CL046: Cory Huff on how to sell your art online

In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast Cory Huff talks about how to sell your art online. He is a Portland based digital strategist and owner of Abundant Artist, a business which helps talented artists to sell their art and also looks to dispel the starving artist myth. Cory does this by providing business coaching for artists as well as creating awesome online courses including Facebook Marketing for Artists and Selling Art on Instagram. In addition to his work as a digital strategist he is also an actor, storyteller, director and photographer so is very much in touch with the challenges facing today's creatives. Cory talks about his program original practice Shakespeare. He shares with us about how he started his craft on selling through his different college jobs experiences and his natural gift for talking to people. He also tells us about how he enjoys talking about himself and listening to what other people have to say about themselves. "I would start talking to as many people as I could and figure out how I can be valuable to them." - Cory Huff  Cory Huff on "how to sell your art online" Show Notes: How to sell your course online (7:24) The importance of narrative for selling art (10:50) Using Facebook Ads to sell your art (12:41) Mormon playwrights (21:42) When do you become a good artist (25:00) Mental illness and drug use (28:50)  Favorite Tools: Evernote Skitch Over Favorite Book: Drive by Daniel Pink The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield Favorite Record: Counterparts by Rush Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme