The fine line between working and networking.

I'm neither 'working or networking'

in this photo...

we had some really SLOW times...

this was one of those.

But...it brings me to the point...

I worked my butt off (don't I wish:) getting ready

for this show...

and

I still have inventory left to take to the next show.

Someone once told me...

"I wish all I had to do was paint..."

WHAT???

Dear Lord...this 'uninformed' creature had apparently

NO exposure to the world of online

sales and marketing.

I WISHED ALL I had to do WAS paint!!!

Life would be so much easier...

wouldn't it??

I could paint and paint and paint...

each and every day...

and I'd wind up with a house full of unsold paintings.

There are so many things one has to do to become

a successful artist online...

and painting (or creating in any way) only accounts

for a small portion of those many things.

I think the hardest thing online artisans have to do...

is to network and market.

I can vaguely remember those days that I thought..

"all I'll need to do is to 'paint and list'"...

I wished it were that easy!