Comments on: Here Are 30 Useful Ideas How to Find New Buyers and Sell More Art https://artmarketingnews.com/find-new-buyers/ Innovative art marketing advice for visual artists weekly since 2005 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Donald Hofer https://artmarketingnews.com/find-new-buyers/#comments/40539 http://artprintissues.com/visual-artists-30-ways-to-get-more-art-collectors#comment-40539 I enjoyed reading your suggestions for finding buyers. I was an art teacher for twenty-three years in VT. I taught Oil, Acrylics, and Pen & Ink Drawing. I retired and then opened an advertising company called Graphics Plus although my first love was fine art. I realized that although I was known in the all the surrounding towns, I needed to expand my work. I used the newspaper, and found that everyone owned a pet. I had rendered several friends pets in pen & ink and then from local art shows I began taking commissions. That was very accepted by many people. I ended up with thirty-five breeds. I then posted them up on ebay and sold close to 300 of them with 100 present positive feed back. I had to be careful to maintain a copywrite on all commissions. Also Cats magazine gave me a full page for a print I called Friends, a Kitten sleeping on a Golden Retrievers head. This all was many years ago now. It does show if your an artist one thing leads to another. I could go on but I think maybe some artists might be encouraged to try some of your ideas.

]]> By: Barney Davey https://artmarketingnews.com/find-new-buyers/#comments/31872 http://artprintissues.com/visual-artists-30-ways-to-get-more-art-collectors#comment-31872 In reply to Terri Symington, ASID.

Hi Terri, Thanks for your insights. I agree with you that getting traction with interior designers is not always easy. But, that’s the case for nearly all venues where artists are seeking to get their work sold. Dick Harrison, my co-author or How to Sell Art to Interior Designers, made a very nice living selling to designers for more than 20 years. He did this by establishing relationships with them, learning what they needed, and being available to them when they called. He found ways to get 15 minutes of a designer’s time and knew how to make the most of it. Your postcard suggestion is a good one. But, if an artist has art that is suitable for design market then being politely aggressive in making contact is going to work in their favor most often. As the saying goes, “Fortune favors the bold.”

]]> By: Barney Davey https://artmarketingnews.com/find-new-buyers/#comments/31871 http://artprintissues.com/visual-artists-30-ways-to-get-more-art-collectors#comment-31871 In reply to Brenda Harris.

Dear Brenda, Thanks for your reply. I’m sorry you are having problems finding buyers for your work. It’s not always easy. The reasons can be many. Things that can affect your ability to find buyers start with your art. Is there a viable market for the work you are making? If so, who are the ideal buyers? What is their demographics including age, gender, income, interests, and more? Do you have a method of gathering email addresses and then staying in touch with your potential buyer pool? Are you communicating with your prospects on a regular basis? FineArtAmerica is a great site to drive traffic to it for fulfillment. But, it nor any site like it has the means to create interest for all its members. Etsy is going to be more of the same as with FAA. With all these sites, the marketing needs to be done by the artist. Wishing you all the best!

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