Concerning the Art Fair

[dreamingfifi]

I just got some information for us!

We've been put in booth #57.

Set-up is from 6-9AM Thursday morning.

We've been giving a parking pass for the loading dock, if anyone needs it, let me know! (The loading dock is open from 6-8:30 AM.)

The Art Fair runs from 9AM to 6PM, and it is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

We need at least two people at our booth at all times! Please Sign up for a time!

[alywolfsong]

So what did you guys think? are there any craters that might be interested for the next show?

Excluding the drama of Saturday, did everyone have a good time?

Alice

[dreamingfifi]

I had fun. It was an interesting study on marketing. I think we learned a lot about selling strategy. <copy-paste rant from Anime Club Forum>

• Artists shall sign up before hand, and there will be no last minute entries. That way we will have price sheets made up in advance, and we can put more thought into our displays.
  
• What sells art isn't its beauty, but how it is displayed. We'll make actual displays for our art next time.
  
• Get the cheapest prints made possible. (Fivor was totally swindled when we got our prints done at Kinko's.) Cheap prints mean cheaper prices for the customers.
  
• Don't just sell prints. Sell things that people can use. The large frame-able prints hardly sold at all because all you can do with them is stick them on your wall. Postcards, cards, stickers, bookmarks, stationary, fancy notebooks, fake tattoos... anything we can stick our art on that will give them an excuse to buy it. Otherwise they will feel frivolous and silly.
  
• Sell with deals... the more they buy the more they save... will get much more art sold.
  
• Table attendants should be eyecatching. May I suggest everyone wears Kimono or some sort of flashy cosplay? At the least we'll get more attention. Let's also not be preoccupied with our fingers. I think we drove people away with our aloof focus on folding paper cranes.
  
• Let's rehearse what we're going to say to our customers before hand. Emka pointed out to me that the way we refer to our merchandise will change how the customer looks on it. If we use artist-babble, they'll get confused and wander away. Referring to things by their function rather than technical name will kill two birds: give them an excuse to have it and be comprehensible for the general public.
  

Well, that is what I think.

Et toi? Qu'est que tu penses?