00:12:56 Mandy Bankson: I have two questions. In the mailing list homework you mentioned a pop up with a generous delay. What do you consider generous? 00:13:43 DougFreemanStudio: Does Mailchimp offer enough options/locations to be the place you keep your email list VIP’s ….etc. or do you suggest keeping your lists outside of your emailprograms and why? 00:14:36 Mandy Bankson: And second question you mentioned the open rate is no longer accurate. If I click on a specific name in my shopify email, is that not necessarily accurate? 00:15:35 frances: I am still not quite clear if it Is OK To keep my prospects and VIPs On Artwork Archive or is there an advantage to keep them in a spreadsheet 00:16:24 Sandy Sedmak Engel (she/her): My people goal is to connect with more local businesses, so I'm organizing an art walk - I want to do it Thursday evening (with which I have had success), some want to do Friday. Do you have thoughts on what evening is "best" for an opening or open studio? 00:16:51 Lisa Hebden: How do you suggest I approach Curators? 00:17:21 Linda Jacobson: I have two questions: I have your 2008 edition, do you think I should get now get your newer 2019 kindle version? Also, with responding on social media what is best way to organize time for that. It can get so distracting and time consuming. Should there be certain hours every day. 00:19:00 Mary: Wow Leslie your work is stunning! 00:20:35 Karen Middleton: Replying to "I have two questions..." Hi @Linda Jacobson I have this same issue with social media. So I schedule a specific day and time (about 1 hour) with a timer set to 'pre-post' some social media. I scroll social media a little every day, but also set a timer for scrolling and responding (I try to respond to at least 5 posts on each platform I use) Hope this helps! 00:22:08 davidevansgraphics: I just was notified that my hosting site is considering my website as a legacy site, meaning they are no longer supporting my site. So I am looking at a new hosting site and website builder. I have been looking at WIX, WordPress, Adobe Express, Shopify, Go-Daddy. Any recommendations for ability to sell work and link to Esty, etc. Thank you. 00:22:32 Linda Jacobson: Replying to "I have two questions..." Thank you! That’s very helpful. 00:24:33 Rachael McCampbell: Still trying to find folks who sell small works of art off their website and how best to do that? Do I have to pay $30 a month for the basic Shopify just to deal with the payment but they don’t do shipping, so I’m wondering if it’s worth it cause strangers don’t want to have to call you, give you your credit card etc…but since I’d still have to pack and ship, running the credit card shouldn’t be that much additional time. I’ve never sold online and I don’t want to do prints — just originals. What do other artists do? 00:24:56 Karen Middleton: Reacted to "Thank you! That’s ve..." with 😁 00:24:57 Jessica Falcone: You can save stories in your IG Highlights 00:25:22 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan (she/her): Replying to "Does Mailchimp offer..." Doug, you can have unlimited (I think) tags for your contacts in MailChimp. Then you can email to just one tag or a group of tags. It’s very flexible that way 00:25:31 Lisa Hebden: Reacted to "You can save stories..." with 👍 00:26:25 Karen Middleton: Replying to "I have two questions..." Also -> don't feel like you have to be on social media everyday. It can get tiring, so if you need to take a break from it, take a break. I usually take a week off at least once week out of the month. But figure out what works for you. 00:27:52 Karen Middleton: Replying to "You can save stories..." Also -> If you post as a Reel instead of Stories, it will appear automatically in your post history. IG is pushing reels over shorts right now in order to compete with Tik Tok 00:28:08 Mary: I use Pinterest for reference. 00:31:39 lauri: Replying to "Still trying to find..." Hi Rachael- I use Shopify and have for several years. In the beginning, I hardly sold a thing online- maybe just breaking even annually on the $30 month. But my sales have grown a lot over time. It's still not my primary sales income, but definitely well worth the fee. 00:32:38 Karen Middleton: Replying to "I just was notified ..." It kind of depends on what your goals are regarding your website. Do you want a plug-in play option -> Wix or Squarespace. Are you ok with a little bit of programming -> Wordpress. Adobe Express is more for designing stuff. Go-Daddy I think only host domains, I dunno if they've moved into website building (I could be wrong tho). If you want to just sell stuff, Shopify is great. It is not the best for using as a portfolio or blogging, but can intergrade with a lot of other website platforms so you can blog and sell stuff (example) 00:32:50 Rachael McCampbell: Is a blog the same thing as creating a “Post” on my Wordpress site? 00:33:15 Paula Blumenfeld: what is the best way to start a newsletter if you have never done one? 00:33:26 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan (she/her): evejacobs-carnahan.com/blog 00:33:31 Lisa Hebden: I won’t put mine in, because I haven’t posted to it for ages… 00:33:39 bert leveille: https://bertleveille.com/bertleveilleBLOG/ 00:34:09 Melinda: I don’t teach. My blog is a pilot test. I’m way more intentional with my newsletters. https://melindayeoh.com/blogs/myartlife 00:34:18 Elsa Bluethner: elsabluethner.com/blog 00:34:31 Rachael McCampbell: https://rachaelmccampbell.com/blog-news/ 00:34:41 Lisa Hebden: lisahebden.com/blog 00:34:44 Karen Middleton: I'm currently only teaching in person (as I'm just starting that), but my Blog: https://kmiddletondesignstudios.com/artist-talks-landing-page 00:35:05 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan (she/her): https://evejacobs-carnahan.com/blog/ 00:35:36 Rachael McCampbell: I teach workshops and talk about that on my blog and Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVuloc_gaO6DVi-F8DxC-A 00:36:14 Karen Middleton: Replying to "what is the best way..." Just start. lolz. Even if you have one person on your list, you still have an audience interested in your work. 00:36:25 Lisa Hebden: Better to just jump in and do it, rather than waiting for the Right Time. 00:37:36 Melinda: Replying to "I just was notified ..." Hi David, my blog and art newsletter r all on my Shopify website. I like the integration of all these components under 1 platform. It helps with yr marketing and admin work. Karen is on point that Shopify is great if you sell yr art on yr website. 00:37:44 lauri: I have a few questions- one of my categories is corporate buyers. I just finished a big round of applications that were sent out to 10 different corporate buyers. I've received a few responses already, but I'm curious what a follow-up would look like in this situation, especially if I'm dealing with a 'generic' application, not a person. Second question: I sell most of my art myself, in person at art fairs. I always have people who want to hold off on purchasing because it's for their second home, need measurements etc. I have always been terrible about getting contact information (I would prefer a phone number) for these ppl. Do you have any specific verbiage for doing this? I always feel like I'm trying to ask the hot guy at the bar for his phone number and end up fumbling and awkward! :) 00:37:54 Elizabeth Kinahan: Replying to "Still trying to find..." Hi @Rachael I use big cartel and I love it for ease of use, and it’s free if you list 5 products or less, so could be a great way to try it out. I drive traffic to it through my email list and social media. People don’t want to call you to buy something. They are often looking online at 2 in the morning and want to just “buy it now”, so make it easy for them. 🙂 00:39:08 Paula Blumenfeld: Replying to "what is the best way..." thanks! 00:39:13 vjaeger: Sometimes is good to get out of the comfort zone 00:39:24 Melinda: Replying to "Still trying to find..." Ditto that! @Elizabeth Kinahan @Rachael McCampbell Big Cartel is super ez to use, hands down. And great if you want a minimum viable product to start off with. 00:39:53 Elizabeth Kinahan: Reacted to "Ditto that! @Elizabe..." with ❤️ 00:39:58 Karen Middleton: Replying to "I just was notified ..." I use Squarespace only right now, but am in the process of integrating a Shopify page to sell prints and other suff 00:40:13 Lisa Hebden: Mary, I’d suggest saving all your hashtags in your notes on your phone. Then you can just cut and paste every time you post. I realised I found the hash tags annoying, so this helped. 00:40:22 Linda Jacobson: https://www.lindajacobson.net/blog I haven’t kept up on it. Wanted to do a blog quarterly but haven’t kept up. I wanted to do articles on artists I love and that relate to my work. 00:40:37 Sandy Sedmak Engel (she/her): Linktree let's me give folks the option to go directly to the page I was talking about in the post 00:41:23 Karen Middleton: And not in your posts. Links are only allowed in your profile 00:41:54 Mary: Replying to "Mary, I’d suggest sa..." Thanks I really appreciate that tip! 00:43:05 Lisa Hebden: IP 00:43:11 Melinda: IP 00:43:39 Mary: Replying to "https://www.lindajac..." Thanks for posting your link. I didn’t know the artist you feature in this post but the work is very interesting to me! 00:43:59 Rachael McCampbell: Replying to "Still trying to find..." Thanks @Elizabeth Kinahan and @Melinda —I’m looking at it. 00:44:11 Melinda: Reacted to "Thanks @Elizabeth Ki..." with 🔥 00:45:26 Melinda: I now ignore open rate for sanity. 😂 00:45:31 Mary: Replying to "https://www.lindajac..." @Linda Jacobson your work is lovely. I also do abstract landscapes so I look forward to having a good look through your portfolio. Very inspiring! 00:47:29 Lisa Hebden: Thursdays are good because if people are going away on the weekend, you don’t lose them :) 00:47:38 Melinda: Why is Thursday great for open studio? 00:47:50 Melinda: Replying to "Thursdays are good b..." Ah I see 00:47:51 Dahna Chandler: Reacted to "Thursdays are good b..." with 👍🏽 00:48:51 Sandy Sedmak Engel (she/her): People have plans for the weekends liked Lisa mentioned, people will come out Thursdays because it doesn't interfere with other events... 00:49:27 Sandy Sedmak Engel (she/her): Thursday evenings, to be clear 00:50:16 Lisa Hebden: Hi Alyson, did you see my question? Did I enter incorrectly? 00:52:01 Melinda Yeoh: Replying to "Still trying to find..." @Rachael McCampbell If you don’t want to have yr own website for now, you can check out Saatchi Art. They take a cut though (30% ish). For yr original artwork, you just need to pack them well, they will send the courier to pick it up from you. 00:52:08 Lisa Hebden: I’m totally into the lemons! hahahaha 00:52:21 Elizabeth Kinahan: I have a question about reaching out to interior decorators out of state, what’s a good way to introduce myself to cold contacts such a decorators? 00:54:09 Mary: Replying to "https://www.lindajac..." @Linda Jacobson my two cents on your social media question = I agree 100% with Alyson. I really don’t want to see artists doing other things, I just want to see the art (I’m a bit weird though, so keep that caveat in mind! 😄) 00:56:33 Leah Murray: I'm wondering about something I heard the other day: I had been planning to work on doing some work toward converting social media followers (of which I was surprised and delighted to find that I have many more than I expected) to subscribers to my email newsletter. BUT I'm now wondering if an email newsletter actually has the importance that I was led to believe it does in the process of converting followers into buyers and collectors. Have I simply missed the newsletter "boat"? 00:56:45 Mary: Replying to "IP" Wow Lisa, your “fields” are simply stunning! Such a soft feel—will be looking at these with attention for sure! 00:58:02 Mary: Replying to "IP" Re your website, I would love to see your images much much larger. I zoomed in to enjoy them even more! 00:58:27 Lisa Hebden: Replying to "IP" Thanks, Mary! So helpful 00:59:43 Lisa Hebden: Reacted to "Wow Lisa, your “fiel..." with 🙏 01:00:08 Rachael McCampbell: Replying to "what is the best way..." I like using Constant Contact because there’s personal tech support when I need it. It’s worth the money to me for that. Mail chimp frustrated me so much!!! @Paula Blumenfeld 01:00:35 Karen Middleton: Replying to "I'm wondering about ..." I would love a roadmap on this. I have lost of followers, but no idea how to convert them. All the research I've done on this seems either scammy or a regurgitation of Chat GPT. Neither of which works. 01:01:21 Leah Murray: Replying to "I'm wondering about ..." I hear you on that, Karen -- I have the same issue!! 01:01:55 Rachael McCampbell: Replying to "I just was notified ..." I use GoDaddy because I wanted a blog and all sorts of stuff that I can work on easily on the back end. Good luck @davidevansgraphics 01:02:49 Linda Jacobson: Replying to "I just was notified ..." I really love squarespace because I can update it myself. 01:03:05 Leah Murray: Replying to "I'm wondering about ..." I do have an idea how to convert them so far as the technical pieces go, and understand how the sales prospect-to-buyer/collector works, but haven't done the newsletter work to actually implement it yet. That's why I'm here, is to figure out the strategy for the newsletter content to actually establish the newsletter and get it launched. 01:03:52 Lisa Hebden: Also instagram…follow and comment on their work, especially when they post a room with an artwork in it 01:08:00 Leah Murray: The other place to find info on contact stuff for specific types of businesses is in the local chamber of commerce business or board of trade directories for the members of the local chamber or board of trade. They are like yellow pages with phone numbers and emails for their offices along with their websites. 01:10:58 Elizabeth Kinahan: Reacted to "The other place to f..." with ❤️ 01:14:29 Leslie miller: Reacted to "The other place to f..." with 👍 01:15:52 Linda Jacobson: Replying to "https://www.lindajac..." Thanks! That’s good advice. And thank you for your thoughts on my work. What is your website or instagram so I can see your work too! 01:17:05 Dahna Chandler: Would you spell that second one for me? 01:17:08 Rebecca Finch: I am 01:17:12 Elana: What are the main benefits of faso? 01:17:14 Karen Middleton: I'm on Squarespace! 01:17:47 Lisa Hebden: Thanks David, great question for me too 01:18:05 Linda Jacobson: Replying to "I just was notified ..." www.lindajacobson.net if you’d like to see how I’ve created it. 01:18:14 Dahna Chandler: Wow! Faso looks great! 01:18:40 Leah Murray: I've been on WordPress since 2005 - so I'm a long time user there and very familiar with it and how to do things with it - plus I was a tech nerd for my previous career, so I love WordPress. But it isn't for everyone if they don't have the tech chops or time and energy for the learning curve, for sure. 01:18:49 Dahna Chandler: https://www.faso.com 01:20:26 Leah Murray: MailChimp doesn't accept ANY entries unless you have their email address. 01:25:20 Lisa Hebden: Margaret-Ann, great question, thank you 01:27:30 Mary: Replying to "I've been on WordPre..." @Leah Murray thanks for sharing your tech savvy. I love Numbers! Can I ask if you know which is better, MailChimp or ConvertKit? From my research my impression is that they do the same thing so I don’t know how to choose. 01:31:00 Leah Murray: Replying to "I've been on WordPre..." I've never heard of ConvertKit - but I have had MailChimp on my website for about 10 years now for handling all my contact forms, my workshop signups, some of my online sales processes and so on. Intuit/QuickBooks bought MailChimp 18 months ago, and promptly raised the price, BUT they are adding quite a bit of value as they go along, so I'm not unhappy with them at all. 01:31:27 Lisa Hebden: Elana, what’s your last name? 01:31:48 Leah Murray: Replying to "I've been on WordPre..." AND it has a newsletter editor that is pretty robust, so I'm going to have more work for it shortly! 01:31:59 Mary: Replying to "I've been on WordPre..." @Leah Murray ok thanks so much for your input! 01:33:10 Rebecca Finch: Yes, it would be inspiring. My home “could” look this beautiful if I bought this painting. 🙂 01:33:27 Leah Murray: Replying to "I've been on WordPre..." You're welcome, Mary! Choose what you think will work best FOR YOU - I'm a tech nerd, so I choose software based on technology corporate standards of tool utility ratio to price. You may have other criteria that don't even occur to me! 01:33:42 Elana: Hi everyone, Please feel free to get in touch for mutual support: Elana Kundell 415.378.1868 www.kundell.com 01:33:59 Elana: Thank you so much! 💛💛 01:34:12 Elizabeth Kinahan: Thank you for all the wonderful info and advice!! 01:34:15 Debbie Grifka MI: Thank you so much, Alyson! This has been wonderful. 01:34:22 Lisa Hebden: Reacted to "Hi everyone, Please ..." with 👍 01:34:31 Lisa Hebden: Thank you! 01:34:33 Melinda Yeoh: Great to be in this space with y’all, all the best! 01:34:33 Dorothy: Thank you all!! 01:34:49 Nancy Ramsey: Thank you, Alyson! 01:34:50 Linda Jacobson: Thank you so much Alyson! And everyone 🙂 01:35:05 Paula Blumenfeld: thank you so much! 01:35:06 davidevansgraphics: Thank you totally wortwhile