Should artists be doing this?

If you have an art business you need to seriously consider an email list! Social media like facebook and instagram make it very hard to reach your audience!

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[dagoelius]

My two cents:
1) Do not put a signup notification popup as the first thing someone sees when they go to your website. Most people hate this outdated interruptive marketing strategy and will simply close your page and never return. And for the love of god do use it as a mandatory signup step to view your website.
2) Pushing daily emails to your subscribers is unproductive and unnecessary, make your emails weekly or monthly or for early sales/exhibition information only.
The amount of (good) artists ive unsubscribed from because they spam my inbox with daily generic looking emails is staggering.

[chocolatetuesday]

I 100% agree, groups are the only thing Facebook is useful for anymore.

[jadehoopoe]

I came off Facebook back in 2021. They’re only interested in your business if you’re throwing a huge amount of money at your ads. Twitter might be a option with all the new stuff Musk is bringing in but at the moment its a bit sketchy. That said, totally agree with newsletters (and your own website) being the only things you have full control over.

[lonefaolan]

When it comes to learning how to draw, do you need to go through a traditional art course. For example, learning how to draw a still life, value charts, gesture drawing, etc.. Or, can one learn strictly thru projects without all the exercises ? Hopefully I am making sense.

[ArtOfRavenD]

Your newsletter is what reminds me that you're on livestream

[fuzzydragons]

i keep meaning to set one up, but i cant think of what i would put in it that would get people to sign up, im dont think im that interesting lol

[susanobyrnes]

Where do I go to sign up for your newsletter?

[millermmsdj]

Keep in mind Instagram is owned by Facebook

[rebeccacase]

Does your email newsletter come through Patreon?

[somedude]

Face book stinks fir the salt groups too. No selling on just about anything