And the winner is….(drumroll please)
Happy Birthday to my 1 year old blog. Wow, I’ve sure come along way baby! I hopped on the blog bandwagon or should that read “blog bandwidth” last year in 2006. I wasn’t quite sure what to write about or how to start, but after reading plenty of buzz about blogs on Wetcanvas, I just knew that I HAD to have one. I originally set one up on MSN Spaces, which was horrible and then after visiting multiple blogs, decided that Blogger is a better platform for mine.
After being completely frustrated at my lack of computer technology, I took HTML classes online, figured out new widgets and how to navigate the whozits and wazzits. Before this, I could basically surf the net. It’s exciting now: people email me for how to information. I never could have imagined that happening. Before I forget, I would like to thank everyone who is currently linked to me!
As to wondering what I could possibly have to say week in and week out, I have the problem of having too much to say. Compare my 1st post below to my last post or even this one.
My first post:
Friday, April 28, 2006
I’m moving over to blogger from MSN Spaces!Posted by Cynthia at 12:07 PM
My blog was originally meant to be this marketing vehicle for my art. I suppose in some ways it still is. But, Colorado Art Studio has evolved into much more than that for me. It’s been a great way to network virtually with other artists, make connections and also a way to chart my growth as an artist. Those of you who have been reading my blog since the beginning can attest to that. I’ve gone from painting, ceramics, painting aceos, fiber art back to ceramics. I feel like I’ve grown so much this past year, so thank you for following along!
What’s next for me?
- Keep blogging
- Produce prodigious amounts of work
- Make several gallery quality pieces of art
- Pony up the money and have the above pieces professionally photographed
- Start a ceramic blogring
- Be a ceramic blog superstar - don’t laugh
- Become the next Jonathan Adler of ceramics - again, don’t laugh
- Apply to at least 1 juried show every month (at the very minimum)
- Make a unique portfolio to present to galleries using Adobe InDesign, along with accompanying CD Rom with digital images - have it printed and bound
- Keep making friends on the ‘net
- Continue marketing research on better ways to get my work out there
I could probably add to this list ad infinitum, but will stop here. Next year, same day, I can assess how it’s working for me.
In other news, I subscribe to the The Get Known Now Blog’s newsletter and recently listened to a podcast on how to become a top 4000 blogger. This was geared more towards more traditional entrepreneurs, but much of what the host was talking about applies to creative types such as ourselves. If it works for a traditional business model, why not for artists? In the podcast, Suzanne Falter-Barns quoted a Columbia School of Journalism study that shows how traditional media is being turned on its head. (I was searching high and low for a link for you, but couldn’t find it.) Anyway, the study mentioned that somewhere around 80% of media outlets find their story ideas, experts etc. from blogs! Can you believe those figures? Why can’t it be your story or mine? Think about it.
If you want to read further, I did find another interesting article on why you should blog and the future of blogging/news compilation on Business Week’s blog.
Congratulations goes to Dinahmow who lives in Australia. Thanks so much for participating everyone!
Have a good weekend everyone!
