Last night I got a Facebook notification inviting me to like a business page. The invitation came from someone who I don't know personally, but is a friend-of-a-friend, with mutual interests in rubber stamping. I like having friends with mutual interests; so I took a look at the invitation. It was for a crossfit gym in a town in New York state, about 4 1/2 hours away from where I live. I wondered … [Read more...]
Selling Your Soul for Things
This is something I've felt the need to get off my chest for a while... I attended a blogging conference a while back - and the one thing that struck me square in the face speechless - was how willing people were to promote things, in order to get free things -- that they don't even want or use. Their voices are powerful - but they are giving them away. On the bright side: I met a lot … [Read more...]
Three Sides to Fill
Pardon me a little introspection. I feel like this needs that 'Deep Thoughts' segment from ancient Saturday Night Live...if you don't get SNL humor... I've been laid up sick for almost a week now, but on the way to well. During this time, I've been thinking a lot about the three sides to having a successful in-person workshop; and they have nothing to do with art-making. The business side of … [Read more...]
