Wordpress blog software is an ideal application for promoting and marketing your artwork online. It gives you all the tools you need to create a professional looking artist website and easily publish fresh content, keeping your search engine optimization… well optimal. And all this leads to more sales of your art. But WP is not [...]
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Wordpress Wednesday | Create A Free Artist Website With Wordpress.com
A brief post on the advantages of Wordpress.org vs. Wordpress.com. And also how you can start with a free service and upgrade later.
Wordpress Wednesday | Stopping Spam Comments On Your Art Blog
If you publish a Wordpress self hosted blog eventually the comment spammers will find you. Comment from spammers is pretty easy to spot. The comments are brief, generic, and often off topic. Most will contain links to sites selling things that you don’t want to be a part of. The longer your blog is out [...]
Wordpress Wednesday | Staying Up To Date With The Latest Release Of Wordpress
Wordpress is software that is under constant development and periodically new versions are released that feature updates and security fixes. This means that one day you sign into your blog’s dashboard and you see a message that states, “WordPress 2.9.1 is available! Please update now.” And for security reasons it is a good idea to [...]
Wordpress Wednesday | Getting Started
I recommend using Wordpress.org to any artist who is looking to create their own site and be in control of their internet presence. I call this your online headquarters. And since I recommend Wordpress I thought it would be a good idea to offer regular tips and advice for getting the most out of Wordpress.
Welcome [...]
What Is The One Thing I Should Do Online As An Artist?
Recently an artist asked me a really good question. She asked…
I find all the stuff on the internet overwhelming. But I know a lot of artists are promoting and selling online these days. If I did just one thing online what should it be?
This question came out of a conversation we were having about the [...]
Join Me On The Adventure Of Art Palaver
It can be a bit scary to make the move to full time artist. The idea of generating all your income strictly from your art can be so hard to fathom. Art is often a passion and a true passion just keeps calling to you over and over again. For many the dream of being [...]
A Blog Can Do A Lot More Than You Think
It all started with web logs.
The word “blog” comes from the term “web log.” Starting in the early 1990’s people would post diaries and journals online through various digital methods. For a long time the content of most blogs was the boring and mundane details of the diarist’s life. These origins have created a stigma [...]