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I have to admit, when I saw the promo
for this product, it intrigued me.
Naturally, I wanted to learn more so I
could tell my readers about the
product. I requested the free samples
they offer. When they arrived
promptly, I was pleased at what I saw.
Granted, this type of substrate is not
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going to work for every artist. For
example, if you are creating high-
end giclée prints, this may not be
your cup of tea. But, if you are
looking for some ways to make
your art distinctive, you might
want to request your own samples.
The prices for the company’s
wooden postcards are quite
reasonable. You could be using
them for direct mail pieces or just
creating mini-prints on wood, or
aluminum. This is where your
artistic creativity can come into
play.
Within a couple of days of
receiving the samples, I had a
pleasant and professional follow
up call from Melinda, one of their
reps. As one who made a living in
sales, I appreciate when a
company has good follow up.
The call with Melinda turned into
me giving her advice on the art
print business. I strongly urged
she get the powers to be to take
the same advice offered in the
piece on Atlanta…get to the
show.
That conversation led to a call
to me from the company
president, Roger Laudy. I urged
him to visit the show to learn
more. He liked my advice so
well he decided to exhibit there
at the last minute. I was able to
help him get a great location.
Now, I’m hoping he gets a great
response to his product.
He tells me a 4’x 8’ aluminum
religious piece in his lobby gets
tremendous response from
visitors. Many want to buy it.
Contact them at:
www.imagewizards.net or call
Melinda at (336) 940-3001 in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
quickly.
My dilemma has been finding
the time to learn the software.
You can get started easily, but
to do it well is more
complicated. I was considering
transitioning to a blog as a
replacement to this newsletter.
I plan to address the idea of
whether Blogging for artists
and publishers is a good idea.
My preconceived notion now is
that it is. More time and
information are needed to
determine if my hunch is
correct.
Having some real life examples
of artists or publishers with
successful Blogs would be a
To Blog or Not to Blog
great help. If any readers are
publishing Blogs, or know of
someone who is, kindly
forward the information to
me. I’ll report on them here.
John Jantsch publishes Duct
Tape Marketing. He contends
Blogs are great but should be
augmented by a newsletter
until the distribution and
acceptance grows. He’s
convinced me and I and will
continue to produce in this
format while developing a
Blog to complement it.
Jantsch offers an informative
free PDF book titled, Duct
Tape Marketing: How To
Create The Ultimate Small
Business Marketing System In 7
Simple Steps. You can
I tried scanning the sample
above, but one cannot show
online how these pieces look.
Writing a newsletter is about
filling all the space you have
for it. It means juggling,
editing, and many other tedious
tasks.
Upon starting this newsletter, I
believed a blog would be
better. Okay, for those more
technology challenged than me,
a blog is like a Website in
many ways, just easier to use.
The term is derived from Web
log.
Blogs began as online diaries;
now they are fast becoming an
important way for all sorts of
people to get information and
publish information easily and
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