Marketing Tips for Portfolio Artists:

1. Stay active in your absolutearts.com portfolio. Upload new artwork often, change the order of your artworks, give your frequent viewers something to keep checking back for.

2. Create an email mailing list. Use your "email manager" to keep all of your contacts together. Send out emails to all you contacts at once. Keep them posted on a regular basis as to what's new.

3. Send e-cards, e-announcements, e-invitations. Invite your contacts back to your portfolio, or send an e-card with one of your newest uploads. When you have an exhibition coming up send out an announcement.

4. Integrate your absolutearts.com portfolio address with all your correspondence. Put your URL on your letterhead, business cards, and the signature of your e-mails. Tell people about it in chat rooms and when you post to bulletin boards.

5. Write up detailed descriptions for each artwork. The title fields as well as the description fields are searchable by keywords. Think of keywords buyers may be searching for that apply to your artwork and make sure they are included in your title or description.

6. Write an artist statement. Tell your viewers about yourself. Buyers like to know about the artist and not just the artwork.

7. Sign up for our credit card Sales Agreement. Allow our clients to quickly and easily purchase your artwork through our secure server. See the "Sales Agreement" within your portfolio manager.

8. Order the Direct Address service. Make your portfolio address easier to remember with the Direct Address. This service shortens your portfolio address to: www.absolutearts.com/yourlogin. Sign up at: http://www.absolutearts.com/yourlogin/

9. Use the extra features within your portfolio. Create a blog, upload a video, share your art event photos, create a slideshow and much more. These additional features will all generate interest to your portfolio.

10. Send us your press releases. Is your work going to be in an exhibition? Send us the professional press release: artsnews@absolutearts.com If you are a Premiere Portfolio member with us let us know, your press releases will receive priority! We can not guarantee your press release will be listed, but if so, it will be emailed in our Arts Newsletter to over 40, 000 subscribers!