04 July, 2012

keep planting seeds

just wanted to share my news....i was a vendor last fall at a convention...it was initially a bust... but i passed out lots of business cards, stayed in touch via e mail addies and this past week, one of those contacts called. they belong to a temple that will be honoring their rabbi with one of my original prayer paintings ( my latest) and we talked about other fundraising possibilities...so they bought an enhanced giclee as well for a raffle and several framed prints and greeting cards. keep planting seeds...you never know when they will sprout!

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Lexie Anderson 05 Jul 2012

I have a question I used the sketch pad to make some art. and I see the save sketch button I click it repetitively and nothing pops up. where is it supposed to save to??

marlene burns 05 Jul 2012

lexie, you need to post your question as a new discussion. i'm not sure why you posted it here.cannot help you..i have no knowledge of your technology.

Diego Sandoval 05 Jul 2012

Congrats Marlene! You are true inspiration.

marlene burns 05 Jul 2012

thank you, diego....to be honest, i am tired..i am in the winter of my career and would love to be able to just paint with no pressure to sell, but, alas, 'tis not my destiny! lol

marlene burns 08 Jul 2012

they just decided to use our fine art cards with custom printingfor the program...an order of 200 cards was added.....do creative thinking about how to use your products and be prepared to offer them to clients! once you 'sell' a client on an image, you can keep selling!

Melissa Davies 09 Jul 2012

Yay congrats to you!

marlene burns 19 Jul 2012

thank you melissa! i always take my books and cards wtih me...even on vacay....i just returned from a family trip and hooked up wtih a designer who will be purchasing for her own home and asked if i'd return trip if she lined up 4-5 clients....woo hoo!

Ann 23 Jul 2012

Way to go Marlene. Marketing is a hard go for an artist where we'd all rather be creating than promoting.

Your ideas are successful and thanks for sharing. Ann

marlene burns 24 Jul 2012

latest update...an international website will be using my images for their e cards with a heads up to my website to buy cards, prnts and originals of my prayer series. ive been waiting on this seed a loooooong time!

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