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Source: Artprofileworld

There is sequence to selling anything and art is no different , if you stick to the sequence you are more likely to sell your art , it’s a proven formula, you should use in order to acquire some selling success.

The first part of the selling process :

Prospecting

Finding your customers , quantity determines quality. If you sell a specialised product like art, then your marketing of the art is crucial, because you are looking for a specialized customer. Planning and identifying your customer is a vital part of getting your work in front of them.

If your looking for galleries to take your work for instance, make sure the work they exhibit is similar to the work you produce, otherwise you are wasting your valuable time. Target your market take the time to reseach your market, look at other similar successful artists and look at their marketing as a guide.

Establish rapport

When you meet a new customer you have to establish rapport . The questions to be asked should be aimed at the customer situation and what they are looking for, clarify their situation for them in questions,  so they come to the inevitable conclusion that your art is exactly what they are looking for! if you can guide your customer through a series of questions with out being pushy or over bearing ( it’s important to note that the best sales people are not over confident types and that some of the finest sales people are officially classed as introvert), to much nattering does nothing to help your sales, it just annoys people and you can be in danger of becoming someone who likes the sound of their own voice. Be friendly, helpful and avoid to much pretentious talk.

They may look like an art buyer , but are they?

A person my look like a prospect and act like a prospect to buying your art, but actually you may find out they are not, so never approach people as a prospect because they may not be, just being polite and friendly can give the person a reasonable amount of trust in you and the fact you are not going to insist on a sale every time they see you, if they feel they are going to be hounded into a sale when ever they see you, this is a sure fire way to send your customer running for the nearest door. So through a series of questions you may uncover that in fact this person it not a prospect to buying your art ;and the best thing you can do is be honest with them and relieve them of the headache of trying to escape a sale! you may not get a sale but would you have got one anyway? without breaking their arm, so let them go and do yourself and your customer a favour.

In reverse psychology often people want what they think they cannot have, when you don’t force a sale or you use your intuition to see honestly that the art is not for the person,  you suddenly find yourself in much more powerful position, as you take the control into your hands, just by being honest and not forcing a sale. Never make a person feel uncomfortable, or this will always be their association with you and your art. Remember it’s the experience that comes with the person that is critical.

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Source: James Furbush, News Writer

2012 Could Be Your Year

Code Year, a new initiative to teach people coding, has registered more than 100,000 students in less than a week. That’s double the number of students who enrolled in U.S. computer science undergraduate programs last year, according to Mashable.

Code Year’s success is a clear indication that interest in computer sciences and programming has gone mainstream. It seems like everyone from your kid sister to the college intern your IT department just hired is dabbling in app development. And it’s all thanks to the rise of mobile devices.

Still, the supply of mobile developers isn’t keeping up with the demand from employers, according to the latest monthly IT staffing report from Dice.com, a technology and engineering careers site.

“The biggest reason is, the mobile platforms are so new, there are just not a lot of developers with years and years of experience,” said Alice Hill, managing director with Dice. “At the same time, everyone wants a mobile app. So there’s growing demand and there’s still a small pool.”

Basically, if you’re a mobile developer who can build a quality app and get it through the submission process, that’s the “perfect formula” for landing a good job, Hill said. It sounds easy, but in actuality, few technology professionals have purchasable apps on their CVs. Fewer than one in five have gotten over the submission process hurdle, and only a quarter of tech professionals are even doing mobile development full-time, according to the Dice report.

For most, the newness of mobile app development has relegated it to the hobby or side-project bin. But demand for Android and iPhone developers has risen more than 150% in the past year, according to Dice, and it’s not just hot startups that are looking for mobile app development talent. It’s an “array of industries” and businesses as varied as Major League Baseball, Rhapsody and Capital One, Hill said.

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There are two types of calligraphy pen: fountain pens and dip pens. Fountain pens are used to write correspondence and can be used to practice, but if you really want to learn calligraphy, you need to learn to master the dip pen.

1. Unscrew the top half of the calligraphy fountain pen, and fill the ink reservoir. Dip the dip calligraphy pen in ink, and allow excess ink to drip back into the jar before using.

2. Hold the pen lightly between your thumb and index finger. Allow the pen to rest on the space between the ring finger and the thumb where the top of the pen rests on top of the knuckle of the ring finger.

 3. Take a moment to relax. Practice calligraphy when you are in a relaxed mood. This will allow the curves to flow easily.

4. Move the pen with your wrist and arm movement, and avoid using your fingers to move the pen as you write.

5. Work with the Uncial alphabet, the most common of all calligraphy alphabets. Print the alphabet sheet and trace the letters on the printed sheet with your pen. Do this several times until you have a better understanding of the pen strokes and the letters.

6. Practice writing one letter at a time on a sheet of paper. Fill a full notebook page with a single practiced letter. Do this for all letters. Compare your writing to the correct pen stroke for the given letter. Keep each letter you practice as straight and as evenly sized as possible.

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This is a lesson about how to use a hammer and chisel to begin making an alabaster rock sculpture, taught by Harriet Myrick