Are you finding it hard to sell your art work?Are you not getting payed what they are worth?Are you about to give up on your dream of making a living off of your art?Are you thinking about settling for a "normal job"?In THE ART OF SELLING YOUR ART, you will be able to learn step by step what you have to do to sell your pieces and live as a SUCCESSFUL ARTIST

Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don't yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need Business Model Generation.Co-created by 470 "Business Model Canvas" practitioners from 45 countries, the book features a beautiful, highly visual, 4...

Sales account executives today face challenges from all directions. Customers want to do their own research. Sales cycles are shorter. Contract sizes are smaller. And few companies have the time or resources to invest in ongoing sales training. This set of Blueprints provides a detailed and structured approach to succeeding as a sales account executive. With advice for both individual salespeople as well as for sales team leaders, The SaaS Sales Method for Account Executives: How to Win Cu...

Why struggle to market interior design when you can get specialized advice from a top-notch consultant? In Marketing Interior Design, Lloyd Princeton offers you the same high-quality insights that he gives to his clientele. Drawing on his professional expertise as well as the experiences of his clients, he provides detailed guidance to help you learn to: figure out what to charge and have the confidence to demand that price write your business statement brand your business, including...

Interior Design magazine has assembled some of the most notable voices in the interior design world today under editor-in-chief Cindy Coleman to define contemporary interior design and its practice. Interior Design Practice provides aspiring and practicing professionals a perspective that is as broad as it is deep, encompassing design theory and education, global professional practice, and the experiences of design firms large and small. An overview is provided of the development and growt...

The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing is designed to transform readers from starving artists fumbling to get by into working artists who confidently tap into all the resources at their disposal. Written in an engaging and down-to-earth tone, this comprehensive guide includes time-tested strategies, anecdotes from successful grant writers, and tips from grant officers and fundraising specialists. The book is targeted at both professional and aspiring writers, performers, and visual a...

A comprehensive guide for both emerging and mid-career artists to pursue a career in the visual arts.Providing real-life examples, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, Battenfield offers readily applicable advice on all aspects of the job. Along with tips on planning and assessment, she presents strategies for self-management, including marketing, online promotion, building professional relationships, grant writing, and portfolio development.Each chap...

Learn all you need to know about how to generate and manage publicity — from recognizing public relations opportunities to creating and sustaining media coverage. Effective PR shows you not only how to identify and target your audience, but also provides practical techniques for presenting information, whether writing news releases or organizing press conferences and product launches. Power tips help you to deal with real-life situations and handle all types of media with confiden...

This third edition of Booking and Tour Management for the Performing Arts has been updated to include information about the revolutionary new ways that performers, managers, and presenters are using the Internet to transform the business of booking live performing events. Special chapters by outside experts provide in-depth information about what presenters need from artists, the technical aspects of touring, the unique demands of touring abroad, and touring through the eyes of th...

An effective marketing strategy helps in aligning company goals to its strategies, improve overall performance and perk-up sales and revenues. The evolving nature of consumer needs and requirements in the FMCG industry means that companies today have to completely overhaul their current marketing strategies and make it relevant to the current times. This book will provide detailed insight into the thinking of today's consumers towards FMCG products. The book will highlight the paradigm shi...

Using simple descriptions and entertaining stories this book walks a new- technology salesperson through field-proven and practical selling processes including sections about: Account analysis Generating leads Tactics for Selling New Technology Getting and Conducting Meetings Proposal Development Closing business Many new-technology salespeople do not know the 4 elements required to close a sale (abbreviated DUCT) and these are described. The Sales Tactics Chapter includes the following se...

Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer contains all the necessary tools and strategies to successfully launch and grow a professional design business in the competitive world of interior design. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience, this book includes case studies, and personal anecdotes that help teach you how to: Choose a design field Obtain and keep clients Garner referrals Market and position your business Bid competitivel...