wealth of material from which to draw. It adds verisimilitude to your work. That is probably a key benefit to the writer, anything to avoid the dreaded writer's block. The same, I believe, holds ... http://seoforartists.today.com/2009/06/03/bring-experience-to-your-art-to-sell-more/