Ann Bell Business of Art Class in Conroe: Web Site & Traffic, Publicity, Pricing

THE BUSINESS OF ART CLASSES FOR ARTISTS
Designed & taught by Ann Bell, Artist Marketing Coach

THE BUSINESS OF ART
Saturday July 25, 2009, 1 - 4 PM in CONROE

If you have questions about the class, please call Ann Bell at (281) 330-3827.

Learn how to market your art more effectively!
If you want to be a successful, well-recognized artist, you must do more than make great art.

FIND OUT what you need to do in this 3 hour class.

The Business of Art…
How to Make Your Art Support You.

Are you working full time, struggling to find time & energy to paint?
Are you dreaming of the day you can quit your day job,
Paint full time, & let your art support you?
You can hasten the arrival of that day by learning what to do.
I’m a working artist who has been supporting myself with my art since 1972.
In this class I reveal my secrets of HOW I do it.
You’ll learn ways to get a website inexpensively…one that you can update yourself.
You’ll learn how to get people to visit it.
You’ll learn how to sell online & how to pick the way that will work best for you.

You’ll learn how to find the right price for your art so you will cover all expenses,
including your time. Because if you aren’t paid for your time, you’ll need that JOB.

You’ll learn how to decide what gallery to approach
& what to do if you don’t get in.

You’ll learn other ways to show & sell your art.
You’ll learn how find potential collectors of your art
…& how to keep in contact with them and with your collectors.

You'll learn how to get free publicity that is far more valuable than any advertising.

I will not tell you that all of this is easy or simple.
But if you know what to do and you do any part of it,
you will be far ahead of where you are now.
You will have a real advantage over artists who do not know what to do.

This class provides the step by step plan for you to begin marketing your art effectively and with confidence.

Take the class & learn what to do.
Follow the plan. Take the steps one-at-a-time, as you can.
Watch your art income grow.

When you have enough art income, you can quit the day job

I’m the only working artist who is sharing information about selling & pricing art.
I also include valuable information about how to get free publicity.

If you want to learn these things, you can learn them in my Business of Art Class. In this class I have broken marketing down into easy steps you can effortlessly follow to start selling your art.

Knowledge is power, but it is elusive and hard to gain, so take advantage of mine.
My best opportunities come to me through my web site.
Wouldn't you like to be able to say the same?

Get the missing pieces to the art marketing puzzle.

This class will be in Conroe.

Gloria Reeves, Conroe Art League, is handling registration.

Please email Gloria Reeves to reserve your space, or phone her at 936-582-1995 or 713-628-7255.
Advance registration is necessary to ensure that you have a chair and a guide book.

Get all your questions answered.

All participants will receive written guide book with resources & sample press releases.

Call Ann Bell at 281-330-3827 to ask questions about the class.

The value of the information you will receive in class is worth far more than the price of the class.

"Ann, I just want to thank you for your training.
As an instructor of over 10 years, I am especially grateful
for the special time you dedicated to me and my specifics.
In Italy we say: 'Sei una fonte inesauribile.'
Literally it means 'you are an endless well' of information.
Thank you!
Regards,
Susan"
www.shsartandgift.com

Do you want to reap the benefits from the years of classes and work you have invested in your art?

Would you like to learn how to promote yourself--to make others aware of you and your art--using the power of the internet AND the power of free publicity?

In this class I share with you the knowledge I acquired during my years of experience.

Are you confused about what to do and how to do it, to make selling your art an income-producing business?

Don't be stopped by lack of knowledge.
SMALL improvements can make a BIG DIFFERENCE.
Learn first-hand what works and what doesn't work.

Instead of spending time searching for information, and evaluating the credibility of each information source, you can spend 3 hours of your time in this class and get the information from someone who has figured out what works by actually doing it.

You will learn the steps to take. Taking just one step can bring you far more income than the small price of the class.

Then YOU DECIDE which steps (or actions) you want to take first. Choose the ones that feel comfortable to you. Some of them are so easy that you could already be doing them, if you knew what they were.

Each step you take helps you feel more confident and increases your success.

This class provides valuable information for artists at all levels.
Learn the essential steps to increasing your visibility and your credibility.
Take action at your own pace.
Refer back to the class information whenever you are ready to take another step.
Everything is clear and easy to understand. Nothing is left to memory

Sheila Conner,
www.smconner.com
Sheila attended my December class.She went home and took action. As a result, she has built an awesome web site.

Sheila, thank you for sharing. I know you will inspire other artists by sharing your process of working through the overwhelm. When a task feels huge, we each tend to think it is beyond our abilities. But by breaking it down and taking one step at a time, we can complete any task...just like eating that elephant.

http://www.smconner.com/

Sheila said:
"When I took Ann's Business of Art class last December, I felt so intimidated! After all, I'm an artist, not a business woman. And there was so much information! I must admit, I left feeling a little overwhelmed.

BUT I decided to begin like you do when you eat an elephant--one bite at a time! I began reading through the notebook (a BIG help) and doing little things, like getting a URL address.

Each time I took a step and succeeded, my confidence rose.

The key is to just START.

Within a month, I had a web site up and running, business cards and postcards in hand, and now, a photo blog---all because Ann told me I could, and gave me good tools to work with! If I can do it, anyone can do it!"

Joy purchased the Workbook & CDs.

You can benefit from this information, even if you cannot attend the class in person.

Joy found the originl information so helpful she came to my studio to take "How to Price your Art for Profit" in June.

Joy Cottrell
www.joycottrell.com

Joy Cottrell of Spring, Texas, said:
"I'm listening to your first CD in my car. I just love it. It's clear & easy to hear.
Thanks to you, I'm convinced I can just do an inexpensive, simple web site---just to show my work.

Now I know I can and should start with a place to lead people just so they can see my work! And the advice to use my name & .com is invaluable.

Thank you so much for sharing this down-to-earth information, for sharing your mistakes, & for not sounding high & mighty perfect!! It gives us hope! I've just pretty-well skimmed everything, but I will study & re-read as time permits."

Ron Stokes attended "How to Get your Artist Web Site" in July.

"I have just finished my first reading of your workbook and I just wanted you to know that the emotional result is like one being filled with high octane fuel. The information is so useful and your coaching segments near the end really inspire one to work harder to achieve one's art-art career goals.

Your workbook strategy works; the information combined with the very useful websites makes your workbook a complete beginners' instrument that one can take and use to complete one's first website.

Again, thank you for the class and your careful and meaningful instruction."
Ron Stokes, Angleton

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***Individual consultations are available if you want personal help. We can work in person or by phone.