Word document programs and photo programs all have the two options of  “Save” or “Save As”  If you are not paying attention and you click “Save” when  you should do a “Save As”…  You could lose a file!

And many programs list the two together, so you need to pay attention to make sure to click on the correct one. Read more >>>

WFacebook is best known as a place to find and connect with friends. It’s also used for playing games and doing other fun silly things. But there is another way that you can use this website. Facebook is great for promoting yourself, your hobby, your art, your band or your business. Read more >>>

Most artists I know have one priority when it comes to their art.  Doing it!  Marketing is usually far, far away from their minds.  At some point, if you want to be a “selling” artist, you’ll have to stop and look marketing in the face.

Also the Internet is a bit challenging, filled with unknowns and “I don’t know how to do that” situations.  But in today’s world, the Internet needs to be part of the marketing package.

Even if you have not started building an art web presence, here are some solid reasons why you, as an artist, should consider using Facebook as a marketing tool.    Read more >>>

Grab your visitors right away with a great piece of artwork on your home page. Remember, you have only about 15 seconds for that page to open and impress the viewer to hang around and click through more of your site. Read more >>>

Don’t miss out on this.  Grab the username you want for your Facebook Profile.  Go to: http://facebook.com/username

Instead of sharing that long url link in your email siganture blocks, now you can have one that makes sense and people can remember. The format will look like this:
http://facebook.com/deeoverly

If you have more questions about the Facebook user name, go to the help page listed below.

http://www.facebook.com/help/search.php?hq=username&ref=hq

If you have little or no presence on the Internet with your art, one of the fastest ways to get started is with a blog.  With it you can post images of your art regularly and start building a following.

Two blogging platforms that I use are Blogger and Wordpress.  Both are free and use a “template” format. Read more >>>

When you’ve decided that you are ready to build your artist website, you should think about the pages you’ll want on it.  This is a list of the most common ones used by artists.

1.  Home / Index / Front page: This is the opening page, the first page people will see when they go to the website you put on that business card that you hand out everywhere you go.  You welcome them to your site, post one of your best pieces of artwork, have links to other pages, and possibly a guestbook and contact information.  It’s the front door to your gallery, so make it inviting.  Make the visitor want to click a page link and go inside your website.
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This is a quick look at the parts of the website address.

The URL – Uniform Resource Locator – gives the location of a file on the internet.   It’s more commonly called the website address.
 
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The easiest method for you to get your art images onto the computer is to take pictures with a digital camera.  Since the images that a digital camera captures is in electronic form, it is a language recognized by computers.

This language is called pixels, tiny colored squares represented by ones and zeros that make up the picture that you just took.  The images can be transferred straight from the camera to the computer via a cable or the memory card.

Let’s take a look at some factors to consider if you are thinking about buying a new camera. Read more >>>

Mindset is the true starting point for anything and everything we do in life.  It’s your state of mind that dictates the outcome of every single thing you want to accomplish.  It really is the most important thing you possess.

Since this is my first blog post for ArtWebPresence, I want it to be a strong foundation for things to come.  What better topic than positive mindset which is the cornerstone in life for anyone who wants to achieve great things. Read more >>>