MARKETING IDEAS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Engravers MT" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |  <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U> </U></A><A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_______________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> Marketing Ideas</div> <div> You may want to consider making business cards advertising your art on this site,</div> <div>  or just a card on yourself about your art.  You could include all of your websites.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="315" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 162 ><NOBR><div> Art Tract, </div> <div> The Artist Website</div> <bR> <div> Original art in oil by Your Name</div> <div> and your site web address</div> <div> <B>http://www.arttract.com/yourname.htm</B></div> <div>   Phone:</div> <div>   Address:</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >A good link for this is: </FONT><B> </B><A HREF="http://office.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?Scope=TC&Query=business+cards&CTT=6&Origin=EC010331121033" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://office.microsoft.com/search/resul"><U><B>Microsoft Office Online/ Business Cards</B></U></A></div> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> People like to be able to buy without too much effort.  You may want to consider a payment</div> <div> method, such as PayPal.  One of our artists has his "buy buttons"  on each picture that go</div> <div> directly to his PayPal account.</div> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="https://www.paypal.com/mrb/pal=57GB33TR4Z948" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://images.paypal.com/images/paypal_mrb_banner.gif" BORDER="0" ALT="Sign up for PayPal and start accepting credit card payments instantly."></A>  </div> <div> _____________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> You may want to try a regular credit card account which is more expensive, </div> <div> but it gives the customers another easy way to purchse from you.</div> <bR> <div> <B>MERCHANT ACCOUNT</B></div> <div> <A HREF=" http://www.usa-merchantaccount.com " TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.usa-merchantaccount.com "><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF=" http://www.usa-merchantaccount.com " TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.usa-merchantaccount.com "><U><B><U>http://www.usa-merchantaccount.com</U></B></U></A><A HREF=" http://www.usa-merchantaccount.com " TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.usa-merchantaccount.com "><U><B> </B></U></A></div> <div> <B>USA Merchant Account provides low cost merchant accounts. </B></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> More sites with information on marketing:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Artist Blogs: Why Every Artist Needs a Blog</B></div> <div> <B>How having an artist blog can help you sell more art</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.theartrepreneur.com/knowledge/artist_blog.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theartrepreneur.com/knowledge"><U><B>http://www.theartrepreneur.com/knowledge/artist_blog.asp</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/beckyg.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/beckyg.h"><U><B>How to Promote Your Artwork On-Line</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.jolaf.com/resources/marketart.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jolaf.com/resources/marketart"><U><B>Marketing Your Art and Crafts on the World Wide Web</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.1x.com/advisor/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.1x.com/advisor/"><U><B>Selling Your Art Online</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.artmarketing.com/Homepg/hotlinks.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artmarketing.com/Homepg/hotli"><U><B>Art Marketing</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.blimpcam.com/guide " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blimpcam.com/guide "><U><B>Photography Marketing</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kaltman.com/pages/store/instructional/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kaltman.com/pages/store/instr"><U><B>Photography Marketing and Instruction</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.artcraftmarketing.com " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artcraftmarketing.com "><U><B>Arts and Crafts Marketing</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.craftassoc.com" 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