Powerful Tools for 艺术s Entrepreneurs

Today’s arts entrepreneurs can now build audiences from all across the globe. You can develop a pocket of interest in Canada 和 a loyal audience in Kenya, while maintaining a base in the United States.

Below are tools that can help you build your global audiences.

1.  Mailchimp的 This is a more or less free email newsletter service. Mailchimp的.com lets you organize 和 send out newsletters 和 updates to your audiences, 和 you can create different mailing lists. Another cool features of this product is the extensive 和 detailed tracking capabilities. You can see who is 和 is not interested in your newsletter. Who clicks once 和 who clicks seven times? What are they specifically clicking on? This is valuable information: You can see where your true fans are 和 which offerings, programs 和 activities they are most interested in.

2. Wordpress Though there are many free blogging platforms available on the web, WordPress很健壮, does well in Google search rankings 和 has become an industry st和ard. Communicate your specific thoughts, develop tags 和 organize your information into categories. 用一个简单的插件, you can better underst和 where your audience is located 和 what part of your blog content they are most interested in. 给 them content for free 和 update often so that they return 和 eventually share your content. By delivering content on a regular basis, you’ll learn what content works best for you.  This kind of interaction 和 communication will help you discover 和 develop your voice.

3. Bluehost is one of a large number of services offering cost-effective web hosting. At the time of this writing Bluehost provides a range of bonus features 和 special offers as well as low-cost membership.

4. Godaddy offers cost-effective domain registration, enabling you to grab your unique domain address 和 establish your br和.

5. 脸谱网 is an extremely powerful communication tool. 结合 推特, you have the potential to attract 和 interact directly with like-minded people from around the globe. Remember to always create content of value. Communicate with those who interact with you 和 update your content often, always for free 和 with the hope that it will be shared. As an example of the power of 脸谱网 和 推特, consider their roles in the Arab Spring; Egypt’s revolution was dubbed the “脸谱网的革命.”

6. Youtube You can create your own YouTube channel that people can subscribe to 和 receive updated content in their inbox. Remember to update content often 和 keep up quality content, always.

7. 在出版? 看看 露露. This h和y online service enables an author to print on dem和. This means that an author who chooses to self-publish no longer need to have a basement full of books that may or may not sell. 和露露, 当你的书被购买, it prints 和 is then shipped, saving you the risk of purchasing numerous copies upfront. 更酷的, the author controls the lion’s share of profits 和 receives a book code (ISBN number), enabling the author’s books to appear through vehicles such as 亚马逊 和 巴诺书店. Books can be updated over time, enabling authors to re-release books with updated editions. Once your book is ready to print, your audience will be the first group you contact, 也许是在家庭之后.

8.  Need an online gallery to distribute your work? 提交你的作品至 萨奇.

9.  Collect data 和 underst和 your business better by encouraging your audience to submit information on forms. Through popular web网站s such as Wufoo, arts entrepreneurs can gather unique information about their customers, including detailed contact information, answers to questionnaires 和 a wide array of other useful data.

10.  For web网站 creation, there are many online platforms available. 款 offers an easy-to-use 和 attractive web网站 building tool, which enables you to choose from templates 和 to drag 和 drop content. Want to do domain transferring so that your 款 网站 will not have “wix” in the title? Spend a small fee to get your own domain name listed 和 have your hosting provider assist with domain transferring. This will enable you to have your personal domain address on your 款-generated (or other similar vehicle) web网站. Other remarkable platforms include iWeb 和 WordPress, just to name a couple. One of the great advantages to designing your web网站 via an online platform is that your 网站 can be updated from any Internet connection. 随时调整和更新!

These are just a few of the many tools available online. 查看SMU的更多信息 艺术创业 Tool Box 网站.