15 Minute Craft Website Tips  

Unless you've been under a rock for the past couple years, you would have heard of blogs and blogging. You might be thinking "What's the big deal? Why should I bother with blogging?". If you're an artist promoting or selling your art online, blogging can be a powerful tool in your marketing arsenal. In this show, I'll give you 5 reasons why blogging is good for artists.

1. Blogs can drive traffic to an existing website

• • blogs tend to have fresher content than static sites
• • blogs attract more search engine traffic
• • you can funnel that traffic to your website

2. Links to your blog can travel far and wide

• • bloggers like to link to each other
• • readers like to share good information
• • reporters are using blog to find story ideas
• • more incoming links mean more traffic and new visitors

3. Blogs can allow you to connect with your customers

• • art collectors and buyers of handmade items love to meet the artist
• • use your blog to talk about your art, inspiration, your art process
• • use your blog to establish your expertise, customer service, or news

4. Blogs can help you pre-sell your art

• • use your blog to talk about new work and products
• • use your blog to announce sales and special
• • use your blog to document new works in progress

5. Blogging doesn't require technical expertise

• • you can set up a blog for free
• • you don't need to know HTML or web design
• • you can set up a blog within 5 minutes or less

If you're thinking about starting a blog or if you already have a blog and you want to be more effective, sign up for my FREE e-course "50 Blogging Tips for Artists". Get a free tip in your email every day that will help make your blogging life easier. Sign up now!