These comments are from a colleague and veteran of countless art festivals, Catherine Lindberg. My thought in posting this is to help amateur artists that are interested in selling their works, through art festivals and galleries.
"There is so much the new budding artist needs to know, like how to get a Merchant's Account, and not to let some company sell them some fancy piece of equipment that runs on electricity, and then they end up in the middle of a park or out on the street with no where to plug in???
Or just the fact of not wasting what might only be 30 seconds with a client that enters your booth talking about the weather, their dog, or their outfit as sometimes that 30 seconds is all the time you get with a prospective client before they move on to the next booth. If you are going to speak to them, talk about your art and only your art."
Sometime working with the public can seem counter-intuitive. Especially when you need to assess whether to chat to this person or (politely) move to another. When in doubt, simply acknowledge the other (prospective) client with eye contact and a quick, "Hi there!" I think the golden rule is to treat each person you see as if they're your next BIG buyer.
Sometime working with the public can seem counter-intuitive. Especially when you need to assess whether to chat to this person or (politely) move to another. When in doubt, simply acknowledge the other (prospective) client with eye contact and a quick, "Hi there!" I think the golden rule is to treat each person you see as if they're your next BIG buyer.
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