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Making the Connection

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:40:39 -0700

Have you ever wondered why you often find a coupon tucked insideyour cereal box, or get invited to a customer preview sale atyour favorite department store? Those companies know that theirexisting customers are the best - and most profitable -customers they'll ever have. So it's not surprising that they'lldo whatever they can to keep these customers happy and comingback again and again.Believe it or not, the same concept holds true for your artcareer. While you don't want to ignore potential customers,you'll find that when you pay a little more attention to thecustomers and collectors you already have, it will really payoff - in increased sales and profits for your art business. Thefollowing practical strategies will get you started. - Understand how and why your customers buy artPut yourself in your customers' shoes. What's in it for themwhen they purchase your art? Maybe they feel great about owninga piece of original artwork. Or they're happy to support anemergi...

The Importance of Travel for A Writer

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:55:07 -0700

Copyright Black Butterfly PressDr. Maxine Thompsonhttp:www.maxinethompson.com http:www.maxineshow.com'Don't go into the city alone,' the blonde tourist warned me atthe port of Belize. 'They will cut off your arm for yourjewelry.' This was in October , when I went on a Caribbean cruisewhich, among other islands, stopped in the country of Belize. AsI have a friend whom I'll call Natalia who grew up in Belize,this made me curious as to how the people actually lived. Instead of jumping on a tour bus, I decided to get out of mycomfort zone and go off the beaten path. I found a group of menstanding outside the gates of the port, clamoring for customersto get into their cabs. Finally I chose the mostfriendly-looking man and climbed into a taxi, which was actuallya jitney. On this hour-long ride around the island, I, not onlyfelt deliciously alive, I saw Belize through Natalia's eyes. My driver, Raoul as I'll call him, assured me that the peoplewould treat me k...

Carolingian Art

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:04:26 -0700

HistoryIvory plaque, probably from a book cover, Reims late th century, with two scenes from the life of Saint Remy and the Baptism of ClovisHaving established an Empire as large as the Byzantine Empire of the day, and rivalling in size the old Western Roman Empire, the Carolingian court must have been conscious that they lacked an artistic style to match these or even the post-antique or "sub-antique" as Ernst Kitzinger called it art still being produced in small quantities in Rome and a few other centres in Italy, which Charlemagne knew from his campaigns, and where he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome in .As symbolic representative of Rome he sought the renovatio revival of Roman culture and learning in the West, and needed an art capable of telling stories and representing figures with an effectiveness which ornamental Germanic Migration period art could not. He wished to establish himself as the heir to the great rulers of the past, to emulate and sy...

Inventory Tracking: It Can Make You or Break You

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:03:56 -0700

Keeping track of your inventory is vital for success at fairs and festivals, no matter what you're selling. Successful vendors of hot dogs, paintings, clothes, jewelry, soup, and anything else you can think of must properly track their inventory. Can you imagine having to shut down at a festival early because you didn't have enough product to keep selling? This would be a good day only if you had three times more customers than normal! One of the best places to start is, well, by making an inventory. No matter what it is you're selling, you need to have an inventory of everything that you use at fairs and festivals. This includes not only the products you're actually selling but also things like bags, plates, napkins, condiments, boxes, and hand-written receipt books. One of the best ways to track and keep your inventory is probably to put your current inventory into an electronic spreadsheet format and to update it after every day of every show. Keeping an individual spreadsheet, whic...

Fix Access Errors with Ease

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:06:29 -0700

If you are a frequent user of MS Access software, it can be guaranteed that you will come across a variety of problems in your usage. Out of the many glitches, errors and crashes that MS Access makes you go through, database corruptions are considered to be the worst issues. Not only would a database corruption render your whole application useless, it would also jeopardize your labor by making the data inaccessible. Are you frequently bugged by database corruptions? As database corruptions are an indication of erroneous MS Access, you need to look at methods to fix access errors.Yes, database corruption is an indication of Access errors but performing efficient error repair requires a user to pinpoint the exact type of Access error. From an outdated MS Access installation to some missing files, anything can be categorized as an Access error. Some of the common causes of database corruption:...