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1 Year Ago
Hello Member
Uploading images on Fine Art America is half of the work. The other half is marketing. Fine Art America is a platform for artists and photographers to run their own businesses. The artists that are successful on Fine Art America do outside marketing to promote their work and we offer a handful of different marketing tools to help you e.g. Shopping Cart Widget, Email Campaign, etc. So I would definitely take a look at these features (found 'Settings') to help get some sort of marketing plan in action.
Being an active member on Fine Art America is also a plus - we have a very large community of artists and photographers. 'Favouriting' images, leaving comments, participating in discussion forums, etc., are big ways to get your work noticed! I would also look into uploading more images.
We have over 7 million images listed on Fine Art America with any you have loaded, , so if there is no marketing and promotion done on your end, your images will get lost in the mix. If you follow all of these suggestions you will appear higher and more often in the search engine.
We cannot tell why some sell and why some do not so we cannot give that kind of advice. However, here are some great posts on the forum and elsewhere about marketing your work. Please log in to view some of them
Marketing course I was doing for members in the discussions every week (other posts linked at the bottom of the first)
Transparency in Discussions (written by the owner of Pixels/FAA)
What Is Marketing In Reality (opens in different site - Mine)
Marketing Plan
Marketing: Let's see your Pixels Artist Sites!
Checklist For Success In Print Sales.
Marketing 101 By Mike Savad
A Few Reasons Y U May Not Be Selling
Marketing Yourself
Promoting Your Art
Six Month Observation About Marketing
Evaluating Your Own Work To Sell
Elephant In The Room - Maybe Your Art Just Isnt That Good...
The Formula To Pricing Art?
Lots of reading but worth it.
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Abbie Shores
Manager, Fine Art America | Pixels.com
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1 Year Ago
Oh my goodness THANK YOU! I swear, it seems like every single day someone posts a new thread asking "how do I increase my sales?"
This thread is a perfect solution!!!
1 Year Ago
I predict that no one will see this post. Even if it was bright yellow, and blinking and with dancing monkey's around it.
For anyone new that is seeing this thread, look at your work:
do you only have 2 things? Upload more things.
Is it covered in watermarks? Don't do that.
Would you buy or hang your own work in a nice frame? No? It may not sell. Or at least be hard to advertise.
Is the work yours? Great!
Or was it lifted from the net at random? Erase it, it will only get you into trouble down the line. And without a consistent set of styles you won't be recognized down the line.
Selling art isn't a side gig or hustle, it takes a lot of work and effort to do this.
----Mike Savad
1 Year Ago
Thank you so much, Abbie!
I can't wait to dive into all of the information you've shared.
I appreciate all the work you've done putting this together.
This may give me some ideas for marketing my fiction, too.
Cheers!
Tambra Nicole Kendall
1 Year Ago
My checklist is listed twice. Thank you!! But the most recent version is called "Checklist For Success In Print Sales (version 3)". As the site changes and in order to fit with best practices based on what is said by members and moderators, I last updated it 3 years ago. Not a lot has changed since then. I will eventually do an update and include a link to how to set up the AW using Cloudflare and also mention about the default image order, once that is settled.
https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=4721562
1 Year Ago
Thank you for putting this list together. A lot to read, but I intend to work through it. There is so much great artwork on FAA that it is daunting to even consider marketing one's own work.
1 Year Ago
Thank YOU Abbie & FAA Fellows...
I want to believe that I know how to market since that's my B.S. Undergrad degree... BS is right, IDK anything in this 21st C economy... So I am going super slow, but this is exactly what I need to study... I don't have a solid base. In grad sch, Digi Publishing I recall Doctorow saying something like you need 1,000 people as a base that will buy anything & everything you do! WOW great formula! I like that. So I need to do something about shaking off my resistance and finding a base audience... Hoping for new inspiration, GJ glorijean
1 Year Ago
I shall read through this thread diligently, everyone is looking for the Holy Grail when it comes to sales!
1 Year Ago
Howdy!
Although I have just joined this community and I am writing to you from Romania, I will read all the articles with interest.
I wish you a creative day!
1 Year Ago
Wow, this is a very helpful thread! I will certainly be taking all of these things into consideration. Marketing has not been my strength so I look forward to implementing these tips.
1 Year Ago
Hi Abbey,
I am new here and just read your post. Thank you for the input, I sure will take it into consideration. I am new in the market as well, so all that I can read about it will help me.
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1 Year Ago
Great list Abbie. Thanks for putting it together. Some of the stuff I've already been asking myself (I know I'm no Ansel Adams, but keep asking myself what I could do better, are there photos I'd cull from my gallery. etc). As time goes by I'll try to read through the links.
As I go through the list of links to check them out, I've found one that don't work for me (don't know why). https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2040787 is one.
2 Months Ago
Hi there, I want to spend some money on advertising and I am looking for someone who have the skills or know someone who have the skills to help me, and of course I will pay him/her besides that I will share with him/her some valuable information that will boost their revenue
2 Months Ago
I have been a professional artist for over forty years and I became so used to the gallery scene that I’m trying to shift gears into a new reality. Today’s world is very different. I’m on Facebook, and the rest of the social media platforms, so I decided to join Fine Art America in hope that it might give me more exposure?
Thanks very much! Karen Haughey
2 Months Ago
Thank you for sharing helpful information!! I am new to FAA and trying to work through my artworks
2 Months Ago
This is what I was looking for and I didn't have to search everywhere for it. Thank you.
2 Months Ago
Thank you so much! I am reigniting my FAA portfolio after a long break and your words of wisdom and great ideas are kind and helpful!
1 Month Ago
Hello, I will definitely try to get back to sales since i have had limited sales, just a few things from friends. I don't upload as much material, since time is of the essence. I will start t gradually getting back and hopefully get some sales. Thanks for the tips as always
1 Month Ago
Very helpful and gives me energy to engage and continue uploaden! Just got a premium membership after a bit of doubting but I think I can make this work!
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