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Welcome artists and creative people of all kinds! This page is for those of you who are trying to make it in the arts or just love the art world. In the coming issues we'll have information for visual artists, sculptors, musicians and performing artists.
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YouTube
6 Steps to YouTube Success (Part 3 of 3)
Upload your video to YouTube | Learn More |
YouTube Video Upload Instructions from their site:
- Click the button in the upper-right-hand corner of any YouTube page.
- Click the "Browse" button to browse for the video file you'd like to upload to our site. Select the file you want to upload.
- Click the 'Upload Video' button to start the uploading process.
- As the video file is uploading, enter as much information about your video as possible in the relevant fields (including Title, Description, Tags, and Category). You're not required to provide specific information, but the more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video!
- Click the 'Save changes' button to save the updates you've made to the video file.
Promote your video & hope it goes viral
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Having your video go "viral" means that it spreads like a virus. It's the kind of video people are constantly forwarding to friends, family and co-workers usually with a subject line like, "You have to see this!" or "Cool video." This is your goal. In order to do this, you need to create a buzz around the video. Here are some ways to do that:
- Email to friends and family-no hard sell or marketing lingo here-just something like, "I just created my first YouTube video and thought you might enjoy it. Please send it along to others if you like it."
- Add video and/or link to video to your website, blog, Facebook, MySpace, etc.
- Send a press release via pr.com for free on the launching of your new video
top of page Awesome YouTube Video: High Energy Time Lapse Painting
Watch a painter create a beautiful landscape from start to finish in this engaging video.
Recommended Links
Art Books You Should Own
Oldies but goodies that should be in every artist's bookshelf:
Marketing for Artists CD
Based on Susan Lee's successful Marketing for Artists presentation, this highly informative CD can be viewed on your pc or printed. It includes the following sections:
Marketing for Visual Artists
Public Relations for Visual Artists
Marketing & PR for Writers (information for published and non-published writers)
Photoshop Tutorials
How to Photograph Your Artwork
Portfolio Creation and Organization (hard copies and online galleries)
Complete clickable links to recommended instructional videos, marketing books and software
Clickable links to artists resources on the web including grants, mailing lists, benefits for artists & more
Order your Marketing for Artists CD now for only $15 (+$5 S&H)
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