590 'likes' in one week! Plus a round up of art business news

My new Facebook Page aligned to this site has had 590 likes in its first week of operation. Many thanks to all of you who liked it!

​Below is a summary of what people who liked this Page were able to read about this week.

One week old - the new Facebook Page for Art Business Info. for Artists at https://www.facebook.com/artbusinessforartists/

#1 Art Business News for Artists this week
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Here's some of the things it has highlighted this week:. I'll continue to do periodic round-ups - but you'll see the news first on the Facebook Page!

Art Competitions

• a reminder that art competitions are a great way to raise your profile
• link to an explanation of the Call for Entries for the 3rd Derwent Art Prize for Pencil Art

Art Exhibitions - Private Views

• I went to an art exhibition this week which was extremely well attended from 11:00am in the morning to when it finished in the evening at 8:00pm. I'm going to be commenting next week on my main blog about the reasons why I think this happened

Art Market

• This is an Artsy article about Figurative Painting’s Market Boom, in 5 Charts

Commercial Art & Licensing 

• This is the blog of Henri Davis who is an independent retail adviser - the sort of person who provides tips about retail trends and who advises stores about licensing art. (LOTS of you were very interested in this from which I take it that stories about licensing and retailing art would be of interest)

Communication

• Can you learn anything from the different approaches that artists use to create an artists statement - about themselves and their art? I shared the page on this website which provides examples of what famous artists say about themselves and how they say it

Money and Tax

• I highlighted a webinar last week run by HM Revenue & Customs about Simpler Income Tax for the Self Employed -  for UK tax-payers with self-employed income (and expenses!)

The Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2016

Selling Art Online
​This week I did a couple of blog posts which summarised the messages from the  The Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2016.

• Selling Art Online 2016 (Part 1: Key Points) looked at the key points and trends in selling art online in the last 12 months
• Selling Art Online 2016: Part 2 - Online Platforms identified which were the main platforms used and preferred for selling art under £10k in the last 12 months

SEO

• I highlighted 

Social Media

• Did you know that Instagram is revising its algorithm so it will reorder content in your feed? Check out Tech Crunch's article about the impact it has had
• I highlighted a video that Facebook has made about News Feed: Getting Your Content to the Right People

Techies & SEO

• I highlighted an infographic providing a great BIG SEO checklist - in 75 tip boxes - for optimising how your website appears online and in response to search queries.
  
• Did you know you can test out how your website looks on other people's computers, tablets and phones - no matter what the size?

Websites

• Periodically I will post websites what impress me. This week I took a look at Wolf Khan's website and the slideshow of images on the landing page made me go "Wow" - how about you?