Interesting. Looks like I was just lucky with never just relying on fb and the likes. Thank god I have my own gallery and can sell my work roughly at the pace I create it.
Been able to make a decent living as an artist for 30 years and I'm very thankful for that. Although I represent two jung artists, the gallery is mainly for my own work.
But I organize exhibitions in cooperation with my hometown, like "Phantastische Venus" back in 2015 with 70 female artists from around the world... Friends like Leo Plaw and Peter Gric, like many others of our tribe have shown here too.
I can vouch for Reinhard and the exhibitions in Viechtach. They have been a great success. Collectors now travel from all over Europe and purchase artwork. I have attended many myself as visitor and a few as an exhibiting artist. I too have sold artwork there. AAA+ exhibitons.
The same thing is true for some Steemians. They do well here but if there is no audience anywhere else, it is dangerous... because who knows what will happen to Steem in the next 3-5 years? Even if it thrives, some creators may "fall off" for different reasons.
Great information in this. You can also see with all the content creators on youtube getting stung by algorithms that we really can't trust a centralised for profit corporate sites. I think that in the next year or two that there will be a big migration of creatives to decentralised systems.
With EOS starting up in June and all possibilities that holds I see Steemit getting some serious competition. The whole internet landscape could change.
Love the artwork.
great post, facebook is definitely a sinking ship. all this messing with the algorithms has left it kinda worthless. i find i spend less and less time there now without even thinking about it. Always about the money in the end!
Thank you for sharing experience, being dependent on a site is actually a problem. Keeping control on your contact list is indeed a good idea but more compelling than interactive participation with instant feedback from the community. But it deserves serious thought.
Very good advice - I have seen this with my own pages. Great selection of artwork, btw. upvoted, resteemed and shared - and for all the good it does, also shared on Facebook https://twitter.com/visionaryartcom/status/987609953388187648
I should get myself into mailing lists more, I had done so from time to time, but mostly neglected it. The time spent on Facebook could really be put to better use.
I am on mailchimp, I just neglected it. I found it cumbersome to use since I had to build mailings from scratch instead of just copy/paste portions onto it (which I do on Wordpress, the most user-friendly way to compose). But maybe I should give it another go.
That's an excellent article and an efficient and useful market analysis for artists. Very kind of you to bring together all these good informations. Thanks! Stunning artworks attached as well! ;)
I succeed as a working artist because of my mailing list. It is absolutely crucial to my success. Unfortunately, I am one of those people who did not put much effort into getting my FB fans onto my mailing list, and now it is near impossible as FB actively filters out any posts attempting to do so.
Interesting. Looks like I was just lucky with never just relying on fb and the likes. Thank god I have my own gallery and can sell my work roughly at the pace I create it.
Love the art you are presenting in this post!
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Been able to make a decent living as an artist for 30 years and I'm very thankful for that. Although I represent two jung artists, the gallery is mainly for my own work.
But I organize exhibitions in cooperation with my hometown, like "Phantastische Venus" back in 2015 with 70 female artists from around the world... Friends like Leo Plaw and Peter Gric, like many others of our tribe have shown here too.
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I can vouch for Reinhard and the exhibitions in Viechtach. They have been a great success. Collectors now travel from all over Europe and purchase artwork. I have attended many myself as visitor and a few as an exhibiting artist. I too have sold artwork there. AAA+ exhibitons.
Thanks a lot for you kind words Leo! Still one of my favorite "Austronauts" ;-) Looked at my Leo Plaw original just a few moments ago! 🤩
It did end up being true... me living there and became and Austronaut. ;-)
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It will be a surprising day when you do.
Wow, such beautiful works! Thanks for this message too, I needed to hear it.
You're welcome @promisearts. I'm glad you got something out of it :)
The same thing is true for some Steemians. They do well here but if there is no audience anywhere else, it is dangerous... because who knows what will happen to Steem in the next 3-5 years? Even if it thrives, some creators may "fall off" for different reasons.
Good story and lesson, thanks for sharing.
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Yea I should build a mailing list asap, I had one for a while but i gotta start over
Great information in this. You can also see with all the content creators on youtube getting stung by algorithms that we really can't trust a centralised for profit corporate sites. I think that in the next year or two that there will be a big migration of creatives to decentralised systems.
With EOS starting up in June and all possibilities that holds I see Steemit getting some serious competition. The whole internet landscape could change.
Love the artwork.
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great post, facebook is definitely a sinking ship. all this messing with the algorithms has left it kinda worthless. i find i spend less and less time there now without even thinking about it. Always about the money in the end!
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Thank you for sharing experience, being dependent on a site is actually a problem. Keeping control on your contact list is indeed a good idea but more compelling than interactive participation with instant feedback from the community. But it deserves serious thought.
You're welcome Alain. Thanks for reading!
Very good advice - I have seen this with my own pages. Great selection of artwork, btw.
upvoted, resteemed and shared - and for all the good it does, also shared on Facebook
https://twitter.com/visionaryartcom/status/987609953388187648
I should get myself into mailing lists more, I had done so from time to time, but mostly neglected it. The time spent on Facebook could really be put to better use.
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I am on mailchimp, I just neglected it. I found it cumbersome to use since I had to build mailings from scratch instead of just copy/paste portions onto it (which I do on Wordpress, the most user-friendly way to compose). But maybe I should give it another go.
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That's an excellent article and an efficient and useful market analysis for artists. Very kind of you to bring together all these good informations. Thanks! Stunning artworks attached as well! ;)
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Nice post @beinart, up voted! Cheers
Thanks so much ! I'm glad you like it.
I succeed as a working artist because of my mailing list. It is absolutely crucial to my success. Unfortunately, I am one of those people who did not put much effort into getting my FB fans onto my mailing list, and now it is near impossible as FB actively filters out any posts attempting to do so.
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I'm all ears! =)