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Art Auctions on eBay

A few days ago, I was looking at art auctions on eBay  I have found some wonderful things.  I browsed the Art category and chose the subcategory of self-representing artists.

Art auctions on eBay are a great way for an unknown or even a known artist to sell their paintings.  I found some nice paintings in the featured section.

Since I was looking at art auctions on eBay, I used the option to just view the picture gallery.  I’m glad I did that because I really just wanted to see the art, not the title of the auction.  What immediately caught my eye was all of the bold colors.

On the first page of image results of art auctions on eBay, there was a beautiful painting of a martini.  I think that martini images seem very classy to me.  I can visualize this painting in the home of someone with a glass coffee table and a leather couch!

The virtual foot traffic that art auctions on eBay gets is incredible.  The artist can get so much more exposure to so many more people than hanging their paintings in galleries.  It is just such a good way to get discovered.

Make Every Tweet Count

One of the continuing questions in marketing and public relations is how to use Twitter to its fullest and with a big return-on-investment. Twitter is a free micro blogging service, but it does take time to use.

One technique is to make every tweet count by keeping tweets a value add. Keep the tweet to the point and forget about letting followers know every last detail of the day.

Tweeting with Value Adds

Make it worth the follower’s time to follow and read the posts. Some value add ideas for tweets:

· Provide bits of research about products, services or industry news.
· Ask a compelling question that others can post answers and possible re-tweet to other tweet lines.
· When others post questions, try to find the answers and become the go to Twitter person.
· Always focus on posts that can benefit the readers in some ways such as letting them know about special events, current events, news, special pricing, etc.

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Twiends provides introductions to people looking for friends and followers. We use seeds to create the incentive for people to check each other out. When you follow someone they give you seeds, and vica versa when they follow you. You can decide how many seeds you want to offer per follow, and when you run out you remain on the list so people can still follow you if they like. We focusing on making the introduction, and you focus on deciding who you want to be friends with in the long run. We are not a "get followers fast" site or a follower train. You get to choose who you friend and they get to do the same. In saying that though, you will find that a lot people will follow you because you are on the site. Our focus is community building

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Issuu is the leading digital publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, catalogs, and newspapers. Millions of people have uploaded their best publications to create beautiful digital editions.

Issuu is a publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, catalogs, and newspapers. Millions of people have uploaded their best publications to create beautiful digital editions.

Wiht Issuu you can very quickly create gorgeous sexy little flip book publications of your work that you can embed on your site. Take a look at how Jacqui Simpson has used it to help launch her Coffee Table Books and Calendar range







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Introducing Mixbook photo calendars!  Just like their photo books and cards, you can use the Mixbook Editor to create beautiful, fully- customizable photo calendars with your favorite photos.   You can choose from many new themes, and make your calendar either an 11×8.5 landscape or a 12×12 square.


One of their coolest features is the ability to add photos to specific dates on the calendar grid.  Use a pretty picture of mum on her birthday or a photo of the blushing bride on the date of an impending wedding.  Why stop there!  Select “Manage Events” from the top right corner of the Mixbook Editor to pick and choose which holidays you want to include in your photo calendar, and put in your own events like a long-awaited family vacation or a wedding anniversary.

 

Mixbook is a free online service for creating and sharing the world’s most customizable photo books and cards. Mixbook’s intuitive online software allows users to quickly and easily create professional-looking photo masterpieces, and fully personalize them with thousands of free creative elements. Users can then share their creations for free on the web or as high-quality printed books and cards. Mixbook is rated 5.00 out of 5 on Google Products with over 60 reviews.

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"Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy" So said Tim O’Reilly in his seminal 2002 article.
Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution


Here is a neat feature from Paul watson over at the lazarus corporation who tells the story of Steve Lieber from a few days ago  and really illustrates Tim O’Reilly’s argument.
Piracy-trumps-obscurity-again

Sorry i have been gone so long =( I have been very busy trying to get ready for the holidays .I just uploaded a couple of new pieces i have done .Hope you all enjoy it .I will have more very soon =)

Just finished another painting