The Number 1 Thing Artists Leave Off Their Websites That Hurts Them The Most

Here are some helpful links.

See the entire original post here for the most support. 

This video will help most WordPress users get the drift of how to set up the widget to create a sign-up form. Setting up this widget will only take 15 minutes.

Congratulate yourself after you do it. 

Now do one more thing.  Set up an account with a free email service provider like MailChimp.

You want to do this so you can nab that necessary bit of custom code you'll need to paste into that WordPress subscribe form widget you just set up.

Learn how to wed your MailChimp account to your WordPress widget here.

Congratulate yourself even more profusely after this step. 

 Get yourself some roses or something.

Because you just did something huge for your art business.

Oh God, Do I Have to Add MailChimp?

Unlike Gmail, MailChimp will gift your readers with an easy way to update their preferences or to unsubscribe altogether.

You want to give people that option, right?

It's the polite thing to do, and it keeps you safe from GDPR compliance troubles.

Plus, once you master MailChimp, you'll swell up with pride.

You could go with other email marketing software providers like Constant Contact or ConvertKit(but they start at around $29 to $49 a month), while MailChimp is free to begin.

And as of this writing, Mailchimp stays free until you have over 499 people on your list.

Want extra credit?

Put an afternoon's effort into learning how to make the most out of MailChimp, and you'll be giving your art business strong roots to grow from.

2. How To Create Your Weebly Email Sign-Up Form

Weebly's mailing list setup could be the easiest of the bunch.

We are talking 5 minutes.

(I am a WordPress woman, but the intuitive setup for the Weebly box gave me momentary Weebly-envy.)

To learn how to add a MailChimp sign-up form to your Weebly site, go here.

3. How To Pop In Your Wix Subscribe Form

Check out this page and video to learn how to place a "Get Subscribers" form on your Wix site and add a snazzy "pop-up" sign-up form to boot. I bet you can do both in about 30 minutes.

If you want to integrate MailChimp into your Wix sign-up setup, check out this video for extra help.

But if you do nothing else here today, put a darn sign-up box on your Facebook page. Oh, and while you're helping yourself attract your ideal audience,  discover how to add a gorgeous email signature to the bottom of your email for free in this Charmed Studio post.

Okay, now on to taking the step that could make your mailing list soar, where others sink: adding a signup box on your social media.

How To Put A Sign-Up Form On Your Twitter or Facebook Page

Facebook helps many artists, but it's important to start a list that's yours for keeps.

The same goes for X.

You don't need me to tell you that Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk may have forgotten to put your well-being at the top of their to-do lists today.

The only simple way I found is to hook yourself up via MailChimp.

For Facebook, watch this straightforward instructional video here.

To share your Mailchimp subscribe form on X, read this.

If you haven't set up a MailChimp account, go here first for your account set-up tutorial, then head to the Facebook Signup Form instructions.

Done.

You are now a captain of industry!

Get yourself two bunches of tulips, one for your kitchen and one for your desk. 

My P.S. (For the Tech-Challenged Among Us)

If you are not interested or able to install a subscribe form yourself, I still respect you.

You can easily and cheaply hire a smart, techy type on sites like Fiverr or Upworkto put one in for you pronto.

Got your subscribe form up, but it's not pulling in many folks?

Check out this post on Turn Your Art Website Into an Attraction Magnet (Without Social Media).

You'll discover how being yourself and changing the possibly current boring wording in your current subscription form can change everything.

(Here's my article on 4 great benefits of a small list.)

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And when you get scared about writing and want to relax, remember what Anne Lamott says.

"100 years, all new people."

You can do this. 

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