Monday, February 29, 2016

How To Survive On Fine Art For Sale As A Main Source Of Income

By Roger Miller


It is cute when a child shows artistic aptitude often this ability predicts a future in many artistic fields. However a career as an artist may not be suitable for the long term, but it does not eliminate the fact that some artist make it very big in this field. Nevertheless many starving artist exist in this field too.

Graduates of the arts believe that their path before them are fame, fortune, and their name being immortalized inside a museum. However even fine art for sale to get sold in one day is difficult enough for these people. As a result most do not pursue a career in art, but tend to stay in corporate jobs that are unfulfilling and make them unhappy.

Business whether you sell hotcakes or donuts consumers often overlook your offers because it is either too bland or uncreative. Succeeding in business means being very creative, and creativity is the mother of abundance. Hence it is important to market one original idea and convince people to take you seriously.

However convincing a lot of people is a strenuous and uncomfortable way of marketing yourself. A better way of improving your sales and turning prospective clients into loyal buyer is through specifically targeting your audience. For instance you are a photographer and you shoot babies for a living, so obviously you only target families or couples who have babies in the household.

But exactly what is the right career for an artist, and why does it even matter. For one reason a stable career means a steady income that you are willing to work for a longer period of time. This is the kind of work that you enjoy doing everyday and it never gets boring.

The business of photograph is to sell emotions, but another side to photography is stock images. Stock images have the same emotional trigger as studio photographs have, but they are mostly used with the written word. An example is the newspaper.

In brief excelling in the arts mean finding your target audience and understanding the needs and wants. To successfully traverse in a lake full of competition means you must learn to stand out from others who sell the same things as you. Therefore understanding your business and audience are not the only things you need to take account of, but also need to be very creative in delivering a common service into something extraordinary.

A niche is a field or subject or an interest that you love studying and researching about. You constantly apply what you learn from the books and further your studies through experimentation and application again. Therefore succeeding in the artistic field, whatever industry it is, one should learn their craft and be dedicated to it.

Dedication is one key in becoming successful. Because without it the artist would have a hard time focusing on their goals and dreams, and eventually would quit without even trying or getting further from where they started. In other words enjoying your job not only means having aspiration and goals you want fulfilled. But with determination, dedication, and focus will help you along the way.




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