119: Forget You Facebook with Gwenn Seemel

with host artist Miriam Schulman

Today, we’re talking all about why you don’t need social media to make a thriving career as an artist.


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In this podcast, you will discover…

How to successfully sell your art using the power and ownership of an email list, rather than social media.

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About Gwenn

Since 2003, Gwenn Seemel has made her living as an independent artist. Her work focuses on questions of identity and belonging, often expressed through portraiture, and it has been featured on Hyperallergic, Boing Boing, Newsweek, and Bust. Gwenn speaks regularly about creativity and culture, both locally and internationally–most notably at TEDxGeneva. Born in Saudi Arabia in 1981, Gwenn has lived most of her life in France and the US. She claims Portland, Oregon as her hometown, and she currently lives on Long Beach Island in New Jersey.

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About the host, Miriam Schulman

Miriam Schulman is an artist business coach, working artist, and author of Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity, published by HarperCollins Leadership. After building her own multiple-six-figure art business, Miriam created The Inspiration Place, a podcast ranked among the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide by Listen Notes. Through her coaching programs, podcast, and book, she has helped thousands of visual artists strengthen their marketing, attract collectors, and build sustainable art businesses.

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Listener shout out of the week!

“Amazing insight, like she was looking into my life and reading my mind. The feelings I’ve been having, the reluctance to finish a commission, spinning my wheels and not moving forward, she addresses all of it. Thank you for a “spot on” uplifting chat from one weirdo to another!”

~Linda Doucette, @lindadoucette59

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Welcome!

Art business coach Miriam Schulman

I’m Miriam Schulman, your curator of inspiration.

I inspire art-lovers to reconnect with their creativity and profit from their art. Whether you paint simply for the joy of it or you’re serious about selling your work, and you’re ready to stop putting yourself on the back burner...You're in the right place. I've done it and I can inspire YOU how to do it too.

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