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Why Customer Service Matters – Part 3

6/11/2014

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Taking care of your customers is one of the most important things you can do for your business. It doesn’t matter if you are a Fortune 500 company, an online business, or an artist.

Like me, I am sure you have had a bad experience with a business. Most of the time you might rant to a couple of your friends about it. If the experience was heinous enough, you might do your venting online to your extended group of friends.

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Facebook Fanpage First Friday Artwalk

6/5/2014

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Book Marketing Blog Hop
Over the past several weeks, I have been participating in The Book Marketing Challenge. It has been an information packed experience. I have learned so much about marketing and I’d like to share my favorite strategy.

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The Creative Spark and the Chromatic Scale

6/3/2014

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I got to observe something really interesting last night. I am busily in the process of creating new artwork for this summer’s Art-A-Fair Festival. As usual, my main theme is music. My boyfriend and I were talking about some ideas for the new pieces. He suggested doing music notes in different colors in a series, maybe even a rainbow of colors. That started my creative juices flowing. I immediately came up with a title for the piece: Harmony.

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    Loretta Alvarado, Fiber Artist

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    Helping artists and crafters improve their sales, one word at a time.

    Loretta Alvarado is the author of several business for artists books. She spends most of her time in her studio making art and writing. But you can sometimes find her on Facebook.

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