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!

Hey all!  Here is the 2nd part of Rod Evans.  I hope you are enjoying these awesome artists. Rod’s podcast is at the bottom of this post if you are using the player here.  Let me know what you think of these, what you may want that I have not been getting to you. 

Hey all!  Here is the first part of the Rod Evans series.  Many of you know Rod through PPA or WPPI.  Rod is a very gifted artist that has it going on.  He is actively involved in social networking and talks about how that segues into business for his studio.  If you haven’t seen Rod’s work visit his site or his blog and check it out.  Rod also does some very cool things with Corel Painter and traditional natural media as well. You can see his workshop schedule here.  How about Italy?

I have three new podcasts in the can ready to be edited!  I have Rod Evans, Bruce Dorn and Jeremy Sutton.  These interviews are awesome.  Not only do we get some insight from who these folks are as artists and an insiders view of their childhood, we also get some information specific to a host of topics.  Social media marketing, corel painter, fashion photography, commercial photography,  tips on grabbing business in the senior market, and a bunch of other goodies you will not want to miss.  Stay tuned!  The first part starts Monday June 23!

Thank-you Marilyn for sharing your insight and knowledge! If you haven’t listened to this series you are missing out.  Lots of great information from digital painting, photography, business planning,  marketing and all parts in between.  You can see Marilyn’s Art  visit the her blog, the digital painters forum or check out her training dvd’s by clicking these hotlinks.  Check it out…you will be glad you did.