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	<title>Comments on: Why Artists need Support and a Recap of My Best Articles from 2009</title>
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		<title>By: Maria Brophy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maria Brophy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you, Dawn!  That&#039;s the best compliment I can get!  I hope you&#039;ll sign up for my e-mailers or RSS feed so you&#039;ll never miss post.  I&#039;ll try to keep them positive!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Dawn!  That&#8217;s the best compliment I can get!  I hope you&#8217;ll sign up for my e-mailers or RSS feed so you&#8217;ll never miss post.  I&#8217;ll try to keep them positive!</p>
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		<title>By: Dawn Frasier</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dawn Frasier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Over all the most postive uplifting and helpful blog I&#039;ve found.  Thank you so much.  I&#039;ve just started digging in and hope to get through all you have wriiten to date.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over all the most postive uplifting and helpful blog I&#8217;ve found.  Thank you so much.  I&#8217;ve just started digging in and hope to get through all you have wriiten to date.</p>
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		<title>By: Archan Mehta</title>
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		<dc:creator>Archan Mehta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi ya Maria,-

I enjoyed reading this post. You have asked for suggestions.

I think a lot of your readers are interested (me included!) in knowing about more blogs and websites which cater to art and artists.

Can you provide a list of those in your next post, please? That would be quite helpful to us--and much appreciated too.

And, of course, your personal favorites. We value your insights.

This is because you mentioned that you subscribe to many blogs/websites about artists and art, but we are rather clueless.

And, yes, post more often, but only if you have some free time. Don&#039;t put any pressure on yourself on our account. Your plate is already full. In the meantime, we&#039;ll figure out a way to survive, don&#039;t worry.

We are also interested in reading about other artists and their life experiences: painters, poets, writers, singers, you name it. It would be great if you could dig up some fresh material to share with us.

Not just invitations for guest posts, but from historical archives. You may be able to find such literary nuggets from your local library. Again, only at your own convenience, for you have a business to run!

Those artists who achieved fame ( notoriety?) and financial success...well, we want to know about their life stories. We find such stories heart-warming and inspirational. It&#039;s especially interesting to learn about the controversies which surrounded their lives. Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi ya Maria,-</p>
<p>I enjoyed reading this post. You have asked for suggestions.</p>
<p>I think a lot of your readers are interested (me included!) in knowing about more blogs and websites which cater to art and artists.</p>
<p>Can you provide a list of those in your next post, please? That would be quite helpful to us&#8211;and much appreciated too.</p>
<p>And, of course, your personal favorites. We value your insights.</p>
<p>This is because you mentioned that you subscribe to many blogs/websites about artists and art, but we are rather clueless.</p>
<p>And, yes, post more often, but only if you have some free time. Don&#8217;t put any pressure on yourself on our account. Your plate is already full. In the meantime, we&#8217;ll figure out a way to survive, don&#8217;t worry.</p>
<p>We are also interested in reading about other artists and their life experiences: painters, poets, writers, singers, you name it. It would be great if you could dig up some fresh material to share with us.</p>
<p>Not just invitations for guest posts, but from historical archives. You may be able to find such literary nuggets from your local library. Again, only at your own convenience, for you have a business to run!</p>
<p>Those artists who achieved fame ( notoriety?) and financial success&#8230;well, we want to know about their life stories. We find such stories heart-warming and inspirational. It&#8217;s especially interesting to learn about the controversies which surrounded their lives. Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: aileen</title>
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		<dc:creator>aileen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maria, I love all the advice you give!  Thanks!

I like the idea of a tagline.  I&#039;m in the process of figuring out my mission statement, target market, and other parts of my self-brand.  The tagline is like a condensed version of what you stand for!  : )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maria, I love all the advice you give!  Thanks!</p>
<p>I like the idea of a tagline.  I&#8217;m in the process of figuring out my mission statement, target market, and other parts of my self-brand.  The tagline is like a condensed version of what you stand for!  : )</p>
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		<title>By: Maria Brophy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maria Brophy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Heather, for the kind words!

I think you&#039;ve learned, first hand, the power of technique.  You have had success with using some of the business and marketing tools that work for artists.  

The trick is to apply those tools - which many artists don&#039;t do.  But you are living proof that it works, when you use it.

Thanks for reading.  I hope I can continue to provide useful information for you and everyone else!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Heather, for the kind words!</p>
<p>I think you&#8217;ve learned, first hand, the power of technique.  You have had success with using some of the business and marketing tools that work for artists.  </p>
<p>The trick is to apply those tools &#8211; which many artists don&#8217;t do.  But you are living proof that it works, when you use it.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading.  I hope I can continue to provide useful information for you and everyone else!</p>
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		<title>By: Heather</title>
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		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy New Year and thank you for all your thoughts and lessons. I can&#039;t always comment on all of your posts but I love that I can come back and re-read some of my favorites and what has helped me the most. You have always been an inspiration to me and I am grateful that you have shared your wisdom with me over the past several years. I wouldn&#039;t be nearly as aware of my business practices without your help. You make it possible for artists to understand that being strong in business sense helps them become a better well rounded artist, and ultimately more successful in the future. You value our talents and I am so grateful for that! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy New Year and thank you for all your thoughts and lessons. I can&#8217;t always comment on all of your posts but I love that I can come back and re-read some of my favorites and what has helped me the most. You have always been an inspiration to me and I am grateful that you have shared your wisdom with me over the past several years. I wouldn&#8217;t be nearly as aware of my business practices without your help. You make it possible for artists to understand that being strong in business sense helps them become a better well rounded artist, and ultimately more successful in the future. You value our talents and I am so grateful for that! <img src='http://mariabrophy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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