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| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 122 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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A pricing audit, three formulas, and the gallery math test I run every six months on my own work.
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Why "feel the calm of the ocean" isn't selling your art, but "8 a.m. before anyone else is out" is.
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The content focus framework I use to decide what to share, when, and why
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Paint and Pray Is Not a Business Strategy
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After nearly a decade of running a gallery and being an artist myself, here's what nobody tells you.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I run a gallery, coach artists, and make my own work. This is the inside view on what building a real art business actually looks like... not just the curated version.
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