Workshop: Selling Your Art Online Through Fine Art America – St. Louis, MO

Saturday August 6, 2016
9:00AM – 1:00PM
Are you looking for new ways to sell your art and photography?
Then you might want to consider selling your art online through FineArtAmerica.com.

FineArtAmerica.com has revolutionized the way that artwork is bought and sold around the world. With just a few clicks, you can upload digital images of your art or photographs, set your own prices for all of Fine Art America’s products, and sell those products to a global audience of online art buyers. Fine Art America handles all of the fulfillment. They take care of the printing, framing, matting, packaging, shipping, collecting payments from the buyer, and when a print of yours sells, they send you a royalty check.
Garry McMichael has been selling art prints and photographs through Fine Art America since 2012. Over that time, he has built a steady income from monthly art sales. Sales have been to almost every state in the Union and from half way around the world in Australia and the United Kingdom. “These are markets and locations I would never have reached on my own.”
In this half-day workshop Garry will explain how to set up an FAA account, how to prep and upload images, set your prices and develop a marketing plan to increase your exposure and sales. We’ll discuss what sells and what doesn’t. Garry will also also compare his experiences selling art on other online markets such as Imagekind, 500px, Etsy and exhibiting in galleries.
This workshop will be geared to both artists wanting to start selling their art online and artists who already have FAA accounts but are looking to improve their sales. If you want to learn more about turning your art into income, this workshop is for you. This will be a lecture, question/answer type of workshop, but you are encouraged to bring your laptop computer and work along as Garry shows you step-by-step how to work with Fine Art America.

To make sure everybody gets plenty of personal attention, the workshop will be limited to 15 participants.

Art Prints of Paintings Sold on Fine Art America

THE WORKSHOP WILL COVER:
* Sell your images as canvas prints, framed prints, metal prints, acrylic prints, posters and much more.
* Sell your original artwork 100% commission free.
* Use FAA social media apps to automatically post announcements for you on Facebook and Twitter each time you upload new images to Fine Art America.
* Create Galleries and join Groups to promote niche areas of your portfolio.
* Embed a FAA Shopping cart into your website.
* Add a FAA shopping cart to your Facebook fan page.
* Use FAA tools to create a catalog or brochure to promote your art.
* License your artwork for use in advertising and print media.
* Create HTML e-mails in seconds, send the e-mails to everyone on your e-mail list, and then track to see who opens the e-mails.
* Advertise your upcoming events and press releases in FAA’s newsletter.
* Join one of FAA 5,000+ member-moderated groups or create your own!
* Chat Live with other members and discuss industry-related topics in the FAA discussion forum.
* Post art-related blogs and receive immediate feedback from other members.
* Add watermarks to your low-resolution images for added security.

WHEN:
Saturday, August 6th, 2016 9:00AM – 1:00PM

WHERE:
Paint St Louis Studios
1926 Allen Avenue
St. Louis, 63104

COSTS: $65

Workshop fee is refundable, less $10, up to July 26th.  After that date it will be refunded only if someone takes your place. Make sure you include your telephone number and e-mail address. Directions to Paint St. Louis Studio will be sent to you prior to the workshop.

Questions?  Contact:

Garry McMichael at 314 773-4112

garry@imaginagrapher.com