How Can I Use My Friends Talents To Get Rich

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I have a friend who is an artist...

The best Artist I have ever seen draw. This guy is super talented but is (to me) wasting his talent as a tattoo artist.

For Me, I am an avid Internet Marketer who loves to make money online.

I was just thinking that If me and him partnered up we could kill it online. I am thinking maybe do t-shirts and such with his art and my marketing skills.

What would you suggest we do as far as combining our talents?

I could make a website sell his art?
I could use his art and sell clothing?
I could sell his art selling graphics to IM'ers?

Would love to know what I should do. Your thoughts
#main internet marketing discussion forum #artist #friends #money #rich #talents
  • Find a way to make his talents help people
  • If being a tattoo artist is his true passion then there's no stopping him. He can eventually open up his own shop. If he says yes to starting a biz online, then he can do this part time still while it's still building up. Starting a clothing line and designing logos for big companies should work out and could be a big money maker if done right. I suggest you guys have a site, shoot some videos of him drawing or sketching and post it on youtube (those vids get tons of hits) and direct the traffic to a blog with some shirts they can buy or whatever. That should actually work out if you guys put effort into it.
  • Encourage him to do something which can show his talent through people.Hope for the best.
  • The easiest and quickest way: setup a business to do graphics for webmasters.

    You have almost 300 posts here. That alone will drive some starting traffic to the business, and then reinvest some of those profits into further forum advertising in webmaster communities.
  • Graphics for webmasters would be a great opportunity if your friend is interested. I'd start gathering samples of his work and as importantly, testimonials from his clients. And get an honest sense from him what fields interest him most as that will help you formulate a business plan moving forward.
  • Showcase him on youtube - I know people got rich just showcasing themselves (in a video).
  • I have to ask... What "Marketing Skills"?

    The reason I ask is... IF you had Marketing Skills, you wouldn't need your friend to "Kill it online". Instead, you would look at your situation differently, and think "How can I help my friend turn their hobby into a business that they can be proud of?"
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    • The 'obvious' answer seems to be to design T-shirts on Teespring and then sell them through Facebook advertising.
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    • I'm looking at bringing his art skills into the IM realm. I am doing it without him, but when I see his art I think of how much he could be doing online. I know I can outsource and get artist to do what I need online, but his is ultra talented.

      Thanks for your suggestion.
  • Banned
    good point actually.

  • 1. Have him teach "how to draw" in a membership site - drip fed content over a fixed period

    2. Start a Google HelpOut for Tattoo artists

    3. Do a Learn Tattooing or Learn to Draw Udemy Course

    There are 3 off the top of my head
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  • Everyone has unique talent but the way they express it what very impartant, once the chance they get they will shine in their life
  • You can be the "middle-man" hehehehe And find online and offline customers who need a new logo, a new corporate image, a design for a product ...


    What do not I recommend is that you use fiver for $ 5 sure your friend needs more than 1/2 hour draw something decent and only earn $ 4 net to distribute between your friend and your.

    Hope it helps

    (Also you can open your own graph company posting here on WF clasified ads or use sites as oDesk etc...)
  • Your friend have got talent, yes that's great but you also need to have talent to tap into other people's talent just like I have got talent to detect foreseeable flaws.

    If you are really good in marketing like you said you don't need to start this thread in the first place. By now you should know exactly where to go to find out if there is viable market for tattooing, graphics and hit the start button.

    Happy day..
  • try freelancer.com
  • Yes! Build a site to sell his products, but list his stuff on Etsy first...it's the easiest little search engine to manipulate! I've had such huge success doing some SEO to my listings, cross linking, etc...and boom! Then, you can build a list of clients and continue to market to them! All the best!
  • I think you guys can create some info product,
    video or pdf material that teaches people who
    to make tattoos themselves. You can set up a
    membership site.
  • Hi,

    First of all, I think that'skind of selfish of you. Why don't you ask his opinion? Maybe he doesn't want anything to do with Internet Marketing or the Internet. What you like may not be what he likes.

    Good luck with your venture. Let us know if he thinks it's a good idea. :-)
    Geri Richmond
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