Succeeding as an artist.

What does 'succeeding as an artist' actually mean? Well, unless you're independently wealthy or have a job that pays well enough to support your hobby, you'll need to make enough money to continue being an artist. It's really hard to be creative if you're broke and worrying about how you're going to pay all of the bills.

This brings me to the next point: how do you succeed as an artist? You know the answer as well as I do; you have to sell enough of your art to continue creating it. And now here's the key point of this post: "You have to sell." It's no good taking the attitude that you're an artist, and you shouldn't have to be a salesperson. All that will do is make you go broke faster! So, buckle down and learn how to sell. You don't have to become a used-car salesperson or be hyper-aggressive; you just have to learn the techniques you need to be effective.

This community has those techniques. Read them, think about them, and then practice them. Ask me questions. I will answer every single one of them. If there's enough interest, I'll even put on a workshop or two.

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