Art Marketing Buzz

Hey all!  As some of you know that have been following me on twitter or facebook I left the world of banking.  I was a investment advisor with a regional bank and last Friday was my last day!!!  i left my position so I could dedicate more time to building my online businesses.  My new gig is with AAA where I am a field manager.  I will be working alot less and have more flexiblity with time, not to mention less responsibility.  So anyway with Monday being my first day I headed to Omaha to see the corporates.  What a nice little get-a-way.  As it turns out I was fortunate enough to get in touch with my friend John Derry.  Many of you know John.  He is an excellent artist and photographer as well as the co-creator of Corel Painter.  We had the opportunity to set down and eat dinner.  What a blast!  It was great to chat with John and catch up with what was happening in his world.  We talked about painter, painting, the history of painter, marketing, internet marketing, how to get some fine art prints out in the world, fulfillment, video production of “how-to” materials, putting together workshops and on and on.  Poor guy.  It was nice though, a 99 cent margarita and good conversation with a friend.  What could be better?

I can let you in on a small secret.  John has moved back to Nebraska, which is not a secret, and will be putting together some workshops.  Some really fun stuff you cant miss.  The secret though is John will be coming out with a very special fine art print.  It will be offered and explained by John soon.  What I can tell you is that this special offering will be put together for a specific purpose.   It will be a way to raise some funds to offset the rising cost of Pam’s (Johns wife) Leukemia.  You will want to be a part of this.  We have the opportunity to own a really nice pice of John Derry fine art and at the same time be able to offer support for an awesome family and a pioneer in our industry.  You can check out Johns site here.  Also keep checking this blog as I will be doing a podcast with John as well.  I am not sure when we will publish it but it will be recorded in the next several days.  So stay tuned!