Monday
Jul262010
Learning Opportunities to Help Artists Make More Money
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One of the artists in the A.C.T. community has a great tagline for her e-mail signature: "Lord, please help me to become the person my dog thinks I am." This is a great way to engage the people she wants to attract for pet portraits. If it's time to write a news release and you can't come up with a line that even your dog would love, I've found the very best site on the Internet to help you. Joan Stewart. She's a great resource. Fine artists who want to squeeze their pennies can get thousands of dollars in free publicity by following the tips, tricks and tools, courtesy of Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound®. She's a former newspaper editor, a small business owner AND she was tapped by Entrepreneur.com as its public relations expert.
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Aletta de Wal
Reader Comments (2)
The "help me be the person my dog thinks I am" is one of my favorite lines! What a stroke of brilliance to be used by someone in a pet portrait business to connect with the intended audience. It is an instant "we" connection!
Yes, Andrea. I agree. The point of a tagline is to really connect emotionally with the reader. What is yours? Aletta