I started off working in Interior Design, traveling around the US, helping 1000s of families put their homes together.
I simultaneously spent 6 long years failing at 25 different art shows in the process.
It was so discouraging and frustrating.
I just wanted to make more art, not do the selling and marketing.
I had no experience or skills in marketing and it was a long, uphill battle, with seemingly no one to guide me.
Do I sell online? Offline? I was so lost, most marketing advice online seeming to conflict with itself.
It took the better part of my 20s to figure out how to sell my own art successfully, but the principles and secrets I discovered are actually very simple.
And more importantly:
Teachable.
I felt almost guilty that I'd finally figured out this long-sought-after dream, so I started teaching others around me.
The first secret I discovered is the enormous power of Automation.
I do this by setting up a very simple automated "Marketing Machine" that I set up on Amazon Handmade.
I then send hungry buyers looking for what I have, to my page, and they buy.
The printing, packaging and shipping is automated, so I get an email and that sweet "Ding" on my phone when a sale is made and money comes in.
It's so simple, a bright child could do it, but there are many many obstacles to avoid.
By "banging my head against the wall"
1000s of times, I figured out how to navigate this.
You can too.
You can have a fully automated store that does the selling for you.