Every artist or creative professional should be using some form of public relations to build their business and personal brand. It takes more than just having a website or online gallery to get more people experiencing your art and ultimately buying from you. One of the most effective ways you can drive traffic to your website or online gallery is by using public relations to tell the world about you and your art!
According to the Wikipedia article,” Public relations (PR) is a field concerned with maintaining public image for businesses, non-profit organizations or high-profile people, such as celebrities and politicians.” Don’t worry you don’t have to be a celebrity to put public relations to work for you!
Public relations is not advertising! With advertising you craft you message and you pay have it appear in some media venue such as a magazine or television station on the day and time you choose. With public relations you craft a message that is interesting and newsworthy then work with the media to get it published.
The world is hungry for news and to know what is happening. Although some media venues have been shrinking such as newspapers and magazines they have been replaced by a multitude of cable television channels, internet radio shows, online publications, newsletters, social media, journals and blogs. The world is hungry to hear what is new – it might as well be YOU that is new in the world!