10/15/2026
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Huge thanks to Zach Miller and the editorial team at Artist Weekly for featuring my playbook on ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ "๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ค" ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ. โฃ
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For years, makers have been told the only two roads to sales are paying 50% gallery commissions or freezing behind a 10x10 folding table at an outdoor craft fair. โฃ
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As Zach highlighted in the feature:โฃ
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โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.โ โฃ
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When you transition to a curated direct-to-consumer pop-up, you stop competing for scraps of attention: โฃ
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โข ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ: Venue selection isn't just a rental choice - it's a demographic strategy based on foot traffic, neighborhood spend, and who your buyers actually are. โฃ
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐: Bringing your easel or wheel front and center creates a "living studio" that breaks the cold silence of static walls and pulls people into effortless conversation. โฃ
โข ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐: "๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข." Micro-events like evening launch parties, happy hours, and morning coffee meetups give people a real reason to show up. โฃ
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If you are tired of renting someone else's crowd, check out Zach's full write-up on how we help creators take back control of their margins, audience data, and brand. โฃ
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๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://artistweekly.com/robert-kraus-on-why-artists-should-stop-renting-booths-and-start-building-their-own-pop-ups/โฃ
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