01 September, 2007
- ArtWanted.com Staff
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New ArtWanted.com Widget!
ArtWanted.com is excited to announce the new ArtWanted.com Widget!
What's a Widget?
The 'ArtWanted.com Widget' is an interactive scrolling slide-show of artwork from our members. The Widget is designed to be placed on other websites (like MySpace.com, eBay.com or your personal website), posted on blogs/bios/forums or even part of your e-mail template. If someone likes the artwork they see, they have the option to view the larger artwork, purchase the artwork or view the entire portfolio of that artist. We have created an interactive Widget for each member of our website that can be used by that artist or your friends/family to promote your portfolio.
Why was the Widget Created?
ArtWanted.com is always looking for ways to improve the exposure of our members and generate more sales. The Widget accomplishes both of these goals by placing the artwork of our members all over the web with links to view the larger artwork, purchase that image or visit the artists portfolio. If the artwork displayed in the Widget is for sale (in our print program or as an original), the BUY button in the Widget will light up, indicating that the artwork is for sale. The buy button will link directly to the purchase page that shows all the print sizes and custom products that are offered on that image. This should generate additional sales for our members.
What type of artwork can I display?
The ArtWanted.com Widget can display artwork from our site in four ways from our customize Widget page:
How do I post the Widget on another website?
It's quite simple. Simply click on the 'Promote This Artist' link on any portfolio or visit our 'Widget Overivew' page for the instructions. You will be given a small bit of HTML code you can copy & paste into any website, forum or e-mail that accepts HTML.
What else can I do with the Widget?
By using the 'keyword' widget, you have even more possibilities. For example, if you have a website about dogs, you can place the ArtWanted.com Widget on your website and use the 'dog' keyword. When you do this, the Widget will only show artwork of dogs, which will add great content and images to your website with very little effort. Any search term on our website can be used as a keyword for the Widget. To setup a keyword Widget, just go to our Customize Widget page.
Can I make money with the Widget?
Yes, actually you can! The ArtWanted.com Widget is tied directly into our referral program. If you are a member of our site, you can then create a Widget and place it on any website in the world. When anyone clicks on images or links within the Widget, your referral code is tracked and you get paid a portion of whatever that user buys on our site. The more sites you put the Widget on, the more money you can make from referrals. For additional details, check out our full referral program.
What is the future of the Widget?
If the ArtWanted.com Widget is successful, we have big plans to make it even better! We plan to build additional sizes, designs, color themes and transition effects to further promote the artists on our site. We hope to get a lot of feedback on how we can improve the Widget, so that we can see the ArtWanted.com Widget all over the web.
We hope everyone enjoys the new ArtWanted.com Widget and that it generates additional exposure and sales for our members. For more information, check out our Widget Overview Page:
www.ArtWanted.com/Widget
Sample Artist Widget:
