How to Sell Your Art Online: Live a Successful Creative Life on Your Own Terms

Many artists suffer from a fear that their art isn’t good enough to sell, or that they won’t be able to sell enough of their art to make a living—ever. This fear is the result of a way of thinking about life and about art—a mindset.

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a number of artists who made solid six-figure incomes for ten to twenty years or more, and when their gallery dropped them or went out of business, they were suddenly without income and had no resources to start sales because the gallery had all of the relationships with collectors.

How can you as an artist use the Web to build these weak ties to the communities that might be interested in your art?

often tell young artists that if they want longevity in the art business, they need to develop their own relationships with collectors,

This combination of branding, personality, and association with success creates incredible results.

that information wants to be free; that attention equals currency; that ubiquity, not rarity, defines value; and that a truly networked society had to be open and unrestricted.

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In order to be a financially successful artist, it helps to understand that there are lots of artists already doing it, and that there are many ways it can be done. When you know what’s possible, you can make an educated decision on how you would like your career to progress.

Michelle Ward, from WhenIGrowUpCoach.com.