Barbara Simmons Barbara Simmons

Why Connection—Not Promotion—is What Actually Sells Your Art

Why is email is so powerful for art sales?

When you share your stories through email, you are in sync with your audience and they quite literally buy into that story buy buying art from you.

Sharing your feelings and why you created your art isn’t telling  people what to think, it’s enhancing the story they hear inside when they look at your art, and knowing that someone else feels it too. 

It’s the connection they feel, and people are wired for connection. 

Your art connects them to their memories, the wider world and at least one person in it- you. 

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Barbara Simmons Barbara Simmons

Make Better Art Submissions This Year

Learn how to make better submissions to art calls. By avoiding common pitfalls and paying careful attention to detail, you can up your likelihood of success considerably. Learn how great photography is essential to represent your work and catch jurors’ eyes.

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Barbara Simmons Barbara Simmons

My Tiny Art Gallery: a Big Art Marketing Idea

It sits atop a post at the end of my driveway, showing my art to everyone who goes by. They stop and look, they examine what’s in the Gallery, they read the sign that tells them where to find me and my art in the next few months. They can even scan a QR code to connect to my website and sign up for my email list. They hear about Studio Tours and sales. They fall in love with my art, they get in touch and buy it.

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Barbara Simmons Barbara Simmons

Tiny Township

What’s So Special About Tiny? Well… I live here. Every day I walk the roads, trails and beaches with my dog. Every day I take lots of photos because I just can’t stop seeing inspiration everywhere. Every season has its beauty but summer is my favourite.

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