Advice please?

That is a good question I did not design the site but am being asked to help monetize and market it so yes good point.



HI Dave the website is not him he is actually not a web designer more graphic designer cartoonist etc.

But yes for people needing graphics I think that could really help.

In what way ?

It is a blog but i think they are trying to make it perform a Dual purpose as a website and blog. Thanks my Dad loves comments.

It is definately so I must let him know plus i wont take a cut of his $4.

That is a great idea... I want soemthing that he can do once and sell many copies of. Tutorila will be one.

Okay but only if you give me a cut of your cut of my cut fot getting you a cut for your advice if your advice gets me a cut (now say that 10 times quickly)

I was thinking of warriors for hire but I was worried that he did not communicate well enough and keep is clients updated constantly .... Is it okay if I listed on Warriors for hire for him with full disclosure that I was just managing the work for him to insure the best customer service also giving his personal contact details (basically an agent)? Even if I was not doing the actual work I really think he could give Warriors great quality I am just worried about his turn around time etc if he was not managed and I want warriors to have the best experience.

Thank You great Idea my father already has a facebook page but we are not utilising it fullly obviously.

I will look for that thread

Hi Cathy,

I'm still reading through the blog/site so I'm sure more things will come to mind - I was reading the post about "ZBrush" and "Mudbox", which, initially, meant absolutely nothing to me...however after a little research I note that the term ZBrush gets about 135,000 exact searches a month according to Google's keyword tool and I came across this on Amazon

Amazon.com: zbrush

so perhaps your father-in-law could write tutorials based around "ZBrush" while linking to amazon products as an affiliate, or even write product reviews.

As there appears to be plenty of books on Amazon pertaining to "ZBrush" and there is also plenty of interest in this topic (135K monthly searches), he could even make his own product. If he is unsure about what kind of product he can produce, simply purchase a book or 2 from Amazon to get an idea of what sort of content and information they contain.

I also found there were plenty of foums based around the subject of "Zbrush". Simply type "ZBrush + forum" into a google search. It may be a good idea to read up on a few threads at these forums to see what people are interested in, and exactly what they are talking about. And I'm sure he can have a link to his site within his profile and maybe even in a signature, thus giving him more exposure...and backlinks!

Cheers
Partha

Yes thank you I read it such a great Idea, we are definately not using his current facebook page nearly well enough.

I wouldn't see any harm in offering out a service here on the forum where one of your highly talented artists would fulfill the grunt work while you manage the sales end. In other words if you set everything up to offer out the service, consider your father-in-law an artist on your team and then make sure things get delivered to who they need to etc etc.

There was a certain group of artists which were on here with a warriors for hire service producing logos that I came across and they did quite well from what I could tell. Would be perfect for your father in law and with his obvious tremendous talent he could probably knock out five to ten a day.

IMO fiverr is not associated with the realm of talent this artist fits into, $5 is a slap in his face for even putting his pencil to paper sorry to say. Some of those graphic art pieces are fantastic and high quality, his use of light sources and highlights are very good as well as the simple aspect of proportion. Some artists have it and some artists don't, your father in law has it and is very good.

A $30 per logo and price growth per size of the finished result would be a good starting point for the service IMO. Don't be leery of getting out there and making things happen, your a woman make him get them done, stick to your deadlines and in no time his name will be well known for quality art all over the web with you managing in the background and building on the existing site to provide his services and rates.

There are many many areas to join in on the discussions and get the word out. The twitter idea above is a good one and people love to go on sites like his just to look through the gallery. Made no money with the site because I don't see anything to buy, change that even if you just get some old sketches he has (which I know he probably has hundreds) and offer 'em up in a frame. Never know what people might buy and in a few years time with some exposure he could be on a famous publication making that sketch worth some money.

Tons of options out there and I think a good start would be to offer up his amazing talent right here on the warrior forum with logos, graphics, ebook covers etc.

Hi Cathy,

In some ways lists work better for offline businesses such as your dad's (although his could be a bit of both) than online businesses. This could be a good opportunity to learn because the list is not a vital part of the business but an add on that could add value.

There are thousands of people running lists. Just assume that you are brighter than at least half of them so you can do it.

Good luck.

Clive