Recently, I’ve had to cut my book buying from a few new ones a month to just a few a year. Then I came across a new web site called www.paperbackswap.com—and it’s great. Basically, you sign up and post books you are willing to send out. For each book you send out, you get a credit you can exchange for a book from another member. To start, if you list 10 books, you even get two “free credits.” Your only cost is the postage for the book you send out (so don’t list the Oxford English Dictionary!) Read the rest of this entry »
Free artist portfolios! (You can finally delete your MySpace)
A sample portfolio. This Ansel Adams kid may have a future.
Hey Basquiats! Listen up! You went to art school, you have your own studio, now what? How do you sell get your work out into the world for people so people can buy it and help you make a living doing art? 3rd Ward has an answer. Its sister company Artists Wanted just launched a website for artists to create free online portfolios (yes, we said FREE!). The site lets you to choose your own website address, personalize your portfolio and incorporate image galleries, sound, videos and Flash. You can also include feeds from your Facebook, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Twitter, and Tumblr. Then your portfolio shows up in the Artists Wanted search engine and gets some SEO love in Google. So start selling that work!
Reader tip of the week: great book-swap site
Recently, I’ve had to cut my book buying from a few new ones a month to just a few a year. Then I came across a new web site called www.paperbackswap.com—and it’s great. Basically, you sign up and post books you are willing to send out. For each book you send out, you get a credit you can exchange for a book from another member. To start, if you list 10 books, you even get two “free credits.” Your only cost is the postage for the book you send out (so don’t list the Oxford English Dictionary!) Read the rest of this entry »
