I don't worry about my websites anymore. It's freeing. I'd like to share that freedom with you.
I want you to realise you can have a website without pulling out your hair.
I want you to know you can get someone else to worry about the nerdy bits, the code-writing, the security threats. The why-is-your-website-down questions from fans and friends.
I want you to have a simple, professional website that you can manage yourself so that you don't have to pay someone like me every time you want to add a blog post or a photo of a new piece.
All of this is possible. Since I cracked open a book and got to work writing website code, the world has changed. There are a lot of great options that allow you to (A) have a great looking website and (B) not go bankrupt or crazy keeping it up to date.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
If you want your website to load quickly for your visitors (and believe me, you do), it’s important that the images you use are sized correctly for the web. If you take a photo of your latest sculpture in stunning hi-definition and then throw that directly onto your site, your visitors are going to watch that photo load on their screens bit by bit. Bar by bar. Like it’s 1996. More likely, they’ll just leave.
Image size is increasingly important as more and more users are viewing your website on their smartphone. The bigger your images, the more of your visitors’ precious data you are demanding.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
Today I want to shine the spotlight on you. Or us. Since we began this journey called Website Wednesdays, many of you have jumped in and launched your own artist website. Many of you have been using Squarespace to do this. Like me. I want to show our sites off
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
Last week, we made sure your website was all connected with your payment processor. That means you can accept money from people online, without worrying about taking credit card numbers yourself. That’s good.
Today, we’ll start setting up shop. We’re going to work with Karla Adolphe’s new website as our real-life example.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
The first step to making a living as an artist is pretty simple. People need to be able to pay you. Today, we’re going to continue adding e-commerce to an artist website with one very simple step–the Patron Button.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
Maybe you’re like me. You know what eCommerce is, but you don’t understand enough about how it works. You do know enough to know what can go wrong. Credit card data and privacy concerns. Complicated systems trying to play nice together. Expensive fees. You see why I worry?
Worried. Past tense. Squarespace has made it possible for me to embrace eCommerce and sleep at night. That’s remarkable.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
Next week I will resume Website Wednesdays - offering step by step tutorials to fix this problem. I want every artist I know to have a great website that shows off the best of who they are. I want that for you and I believe it’s possible.
In the meantime, I want to know what is getting in your way.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
Marketing your blog is one thing. There are so many different avenues to try, and to be honest, I haven’t tried a lot of them. I’ve just started reposting my blog posts to Medium. I’ve bought some Facebook ads. But all of that comes later. After you make your blog marketable.
There are some basic things you can do while you write your post to give it a chance of being read, and discovered.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
This week in Website Wednesday, our ongoing series about crafting a great website for your art, we tackle blogging. I’ll cover the basics like what exactly a blog is. I’ll talk about why you should blog (of if you should blog). I’ll go over exactly how to get started. Today.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
Over the past couple of months we’ve been building some great websites together. We’ve set up a structure, chosen a theme and started redecorating. But the rooms are empty. Remember, your website is all about one thing – your content.
Today we are going to fill in a lot of the blanks we have created for ourselves so far. We are going to add content to that fancy new website of yours.
Blog for Bleeding Heart!
You have something to say–why not say it here? Email your blog post idea to dave@bleedingheartart.space and let's chat.
