Creating a Facebook Splash Page with Allison Markin
Today, I talk to Allison M. Markin, who dishes on how to create a Landing or a Splash page for your Facebook Page. Links: Splashtab All She Wrote Consulting

Today, I talk to Allison M. Markin, who dishes on how to create a Landing or a Splash page for your Facebook Page. Links: Splashtab All She Wrote Consulting
Last month's interview was about the basics of starting your own blog. This month, I interview Rebecca Bolwitt ( Miss 604 ), who is the number one blogger here in Vancouver, about how new media is changing the face of traditional media. We also talk about how to use new media to promote your work. Links: Metroblogging Beyond Robson The Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance...
This month, The Art of the Business focuses on how blogging can help market your work as an artist. I interview Shane Birley and Susannah Gardener, authours of Blogging for Dummies, The Second Edition. Please note, there is no introduction to this podcast, we simply get right into it. And it ends--well, you'll see. Here is a list of URLs that we refer to throughout the interview: Left Right Minds Blogging for Dummies Blog Hop Studios Buzz Marketing with Blogs Pug-A-Day WordPress Blogger Flickr P...
This month's The Art of the Business deals not so much with marketing tips and tricks, as some basic ideas for managing your cash flow as an artist. Please note, that, because I live in Canada, the information about taxes is specific to us. URLs referenced in this podcast: Canada Revenue Agency Simply Accounting Quickbooks Union of BC Performers (has info on business expenses related to actors) CARFAC (info on business expenses related to Visual Artists) The Prosperous Artist Enjoy!!...
This month's podcast deals with setting yourself up with an invaluable marketing tool: the website. Lots of great information, tips and tricks. Here are the URLs that are referenced in the podcast: Madeleine Peyroux: a wonderful jazz singer/musician. ETSY: if you are selling a something you made yourself, ETSY is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade. Doteasy : Sells URLs (just one of probably a million, but they are who I use, and I’ve been happy, so I thought I’d g...
Facebook is not just for fun anymore. It's a really useful marketing tool. Listen on to find out more....
This month's Art of the Business is a month late. Sorry. If you had my month, you'd understand why... But for now, you get two-for-one! Enjoy!
The Art of the Business is a podcast dedicated to tips and tricks for marketing artists. This episode, #2, explores how to value and price our work as artists. Websites referred to in this podcast: Flying Solo Biz Books
The Art of the Business I As actors, we spend a great deal of our time training to become masters of our art. We go to theatre school, we read all the books on acting, we train with coaches, and we apprentice. At some point, a lot of us decide, often out of frustration, to produce our own work. So we pick a project, put up the show, and then are incredibly disappointed when a mere 20 people (or less) show up every night. You lose money, you lose self esteem, you lose your moxy. You get pissed of...