A reader wrote and described a common challenge that artists face: “My biggest problem is deals and contracts, and how to close a deal with clients in a way that we both win. When I talk about contracts most of my clients get scared.” Many artists use contracts for painting commissions, and most illustrators use… Continue reading
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Five Steps to Closing a Deal – Artist’s Trade Show Follow Up
(Artwork by the wonderful, fun and talented Sara Jane Franklin. Check out her blog here!) When Drew and I started showing his art at trade shows, the mission was to generate interest from publishers so that we could license Drew’s art to them. The first year we exhibited at License Expo in New York, we had no… Continue reading →
The Art of the Deal – Feel the Fear and Make the Deal Anyway
“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.” Sven Goren Eriksson Have you ever turned down a great opportunity because you were scared that you’d be taken advantage of? Or you were afraid that you would agree to something that you later would regret? There’s a fun term that I read in WATERSHIP… Continue reading →