29 Jun This is what I’d call a satisfying day.
Today was a busy day, but it was the kind of busy day where you keep your head down and put one foot in front of the other and by the end of it maybe you stepped on your own feet a couple times, but...
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28 May Be a smart consumer. Buy the product, not the sales pitch.
In light of a recent experience, I thought it'd be helpful to outline some psychological sales strategies that you'll find everywhere. Be a smart consumer and know the mind games marketers are playing -- and then look beyond that to the product itself and decide...
14 Apr Fighting the good fight. For community. For the future.
As I sit here eating my late lunch/early dinner of Rock Hill bread dipped in some olive oil, garlic and balsamic - publicly after noting on Facebook how tasty it is - I'm reflecting on why I do this; constant shout-outs to my favorite places...
12 Apr Call to artists! Power of Music art show
In perhaps the greatest pairing since PB & J, Advokate's client Adirondack Audio & Video announces a call to artists for a music-themed art show. Art. Music. It just goes. And what better market for music-themed artwork than music lovers themselves? Adirondack Audio and Video knows music...
30 Mar Advokate for Artists: Recommendations
I can't even stand how brilliant I am. So I'm kidding, I hope you know. But this little cheat sheet I just put together is a really good one, and I'm excited to share it with fledgling artists so they can learn to be super awesome...
25 Mar Business these days: Sunshine and rainbows
I must be on the right track. My customers, all super people, keep bringing me new work and I've had three meetings this week to get to know new and potential customers - with two more already planned for next week! Business is great. It makes...
18 Mar Call to vendors: Crafters, artists, antiquers…
One of Advokate's customers, the Lake George Forum, is planning a multi-weekend indoor sale on select weekends in April and May, with a particular focus on artists and artisans on Saturday, May 28, Sunday, May 29, and Monday, May 30. It's a first-year event, but they're...
02 Mar Website workshops at LARAC on March 9 and 19
I'm cross-posting here from my art blog: I'm teaching two workshops on websites for artists at LARAC in the coming weeks, and have just finished the worksheet for the first one, so it seemed like a good time to let you know about them. Here's...
23 Feb New computer: Yay! Migrating Thunderbird from Windows to Mac: Boo.
This has been quite the Yay! Boo. week. I don't know if Yay! Boo. exists elsewhere in the world, but it's something my dad used to implement in silly storytelling. Here's my version: I did my taxes. Yay! Advokate is a wash. Boo. But I've been...
17 Feb Seriously, WordPress? ANOTHER update?
I'm trying to figure out what to do here. I use Wordpress because it seems like a friendly place. It's got a billion ways to trick out a site and make it look different from all the others. It's more up-to-date than my HTML skills...