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Originally Posted by Joan Breckwoldt
Linda, I'm curious about the things you do to advance your commissions. What other things do you do? Gosh, I wish I had an idea about how to make that stuff more fun.
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When I have anything to do that isn't really much fun, I set a timer for, oh, 30 minutes (or whatever) and then I do the task until the timer rings. This is probably a sign of compulsive neurosis of some sort or another.
I have a shelf of black notebooks labelled with titles like "Potiential Clients" and "Marketing Ideas". I like things on looseleaf paper so I can rearrange my notes physically. Whenever people seem more than mildly interested in having a portrait painted I get their name and put it in my "Potential Clients" book. I follow up with either a letter, notice of price hike, or (rarely) a phone call.
Following up is very important.
Similarily, when I get a brilliant marketing idea, I put it on a piece of paper and put it in my Marketing book.
I have all sorts of books to arrange my ideas. I'm sure many of you have mangaged to put all this on your computers but so far I haven't done this.