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Friday Freebie - Resource for Online Sellers

10/31/2014

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eCommerceBytes.com has loads of great resources for those of you who sell your art or craft online. I highly recommend subscribing to their daily newsletter so you can keep abreast of all that is happening in the online selling world.

In addition to their newsletter, their website has some useful goodies like an etsy fee calculator. Just plug in the price of an item you sell, the shipping, the actual postage, and the cost of materials and this handy-dandy little tool will spit back out the profit that you will make on this item. There is also one for ebay and one for Amazon.

I highly recommend this site. And, no, I don't get anything out of recommending it other than the satisfaction of knowing that I have provided some useful information.
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Friday Freebie - More Copyright Free Images

10/24/2014

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https://unsplash.com/
Unsplash.com is a great resource for completely free, copyright free high resolution images. And did I mention FREE!

Here's what their website has to say about it:
"All photos published on Unsplash are licensed under Creative Commons Zero which means you can can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission."

They post 10 new free photos every 10 days. There is no search capability and no categories. So you just have to start scrolling through to find images that catch your eye. But then, that's half the fun! And there are some really good quality photos there.

You can also subscribe to their email notifications so you know when new images become available.
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Friday Freebie - Vintage Copyright Free Images

10/17/2014

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www.reusableart.com is a great resource of vintage images that are downloadable and copyright free. The site is categorized so it is easy to find one image out of the over 3000 available. If you need reference photos or inspiration, this is a wonderful website.
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Friday Freebie - How to Find Free Amazon Kindle Books

10/10/2014

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Like myself, many authors will sell their Kindle ebooks for free for a couple of days as a way to get their sales ranking to go higher. We also hope that the people who got the book will leave a review.

The selection changes every day so you can always find something interesting. If you like to read, this is a great opportunity to score free e-books. Watch the video tutorial to see how it's done.
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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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Where does the art go?

5/1/2014

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The other day I received an email asking about one of my pieces of art. This is the body of that email:

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Do you talk to yourself?

5/22/2012

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I recently acquired software called
Dragon Naturally Speaking
It's software that along with a microphone, you can use to speak your words and have them typed into your word processor or e-mail. If you're a bad typist it's a really big help. But that's not why I bought it.


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5 tips for starting out as an artist

3/26/2012

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It is beginning of the spring art show season and with it comes all the artist newbies who are scooping out the art show scene. I was doing a show last weekend and I spoke to three people


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A resource for creating video slide shows: Animoto.com

6/26/2011

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Animoto.com is an easy way to create slide shows from either still photos, videos, or a combination of both. You pick the background, supply the images, choose from their selection of music, and Animoto creates a fabulous video for you.

The free version allows you to create a 30 second video and includes the Animoto logo. I have included a couple of examples of 30 second free videos I made for my own artwork.

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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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