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Halfway through March, where has this month gone? I had time to get another original out but not enough time to do my email campaign so I posted it on the fly and it sold before I could travel from Facebook to Instagram and back. In mere minutes! Really feeling such gratitude that the work is appreciated and sought after. And it really makes me question if my day job is keeping me from this important work 🤣 

I've been working with Edgefield Arts to get some frames built for these original sizes so that collectors have an easy option to get frames put on these if they wish. I'll keep everyone updated on this as it becomes real. 
My studio cat Onesie overlooks a messy start to another piece!
I should be hearing back any day now about a big project... but I've learned in this world you follow this advice: JUST GO ABOUT YOUR DAY whether it happens or doesn't you aren't swayed and you are not wasting your time hung up on things. I was fully ramping up with my own business plans and projects before that popped up on my radar and I'm still doing just that. Because the end goal is always YOUR HUSTLE and you being in control of that hustle. That way it doesn't matter what someone else dangles in front of you. And while I'm unloading advice about the business...
I've been fully engaged with this Instagram analytics stuff and doing various tests to see what works and is effective, etc. I've learned that having more followers vs who you follow has an impact on how many people see you in the feed. For instance it's better to be following as few people as possible if you are a business and having more followers than people you follow. Go look at a popular page with tons of followers and see just how few they are following back. Very few. Stupid? Absolutely.
As a curious gal who loves art, music, food, cats, nature, etc I want to follow and see it all! But from a business/tech/analytics standpoint it is detrimental. So I've been actively unfollowing a lot of stuff on my business page

 @galleryrodriguez and it's actually liberating and fun. Galleries I'll never get into. CUT! Galleries I don't wanna get into! CUT! Forbes, Wall Street Journal, any news media...CUT! Lame art accounts that changed agendas somewhere down the line, anything pushing expensive brands, political opinion, annoying people and annoying events? Paint pour girls in yoga pants and art gurus who make bad abstracts.... CUT cut cut oh my so much fun! You'll start to realize how many aren't even following you back. So there's your business advice for the day. CUT them bushes. If they don't serve you, light you up, support you back....ditch them. They're keeping your analytics funky and hiding you from the public. And yes, I've gotten more views and followers from doing this daily and as a business- that's why you are bothering with Instagram in the first place.
Have a great Thursday and start cutting! 🤣




 

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