Art Life Collective breaks the 400 barrier

Art Life Collective continues going strong. We now have more than 400 designs on the site and, at least at last count, 94 custom t-shirt designers on the site.

All and all, things continue to move along well. We have also seen an increase in sales, especially for those of you who are out there promoting your shirts, both online and in public. The online resources seem to be our best outlet for getting designs sold. We have been randomly promoting different designs in different markets to see what works best. So far, hitting classifieds in big cities plus artists posting in places where their specific work will be well received works best.

Also, Art Life Collective contributors need to continue to mention their work in places such as their blogs and Myspace and similar places. I have also found some forums where you are talking about your work. We are doing what we can to promote the site, but all of our artists need to do the same. The more attention you draw to your work the more it will sell. Also, if you have posted links on our site to your other work, any attention you bring to your page on ALC will also direct traffic to your other work. It's a win-win for everyone.

As for the site, as everyone has noticed, we have the first part of the on-site search engine up and running and it appears to be working without problems. We are now putting together coding to search artwork by title, keywords, etc. When we get that part up and going, our artists will need to add descriptive key words to each piece so it will show up in the search window.

The Art Life Collective forum is also turning out to be a big success. Thanks to everyone who is taking part. We especially appreciate the feedback we are getting about the site and the business, especially with regards to what color shirts you want added to the list of options for our customers and features we need to ad to the site.

Keep up the good work.