Selling Art Online: Keeping your Integrity without Selling your Soul…

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

It’s not that people don’t want to buy art, it’s just that they need a reason to. What I’ve learned over the years since jumping around from the film industry, to graphic design and then to photography is all the same… people will buy something if the idea is compelling enough. Selling art online or is no different than selling an idea. Because ultimately art is just a message that we want our audiences to buy. I’m going to teach you how to compel your audience and have them begging for more of your work.

The reason why many artists are ‘starving’ is because they haven’t learned the ‘Secrets to Keeping your Integrity without Selling your Soul’. And I’m going to show you these secrets to start selling art online (whether it’s music, poetry, graphic design, film, etc.) without having to work for other people. This is great for those that want to make art their full-time career or for those that just hate the corporate world. And you may or may not already know these secrets. But I’m pretty sure you’d still want to learn how to make a couple extra thousand bucks a month residual income following the 3-Step Formula that I have laid out for you.

Before we continue though, I want you to print this paycheck out and write your desired monthly income on it. Just right click on the image and select ‘View Image’. Then, hang it up on your wall and use this as a visual affirmation to motivate yourself to commitment. Money is a representation of the value that you put out into the world. And from my point of view at least, I can do more art with more funds.

Selling Art Online without Selling your Soul…

See, throughout my years of working closely with the film and music industry, I catch the same mistake over and over again. There is usually no incentive being marketed to the audiences.

You want to know why the big boys are making all the money in Hollywood? Because they know how to get their audiences to want to buy. But here’s the problem… is that most people don’t know how to sell properly, but I’m going to show you how and you can start applying this to your business today.

Your audience and even your loyal fans need a reason to look at your work. And I’m just going to be blunt with you right now, even if people have been following your artwork for the longest time, it doesn’t mean they are going to hear every one of your songs, watch every single one of your videos, and read every single poem to date…

Law 1. The Secret to Selling Art Online

If there is no demand, you create the demand.

There’s this old saying that goes something like, “Do what you want and the money will follow” and I completely agree with what’s being said here. BUT I’ve seen too many people lose out on their dream because they were aiming in the dark with NO PLAN. Now having a plan isn’t always everything (after all I didn’t have one when I started traveling the world and I made things work) but if you don’t have a mentor or someone that could show you the ‘ropes’… you’re going to have to make a lot of mistakes.

And unless you are persistent as hell, most people eventually crash and burn or just simply give up. And I don’t want that to happen to you, so here’s what you’re going to do, right here, right now. Find a mentor.

Here’s the reason why mentors are so important to the lifeblood of your business. There’s basically two ways that you are going to learn the things that you need to know in order to succeed.

•  Make all the mistakes yourself and learn the hard way.
•  Learn from a mentor that’s been through all of the mistakes already.

My mentor taught me that Prosperity happens when there is an overlap between your passion and a void that needs to be filled.

So here’s your second assignment and I want you to start applying this into your business today without any excuses…Find a niche market that’s problems have not yet been met. But one that you are interested in. Offer the solution on your terms, after all isn’t that what I’m doing right here with this blog post?

Law 2. The Secret to Selling Art Online

Compel your Audiences to Engage and Take Action

Now most artists have a deep rooted reason why they do the things that they do. And I know for a fact that when I engage in any type of art, there is usually some sort of underlying message that I want to get out for the world to hear.

And for a very long time in my life, I was always the starving artist looking for a way to get my message out to the world. But I didn’t have the tools, the equipment or studio that I thought was going to be the determining factor of my success.

But when I finally had access to anything and everything that I’ve ever wanted to use…
… I realized that what really mattered wasn’t the equipment or the environment, but the message that was in my heart.

the power was in the intention and not in the technology. So whatever reason that you are doing the things that you are doing, always make your purpose the guide in your work and never give up your integrity to please someone else instead of yourself.

Instead, here’s how to get people to pull out their credit card and start buying your work…

• Break their Attention
• Build an Intense Interest in your work
• Create a Desire to become Involved
• Tell them to Take Action

Now of course, there are more detailed steps outlined in the training. And you’ll get more of that training as a BONUS when you decide to join our leadership team here.

Law 3. The Secret to Selling Art Online

The Determining Factor: Market your Content.

Here’s the bottom line. People like to buy but they don’t like to be sold. And no matter what industry you’re in, you’re going to want to sell all of your ideas to your audiences. But you’ve got to let your art speak for itself through compelling content. And that’s when you start marketing it like crazy using viral techniques and strategies outlined in the Empower Network’s Inner Circle training.

Here’s my number one secret to driving tons of viewers to my work on a consistent basis: Blogging. Not only do I gain the ability to build a loyal fanbase and following but I can also monetize my projects with relevant advertisements and affiliate products. And because I’m consistently writing out my thoughts for others to see, my vision for my work becomes even clearer. That way I’m not guessing around in the dark on what I need to do next to get my message across to the world.

Blogging is a powerful thing actually. Kings and Queens of ancient civilizations use to journal everyday to keep track of their thoughts. And because they got into the habit of writing things down, their kingdoms flourished and prosperity was ensured for future generations that read their thoughts.

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Selling Art Online: Keeping your Integrity without Selling your Soul…