New Marketting Jumps!!!

In making attempts to further market myself I have recently joined two sites that specialize in the Childrens Market.



ChildrensIllustrators.com has a particularly good record it seems for recouping your investment back to you. Mnay good agencies and artists listed on this site. I think that may be how I gauge which ones to continue subscribing to after the subscription runs out.



Childrens Book Artists only costs 25$ and is a one page feature with a link to your website. The subscription is for 5 years, so it costs 5 bucks a year! Well worth the investment. I suggest many jump on and sign up. Piggybacking on the website name and frequency that it shows up in Google searches. Any advertising is good advertising!!

I know there's a lot of curiosity about how well these types of thing work. So I'll keep everyone posted in regards to that. These two are the most affordable and a good initial investment. I'll post numbers at the end of the subscription as to which recouped their costs. One year from now for both.

Can anyone else give any input to the effectiveness of either of these sites? Or what marketing you've done that works best in conjuncture with them?

JUMP!!!!!!!!!!

Is that what I'm gonna need to do someday!!!!!??? Oh man!!! Where's my guitar? Oh Yeah I don't have one! LOL! I better start studying live storytelling, I plan on doing stuff like this someday! (Pray for the children now my friends!!)

I guess I'll have to get over my stage fright huh? This looks fun but makes my stomach do buggy things! Give me strength!

Still awesome though!!!!

Children's Rep Article

Great article by Jennifer Zivoin about getting a Rep within the Children's Market!!!

http://jzartworksblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/bit-about-representation.html

See, I Can Read Too!

Another Image from See, I Can Read Too!! Enjoy!!

IF: Star Gazing

Oh to live among the stars above!!! Enjoy!

WriteOnCon

There's a free online writer's conference focused on picture books, middle grade, and YA at http://writeoncon.com.

I missed it this year and I am hoping that they will do this again next year. Their are links to a lot of the content on the site and I have links below to some of the Illustrator portions of the conference! Enjoy!

Wise Words from Maurice Sendak

Wise words from Mr. Sendak in regards to how an Illustrator should approach bringing out their story in a children's book. Maurice Sendak is royalty within the Children's Book and Illustration fields. He is best known for being the creator of the CLASSIC and timeless, Where the Wild Things Are! It just lets me know that I have a LONG way to go! I'll enjoy getting there!

This interview was taken from a documentary on him titled, “There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak: A Retrospective in Words and Pictures” produced by the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. The DVD explores the masterful storytellers extraordinary career through his own words as the author talks about his favorite characters and the many influences and settings of his richest stories. Get the DVD at www.rosenbach.org!



Thanks to How To Be A Childrens Book Illustrator for the blog post!