Not a Get Rich Quick Scheme
I’ve noticed lately that my Instagram feed has been littered with consultants, advisors, and artists posting reels promising methods and strategies to help artists make six figures. In a matter of seconds, they hook you into clicking just to see if anything they have to offer is helpful.
I decided to take a deep dive and signed up for a free online seminar that assured proven methods for increasing sales without going to markets and craft shows, and how to make your fortune by switching up selling strategies from in-person to online.
The coach was convincing. She offered a few free tools so that viewers could calculate how little money they are actually making by selling at markets and craft shows. As it turns out by her calculations, most participants weren’t making much, and certainly not as much as she suggested we could make by switching to online sales.
Me and about 500 other participants spent 90 minutes being courted by this coach. And then came her sales pitch for her program because, of course she was selling something. I stuck around for a few more minutes, wondering that perhaps if viewers had been informed at the beginning that as a first step, they’d need around $1000 (broken up into 4 easy payments of $249 each) to rebrand their business, they might as well spend the next two hours doing something else.
It’s likely that if you’re following Artful Compass, you aren’t seeking the methods to build a business that will earn six figures. It’s more likely that you want to learn how to earn income from your art. My goal is to help you in doing so without losing touch with your creativity.
My articles are free. You can read to your heart’s delight. I passionately believe that art is a deeply personal matter, a deeply personal experience that when your creativity seeps out of your pores and into your work, your work will resonate with people. It will resonate with art lovers and with art collectors.
Artful Compass isn’t going to direct you to the biggest pile of cash. I’m not here to tell you how to fill your bank account. Artful Compass is giving you the seeds and telling you the conditions under which they need to grow. I never intended this site to be the one-stop for art success, although the makings are here. Explore the site, including the Gallery and Reflection articles. You never know where you’ll pick up a nugget that inspires you.
And remember, you must do the work – the artwork and the business work. If you want to make easy money from making art, I can’t help you. Artists are creative individuals first and entrepreneurs somewhere down the line. It is possible and unimaginably enjoyable to make a comfortable living as a working artist. I’d like to help you on that journey.