Find the right balance between your
creativity and making a living from your art!
Let’s face it. You’re busy. You’re really busy. Most days, you wonder how you can possibly do it all. And there’s just so much to think about when it comes to getting your art in front of the right people. Some days you’re just too tired and worn down to even want to figure it out. Some days you wonder if you can do it at all.
The problem is, you have a *polycephaly* on your hands
*polycephaly: any multi-headed beast
The competing demands of your life are like Ladon, the ten-headed dragon in Greek mythology who guarded the Garden of Hesperides. Those ten heads did an excellent job of confusing and distracting anyone who tried to enter the gods’ domain.
A few centuries later, and it looks like Ladon has traded hobknobbing with a bunch of Greek gods for guarding the gate to a successful art career instead.
And like any self-respecting, ten-headed dragon, he loves nothing more than distracting you with a steady stream of questions while the real opportunities slip past you faster and faster with each turn of the technology dial. But what if you actually had the answers to these questions? That would transform your art career path, don’t you think?
Do you go after a gallery or sell it yourself? Do you hire a web designer or put up a pre-made template? Is writing your own blog a fad or an absolute necessity? Can you really double your income by licensing your art? What does YouTube have to do with you? What marketing strategies work, and which ones just drain your bank account? How hard is it to find an agent? Is a business plan for an artist a waste of time? Does it actually matter what you put in an email to introduce yourself?
And in light of the current economic climate, now you have even MORE questions about how to make a living from your art!
Goodness… what does it take to get past this many-headed beast?
What you need is a way to tame it and stay sane
After all, no matter what happens around you, you’re still in charge of making choices for your life, right? No one else can tell you what to do, but you.
What you need is a pain free and effective way to spend less time chasing down the wrong strategies… in marketing, in setting up your best business practices, in prioritizing your time, in trying to contact galleries or agents, and in learning how to make an honest living doing what you love.
Artists who came to the 2008 Telesummit last January did just that. They learned specific ways to seduce and tame the many layers of their creative lives… to safely, easily juggle their art, a day job, family, friends… and “What’s for dinner?”
And they did it without sacrificing their pocket books, creative time, or chasing down the wrong ways to put their art in the world—and now you can too.
Why a professional art-career program tips the scale
A wildly successful Canadian artist, Robert Genn, in one of his Twice Weekly Letters, got it right when he said:
“Many of the letters that come my way are from artists trying to make the transition from amateur to professional… Professionals, it seems, are people gifted with an extreme willingness to buckle down. They access books, mentors, workshops, and other professionals to learn the standards required.”
Artists who are committed to their vision take things into their own hands, and don’t leave it up to some outdated creature with a bunch of heads.
But, hey, what about all the other resources for serious artists?
You’re right. There are several respected and competent individuals who are helping artists move their careers along. But there's a difference. They are only able to give you one viewpoint at a time, maybe two. What’s different here is that you don’t have to waste your time searching and piecing together a successful strategy for moving your career forward, because the smARTist Telesummit 2008 Program gives you thirteen different art-career experts in one place.
Imagine how much time and effort it would take you to find and ask (if you could even ask them) 13 experts this question, and then wait for 13, separate responses.
If you were an artist struggling with limited time, resources and energy for self-promotion and promoting your artwork, what two concrete actions would you recommend that would make the biggest difference in getting you the exposure that you want and need? (Sample question, out of 16, given to our Experts on smARTist’s Panel Discussion Days)
It’s hard to put a price on the value, and time saved, of having critical questions answered from the viewpoints of different experts in different areas that impact your art career. You get to see the Big Picture, with all the pieces in place, instead of having to figure it out for yourself. Priceless.
Presenting the complete smARTist Telesummit 2008
Audio & PDF Program (with bonus transcripts)
Do you wonder what it takes to get an art career up and running, or to move it to the next level, then get overwhelmed trying to figure out where to start? Does marketing and business feel like a twin-headed monster hiding under your bed?
Do you ever feel like juggling all the different aspects of your creative, professional, and domestic life are just too much? If so, then this full-scale, professional, art-career development program is just for you. You’ll learn how to seduce and tame the many-headed beast, and take your art career exactly where you want it to go.
But there’s always the doubts…
What if you’re not confident enough?
What if you've tried other tools and resources before, and gotten so-so results?
What if you don’t understand the new rules of the Web?
Could you still learn how to move your art career forward?
What if you just don’t think it will be worth the money?
Well, let's see what Sandy and Cathy have to say:
The 2008 smARTist™ Telesummit dramatically
changed my life in three ways:
- Increased my marketing knowledge tremendously. Now I have an abundance of marketing knowledge to help promote and sell my art! I've been implementing a lot of the Internet tips from Joan Stewart, Claudine Hellmuth and Alyson Stanfield and have increased traffic (2000 visits/day) to my websites.
- Provided me with the tools and resources to increase my exposure. The smARTist™ Telesummit has definitely given me great tools to take better advantage of publicity outlets and opportunities. For example, I’m now using a blog, a Squidoo lens, and YouTube to generate traffic to my websites.
- Gave me the confidence and permission to "toot my own horn." I feel like I've just barely scratched the surface here. The resources provided by Ariane Goodwin and her line up of experts really fueled my fire, and will keep me going for a very long time…
…at least until the next smARTist™ Telesummit in 2009!
By the end of that first session, I felt I’d already gotten my money’s worth!
I found it very moving, and plan to listen to it again—probably several times.
It opened up a wonderful flow of feeling in me and tears of relief. Trust your intuition about the leadership you're providing, Ariane. You're doing a great job!
So, why do so many artists struggle?
There are two key reasons. One is when artists don’t have a grounded, sensible plan of action so they can make an honest living doing what they love.
The second obstacle is when denial, fear, worry, guilt, or self-defeating habits sabotage or trip you up as you work hard to put your vision in front of the people who will appreciate your art, and pay you what it’s worth.But, without access to what gets us stuck, why resistance kicks in, or how denial and fear take over, we diminish our capacity for the kind of effective, successful action we need to surf the big waves of life.
So I made sure that these experts give you both sides of the coin: nitty-gritty get-it-done strategies to move your career forward, and sound advice based on the deeper wisdom of your inner landscape.
What made me decide on 13 Art-Career Experts?
Isn’t it hard to swallow, when you spend money and attend an event only to find yourself out of synch with the main speaker? I know I have, and it’s one of the driving forces behind this telesummit.
Thirteen presenters means 13 sets of ideas and 13 different personalities, so you are not stuck with one point of view or one angle on the art world.
I’m giving you two of the most valuable keys to success: choice and contrast.
You have the choice of different viewpoints, and a contrast between experts and your reactions to these different experts. This gives you a chance to stay in tune with your own instincts: What sings to you?
Thirteen presenters gives you the chance to choose what you want, what works for your career, and what, in your bones, just feels right.
I'm so impressed with the Speakers
I'm so impressed with the Speakers this year that I couldn't imagine any other line up that would exceed the level of specialty competence, content quality, and integrity of character presented by each and every one of them.
I'm looking forward to making the best of all this information over the next year. Thank you, Ariane!
5 Ways smARTist™ 2008 Worked For Me
After listening to the smARTist™ 1st Panel Day on “Balance,” I realized what an amazing resource is available to the creative community.
Here are 5 results of my participation in this year’s telesummit:
- I’ve taped a visual outline on the wall right behind my computer, and I update it monthly.
- I added a blog to my personal website and my gallery website. Now that I can talk the walk, I promote blogging to other entrepreneurs (or is it walk the talk?).
- I set up an outline of all smARTist™ speakers for a two-week, per topic, strategy, from March 31 to September 22. During each two-week phase, I will extract and apply some small idea, which will eventually become bigger than life for my business and me.
- Using Aletta de Wal's suggestion to keep goals simple, realistic and achievable, I kick start my day with tips from one of the following speakers: self care by Waverly, Eric Maisel's incantations, or Jennifer Louden's Breath of Joy.
- I hired someone to organize my office space before the end of April.
Thank You. I'm blessed and encouraged by all of this smARTist™ information.
The smARTist 2008 Audio & PDF Program
tames the many-headed beast
The Goal of the smARTist 2008 Audio & PDF Program is designed
- To stop daily overwhelm so you can balance creating with all your other demands
- To free up your time for making art with a clear action plan to guide your career
- To easily market & grow your art sales with heart and authenticity
- Enables you to balance all aspects of your life so you have the freedom to create
- Helps you create reasonable, clear action plans for your art career that also feed your creativity
- Helps you market and grow your art career from a heart-centered place where authenticity gives you the edge, and masterful marketing strategies give you the tools
These experts leave no stone unturned. Here’s a fraction of what you’ll learn how to do:
- Make sure your art supports you—and not the other way around
- Learn how to find time to create—no matter who’s knocking at the door
- Recognize the “Five Money Dramas” that keep you broke, broke, broke
- Give your creativity a jolt of fresh juice by putting your needs first
- Set up simple recordkeeping systems that help you sell more art
- Learn about the 6 Building Blocks that will keep your art business alive through feast or famine
- Increase your creative output by painlessly overcoming your resistance to running a business
- Set up a simple business model, then learn how to “steal” business ideas so you really stand out from the crowd
- Learn how to see your art from your buyer’s point of view, and watch your sales soar
- Learn new tricks for how to use your time so it serves you, and not the other way around
- Generate maximum buzz on a minimum budget
- Find the best art consultants using 6 critical questions, then learn how to close your dream deal so the consultant sells for you
- Learn which emails get opened, read, and forwarded, so you can promote your work successfully
- Keep egg off your face by learning about the single, biggest mistake artists make when trying to license their work
- Maximize your exposure to collectors with a killer blog … which might even land you on national TV. (This successful artist did it twice, and she holds nothing back.)
- Create success for your art career with 12 career-building habits that work every time
- Know about the new rules of press releases and how to successfully write for art buyers and collectors, not just journalists
- Learn 5 simple ways to tell if your art can be licensed, and which strategies will convince an art director to license your work
- Find out which basic things do you need to know about art law—so you can stop worrying
- Learn specific ways to balance making art with marketing art, so you stay in budget, on target, and don’t burn out
So, what do I get?
- 7 days of presentations with 13 art-career experts
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A total of 15 audio sessions
2 Expert Panel Days + 13 Keynote Presentations - A total of 13 expert handouts (PDF)
- 7 Days of art-career material give you information from every possible angle
- 2 Audio Files for the Expert Panel Days gives you detailed answers to dozens of questions from artists like yourself
- 13 Audio Files for the Keynote Presentations gives you a dozen more keynote addresses than you’d get if you went to a weekend workshop
- PDF Transcriptions gives you a visual reference for the audio files, so you can print out, read, & highlight all the material to your heart’s content
And since information only takes you so far…
Have you ever experienced the morning-after syndrome from an upbeat workshop? It’s a drag. You get home and a few days later all the energy of the event drains away and you’re left with a pile of material and no direct, clear way to use it.
Ta Da! Even more goodies
A lot of programs only give you one way to learn something, and that doesn’t work for all of us.
We all know that effective learning gives you different methods to absorb new material, and reframe old material. As someone with a doctorate in Human Development and Creative Behavior, I understand exactly how important it is that you retain and put into action what you learn.
So I’ve put together a group of really smART bonuses to help you do just that:
BONUS #1
MP3 audio Featuring 3 Speakers (a $69 value)
Listen in as I interview 3 speakers who will help you get your career moving:
- Aletta de Wal reveals secrets from several Artist Success Stories
- Claudine Hellmuth gives you stunning Blog Tips
- And Michael Bungay Stanier believes in swinging with your business plan, and tells you how
BONUS #2
Complete Transcripts of the entire smARTist Audio Program — 213 pages total! (a $250 value)
These are professional transcriptions with all the audio “errs” and “umms” taken out, so you get just the information you need. Your 15 audio sessions are immediately available in PDF so you can read, print, & highlight. It’s learning and retaining at its best.
Really Big BONUS #3
A 15-Week Follow-up Newsletter (a $495 value)
Getting the right info is only half the problem; learning it is the other half.
As soon as you download the program I will start sending you one follow-up email a week to your inbox—for 15 weeks. Exactly the number of sessions in the program. This follow-up program gives you:
- A systematized way to get started on the program, using the three principles of success: choice, contrast, and confidence
- A system for organizing how to learn the material
- One email a week for 15 weeks that:
- “Fans the Flame” with a summary of one Panel Day or one speaker
- Helps you “Catch Fire” with a specific action step or two so you can experience immediate success
- Gives you a “Feast for the Eyes” with a piece of artwork from one of the original participants to the live event
BONUS #4
Free One-on-One Strategy Consultation (a $400 value)
Do you feel stuck about what to do next for your art career?
This is a Free 30 Minute “Take Your Art Career To The Next Level” phone strategy session with Ariane—just for you.
What makes this program different?
You already feel as if you don’t have enough time, right?
That’s why I’ve done all the long and hard work for you of finding these experts, and putting the material together for you in one convenient place. This means you save huge amounts of time and energy so you can have more time to move your art career up to the next level. And the sessions on organization (your way!), and time use get right to the point.
Having audio files mean you can listen in your studio as you work, or driving in the car. Having transcriptions means you can print out everything and read at your leisure.
It all means that you have more time to do what you love: make art. And isn’t that the whole point?
If you are worried about your budget
Or worried about the “R” word, this smARTist Telesummit 2008 Audio Program is the only recession-buster program for artists anywhere.
It is a professional, art-career program that gives you the tools, techniques, and tips you need to transform any lingering fears of “recession” into the action you need to create a “progression” of your career goals, one healthy action step at a time.
It’s the Big Picture advice you won’t find anywhere else. And it’s tailor-made for any discipline or craft: 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, Multi-media, or Digital.
You have done a great job of bringing all of this information together and providing it to us in a nice, neat package. Plus it’s a GREAT VALUE, considering how much you get!
And let’s face it, you can spend all you want on art supplies, but if you aren’t supplying your career too, then your vision will never get in front of the people who need to see it. And if they can’t see it, then they can’t buy it. And if they don’t buy it, you miss out on the recognition and rewards that you deserve.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s just a simple shift of where you put your commitment: on moving your art career to the next level today.
I know how you feel, it’s tough making decisions about the best way to spend your hard earned money. Most artists who have used this program have felt this way too. But once they started listening, it changed their lives.
The change is so big that I bet most people would feel scared
I would like to express my profound gratitude to you for organising the smARTist™ Telesummit, two years in a row! Thanks to pure luck, I found your website two and a half years ago. Since then, your wonderful book and the Telesummits have helped to make my career a lot easier to advance.
I wish I’d met you 10 years ago! The young artists coming to your telesummit are really lucky to be there now, not 10 years down the road.
It’s not only the 2008 Telesummit that helped, but the ensemble of resources: your book + the Telesummits. At last I can grasp the true spirit of my work. The change is so big that I bet most people would feel scared. I will not be surprised if everything takes a completely new and unexpected route: my medium, profile, direction, priorities…all of my career. So, thank you. And thanks to all of the speakers who came on board!
You covered so much so well that I consider it money well spent
My New Year's resolution was to learn how to market my own work, and the Telesummit was made to order for jump-starting me down that path. As an experienced artist - but a neophyte art marketer - the Telesummit introduced me to concentrated information in a condensed time period. It was an immersion experience, which is my favorite and most effective way to learn.
The Telesummit also gave me an opportunity to hear several art-marketing coaches speak in person, which helped me decide who I wanted to work with. I know that I will be listening to the 2008 presentations throughout the year, as particular needs arise. Knowing I have those recordings to hear again is a comfort. You covered so much so well that I consider it money well spent.
Important: Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wait
#1: This is great price for the amount of art career material you can’t get anywhere else
I know how hard it is for you to juggle the money tree. I’ve felt the same way, and so have many of the artists who have come to past telesummits. What they found is that this program is more economical than your garden-variety weekend workshop, where you only get one viewpoint. At smARTist, you get thirteen viewpoints for the price of one.
Most coaches and art consultants will charge you between $700 and $1500 to work with you. And again, you are stuck with one viewpoint and one context.
Here you see a variety of ideas from both inside and outside the art world.
And, honestly, what’s it costing you to not have access to information that can polish your art career until it shines? How long will you wait, and how much time will you lose waiting?
Just one of these 7-day sessions will give you more concrete, specific actions steps than you’d get from spending just as much, or more, on a 2-day workshop.
#2: This is the last time you will have access to this program
Once a year, before we launch the next live event, we offer the last program one more time before it comes down for good.
Before we open up registration for the smARTist Telesummit 2009, we want to make sure everyone who missed attending 2008 has one last chance.
But what if I find that this isn't for me?
This is a reasonable, honest concern that I’m happy to answer.
And because I created this comprehensive art career program so you would get extraordinary value for an extraordinary price, I’m confident that it will give you exactly the tools and strategies you need to substantially increase your recognition, land more exhibitions, and be on your way to getting paid what you deserve for your art.
I’m so confident that I will give you my 100% trusty
“Time Machine” Guarantee.
It’s a super simple refund policy: if you honestly feel, in your heart, that the program is not living up to its promise, or that you are not getting substantial value, return the entire program within 30 days and I’ll turn the clock back to the moment just before you clicked “Order Now” and cheerfully refund you all of your money with no conditions and no strings. You have my promise.
How do I order the smARTist Telesummit 2008 Audio Program (with bonus transcripts) and get my $60 discount right away?
Click on one of the payment options below. And if you want to pay by phone, send me an email with your phone number, time zone, and good times to call: pay [at] smartist-telesummit [dot] com.
(Like any good Internet Lioness, I guard all of your information. I only ask for what I need to get you what you need. And it all stays in-house.)
You buy the best art materials and supplies for your creative work, right?
Now, it’s time for you to buy the best art-career and marketing program so you can tame every head on the polycephaly that’s guarding the gate to your art-career success.
Stop the confusion, and overwhelm, of not knowing the most effective ways to reach the audience you want, so you can throw the gate to your art-career success wide open.
Remember, the fee for this program has been kept extremely affordable so most artists can take advantage of this extensive, professional art-career material.
If you have any doubts, just compare it to any weekend workshop with only one or two speakers or facilitators. Any weekend workshop will charge you more than this fee for far less. If you want proof, just google artist workshops and see what comes up.
Wishing you continued creative flow,
Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.
P.S. If you need this course, and are hesitating, just remember that the difference between hesitation and a decision is action. It’s pretty simple: if you don’t act, your career stays in the vague zone. Imagine what happens when your potential collectors hesitate: you lose a sale. Every decision exacts some level of sacrifice. It’s natural to the process. When you choose one thing it means, for now, that you aren’t choosing something else. I now what it’s like to struggle from month to month. And I’ve had to make a lot of hard choices to bring my career where it is now. I too was scared and still am, when I have to make a big decision. But I know from experience, that if I don't choose to act earlier rather than later, not much in my life changes. This is your moment. Climb out of the vague zone and change the direction and quality of your art career.
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