Comments on Kesha Bruce Studio: Let's Be Honest---Are You Insane?

Callahan- Define "consistent". Kisha- ...

2011-12-09T15:31:13.654+01:00

Callahan- Define "consistent".

Kisha- A lot of artists give up for this exact reason. When in reality art isn't to blame. The real culprit is bad marketing skills and an unwillingness to learn new tricks that actually work. It's tragic!

Gianna- It sounds like you're spreading yourself too thin. Why not focus all your efforts on one platform before you start expending energy on another? Did you read Dale's comment? ) She commented right after you.) She's got the right idea!

Eddie- Yep! The key is just to start!

Carolyn- That IS insane. Sounds like another case of Art School brainwashing.

Princess- I LOVE the idea of a "love campaign"!! Brilliant!

This was a timely post for me to read, as I just m...

2011-12-08T17:24:57.151+01:00

This was a timely post for me to read, as I just made the (executive) decision NOT to spend a couple hundred dollars on a juried opportunity that had accepted me. There would have been no return on the investment.

I think like any career, we're all just bound to make some mistakes sometimes.

I think one of my biggest insanity acts has been n...

2011-12-07T04:14:51.015+01:00

I think one of my biggest insanity acts has been not loving on my existing clients enough...you know the ones who have already proven that they love my work and get my vision. I have done a little follow-up but not enough... I have been consumed with reaching the masses at the expense of nurturing my "tribe".

I am working on my client/collector list spread out globally now so that I can devise a "love" campaign for next year.

That is a major focus for me in 2012.

Kesha, your blog is a breath of fresh air. The dec...

2011-12-06T13:25:21.281+01:00

Kesha, your blog is a breath of fresh air. The decision to take the artist's path is like tightrope walking - it looks like it would be fun, but there's so much more to it.
Insane? No, just a little nuts.

Kesha, You've spoken to so many artists who co...

2011-12-05T17:01:51.780+01:00

Kesha, You've spoken to so many artists who could raise their hands and agree that they have done exactly the same thing.

Not long ago, I spoke with a professor at an art school who told me about a graduate looking for a gallery to represent her. She was unable to find one; and eventually gave up painting altogether because she mindset said this was the only way to be an artist.

That's so sad. And insane.

Sometimes the most insane thing I seem to do is co...

2011-12-05T17:00:29.383+01:00

Sometimes the most insane thing I seem to do is continue pushing around the same ideas. "If" I know what to do - or the many things to do - I should be doing them right? My marketing major daughter's mantra is Know Your Customer. If I create a beautiful contact list of my current contacts, including those who have bought in the past, that's a start, but I should "start" there - or somewhere.

I'm not guilty of any of the above. . . but I ...

2011-12-03T22:20:18.063+01:00

I'm not guilty of any of the above. . . but I must say that there is a very fine balance to be found between making artwork and developing good contacts. I am fairly consistent about making the art. . . but I can be somewhat sporadic about taking that plunge into the social side of the arts! Working on that still. . .

AWESOME post & questions! I plan to use less s...

2011-12-02T03:08:28.750+01:00

AWESOME post & questions!
I plan to use less sites to promote myself & my art, concentrating on my website & my art business. One site with Social Media connecting to it.
I refuse to use Etsy anymore - everyone wants art cheap & I don't make cheap ART. I want to teach online workshops, without having to spend huge amts. of money to have live workshops (have found just the thing) and promote by video emails & newsletters.
I want to continue to make the ART first for me and then expose it to my patrons!

the most insane thing I've done is putting off...

2011-12-01T22:18:21.468+01:00

the most insane thing I've done is putting off my art because i doubted i that i could make it a career!

2012 is going to be about getting back to making art work to start. and next to see my own work as a valuable, marketable product. (and then sell the hell out of it)

I think artist (and architects) sometimes feel like we should just sit around waiting to be discovered when that is so rarely the case.

I have a facebook page, a website, 2 stores and am...

2011-12-01T22:18:05.428+01:00

I have a facebook page, a website, 2 stores and am a member of a few artists social networking sites. Yet the traffic going to my site and my exposure still is low. I feel insane because I know I need to engage my followers and steer them to my sites and continue to create my artwork, but I don't feel I have a good grasp of how to balance the creation/ promotion cycle, so I just stand still. I need a kick in the pants, and to get past the fear of success.
Gianna (GiannasEye)

the most insane thing I've done in the past is...

2011-12-01T22:15:39.446+01:00

the most insane thing I've done in the past is give up on art entirely when I didn't think i could make a "valid" (read: money making) career out of it.

2012 is going to be about making the beautiful and inspired things I've been longing to for years.

Kesha I'm so glad that I've found your studio blog before I (re)made some of those costly mistakes. To be honest I was just looking into having some prints made. Years ago I sent slides of my furniture to every arts festival in the north east. $$$$. But I think that's only because I felt like that was what i was "supposed" to do. Really *now* I'm going to start to do what I'm "supposed" to? Thanks for pointing out the insanity in doing what doesn't work.

yeah Keasha have done it all, occasional results b...

2011-12-01T19:20:15.568+01:00

yeah Keasha have done it all, occasional results but not consistent sales. "to infinity and beyond" evolve...............
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