Yesterday I spoke of needing to take this creative spring energy (in the northern hemisphere) and transform it into new works of art. Part of the balance that I need to be honing better is making more time to hang out in the creative process.

Flowers IV, Digital © Diane Clancy

The art of marketing art is the other part of the equation that needs to be balanced. (Did I ever mention that I was a math major until I changed to art?) I am very excited to have now opened stores in both Etsy and ArtFlock these last few weeks.

Online marketing has been something that I have wanted to pursue for a long time – but I didn’t really know how to start. I have had a simple store in my website for a couple of years, but in a clumsy format. I have gotten a few sales from the site but it is not yet set up to be as easy as it could be.

In these last few weeks I have become able to accept payments through PayPal. I hadn’t realized that someone could pay with credit cards through PayPal even if one doesn’t have a PayPal account. Today I became PayPal verified. I am very excited about having the finances for e-commerce now set up.

I am adding more to my galleries at the online stores. Also, I need to figure out how to best change my site to implement my shopping cart and make life easier for my collectors.

~ Diane Clancy

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