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TO ALL ARTID ARTISTS : Please be sure to send us an email to info@artid.com with a link to your blog post about upcoming art shows or exhibits. We will post it in our Member Art Shows blog so art collectors have one central place to look for information… Continue reading… 0 comments

I attended the opening of a new gallery space for The ICO Gallery in Chelsea, NYC last Thursday. ICO has been using ArtId for the last 6 months to look for and identify artists/artwork for exhibition in their Chelsea Gallery. The first ArtId artist to be exhibited in their gallery is Michael Durst from Cape Town. ICO is also having discussions with ArtId artist David M. Morgan for an exhibit. Here are images and an excerpt from Michael on his experience with ICO and his opening: Hello to All!… Continue reading… 11 comments

I wanted to share this wonderful video clip with the ArtId community. By way of introduction, Best Buddies is a non-profit dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment. For the last 3 years, Best Buddies Springfield has paired local artists with Best Buddy artists to create art for auction at our annual Artistic Abilities Fundraiser. This year, we were fortunate to have Fuzzy Clock Productions (fuzzyclockvideo.blogspot… Continue reading… 2 comments

ArtId has been grasciously granted the right to reprint this comprehensive art forgery article by Joseph C. Gioconda from The New York Law Journal Mr. Gioconda is a partner at DLA Piper (US) specializing in trademark infringement litigation and anticounterfeiting strategy. Thank you Mr. Gioconda! Picture: Under the Canvas is the hidden portrait discovered underneath Vincent van Gogh's painting 'Patch of Grass' (1887) October 14, 2008 For centuries, forged works of art have made their way into circulation, creating a host of problems for museums, artists, collectors, brokers and dealers… Continue reading… 2 comments

In case any of you missed last night's joint appearance of presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama, they appeared at Columbia University in a forum called 'Service Nation' to discuss service and civic engagement in the post-9/11, post-Katrina world. They were interviewed by PBS News Hour anchor Judy Woodruff and managing editor of TIME magazine, Richard Stengel. Here is one of the most important questions I think they asked....both candidates got it right....Can you??? What is THE most important civic responsibility for a citizen of the United States of America? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPLAoHPXG3o&feature=related http://www.youtube 0 comments

On this day of rememberance 9.11.08 and on the eve of an historic election campaign, I can no longer stay silent on the topic of politics in this country. I emplore all intelligent life that exists to please help me understand and engage in a conversation about the Republican Party's 'adventure' over the last 8 years and the possibility that we may have another 4 years of the same...yikes! I am giving away 3 Gold Memberships to ArtId for life to the most intelligent, well thought out and convincing argument (or just the funniest/most creative reason) that John McCain is the best possible choice for President of the United States… Continue reading… 8 comments

We currently have 85 live listings in the ArtId eBay Store and our hits seem to be growing. As administrators of the store, we've got this nifty tool where we can see what keyword searches brought people to our eBay store listings, so I thought I'd write to let artists see exactly how people found us on eBay in the past week… Continue reading… 3 comments

I'm sitting in Austin, TX attending a conference on Inbound Marketing using SEO, Social Media, and Blogging .... basically hob-nobbing with the gurus of the Internet. My Goal: to make sure ArtId and all of our members' ArtId's "get found first" through all available outlets on the web. I want ArtId to be THE most effective online art marketing tool for our artist members as well as an incredible source of original art for the art buyer . So here is Mike Volpe, VP Marketing for Hubspot , dragooning me and putting me in front of his video camera at the conference… Continue reading… 0 comments

Linking to web sites throughout the Internet is a good way to build traffic. Especially if you can get reciprocal links back to your website. One way Search Engines deam your rank and importance is by how many 'relavant Inbound links' your web site has. Meaning, the more people who link to your website, the better your rank when someone is looking for you on Google. So make sure you link, link, link when you are posting a blog on ArtId. And make sure you tell everyone else you know who uses the Internet to link to your website on ArtId! There are two ways our site recognizes something as a LIVE LINK . 1. Type in a URL. When you submit the post live, our code will automatically convert it into a live link. For example, Come see my latest work on ArtId www… Continue reading… 3 comments

In my next few blog posts, I want to hear your thoughts about having a personal website, belonging to art community websites, and how having an Internet presence may have helped you with marketing your work. Here are some thoughts about personal websites and why they may not be working for you. #1 No one is marketing your web site , including you....it's just sitting alone in cyberspace and you have minimal traffic. You're asking yourself why you're spending money on this electronic business card that just sits there and looks pretty. Why can't it do more for me? That begs the question...… Continue reading… 3 comments

One question we hear frequently from artists is about how they should price their art. Our in-house art consultant, Carla Santia , posted a blog back in November to help answer this question artid.com/members/carlablog/blog. I think it's important to continue to have this discussion and to learn from other artists from around the globe how they handle pricing their work in different markets. Below is a question posed by one of our members, Mary Exline, and ArtId Staff member Mary Lawler's answer. Please feel free to comment as it would be nice to post a follow up with guidelines based on an international artist audience point of view. 4.25.08 Mary, I've been thinking about my prices and others' prices. It seems to me that my prices might be too high… Continue reading… 7 comments

People often wonder how I found my way to art with a background in science and technology and not a lick of talent when it comes to traditional artistic ability. Oh, I claim creativity in the garden or figuring out how to create new business opportunities where others can't see the forest for the trees....but often artists look at me and go huh? I rarely offer a personal point of view as my upbringing was.....always stay at arms length...remain professional...you are founder of ArtId but not artist yourself. However, I found a treasure today! I found a note tucked into a book that belonged to my maternal grandmother. The note was written by her sister. My grandmother was very ill most of her life… Continue reading… 5 comments

I like keeping up with art trends & how art sells around the globe. Whether you're an emerging artist looking for clients or just paint for yourself, I've always wondered if there truly is a struggle for artists between making the sale & paying the bills vs. connecting with the buyer to find a 'home' for the work. Clearly, this brief article in Feb… Continue reading… 8 comments

Sell Your Art Using PayPal! Minds Island has launched a new feature that enables Silver and Gold members to easily sell artwork directly from their studios, and accept credit cards or checks. The only thing our members need is a PayPal account. What is PayPal? PayPal is the most popular method for sending money online - whether it's to pay someone or for you to receive payment. It's private and fast The other party does not see your bank account or credit card details - PayPal acts as the middleman There's no waiting for checks to clear Sellers can ship immediately and buyers get their stuff quicker. What Kind of PayPal Account Do You Need? PayPal offers a variety of different accounts… Continue reading… 1 comment

ArtId is about you - our members. How refreshing! Tell us what's going on with your art career, art sales, publicity articles, marketing ideas, art shows, commissions, how you use our site, who have you met on our site, have you made any sales, do you have a great story to share, have galleries been treating you well, what do you think of ArtId compared to other art Internet services, do you get personal service......we want to hear it all! Critical thinking is welcome. But unless we have been in contact with one of you via email or telephone, we rarely hear the positive comments. Since we aren't involved in your sales, we never hear how things are going. Case in point is the first comment I am going to post from Jose Acosta… Continue reading… 5 comments

In reality, no business that provides artists an online web presence should 1) make promises that they will sell your artwork or 2) charge you more than $20 a month for their service. Why? Let's take a look at how the industry has historically functioned and how the trends spawned by the Internet have opened a new road to how the art industry operates. … Continue reading… 7 comments