As an artist, it is important to try to reach as many potential customers as possible. Your online presence must extend as far as possible in order to be successful. Consider that for every hundred or so people who see your products in a search result, on a marketplace, or in their social media feed …
Fueling the Fire for a Second Season
As many of you may know last year we, along with our friends David and Renee of It’s David and Renee, started a podcast called Pyro Toasty Talks. We are now in the process of recording the second season which is scheduled to deliver on March 5 with all new tips on pyrography, art, wood, …
How to Find the Perfect Market for Selling Your Art
Discover the best strategies for finding the right market to sell your handmade art. Learn how to identify your target audience, choose the right platforms, and grow your art business.
Creative Cloud Week 2 – Premier Pro
This post is part of a series on our experience learning some of the Adobe Creative Cloud Products. If you are interested in reading from the beginning please start with Mastering Adobe Creative Cloud. OK, so I am going to admit, before last week I had never used Premier Pro. Most of my video editing …
Whats Ahead in 2025
We here at BZ FurFur hope you all had a happy new year. 2025 is shaping up to be exciting for us at BZ FurFur with lots of new topics for the blog. If you have been following along with our Podcast, www.pyrotoastytalks.com, we’ve got season two in the works. These first few months we’ll …
Creative Cloud Week 1 – Photoshop
Brian here again. As promised I am back after my first week taking a look at the latest Adobe Photoshop that comes with Creative Cloud. As mentioned in last week’s blog post: I haven’t used Photoshop in over 10 years opting for the free alternative, Gimp, as my primary tool for Image Manipulation. Now, granted, …
Mastering Adobe Creative Cloud
Howdy. Brian here this week. Last week Adobe was having a Cyber Monday deal on their Creative Cloud bundle offering it at half off for an annual subscription. We’ve been hesitant about subscribing to Creative Cloud because it is costly. We figured, however, it’s an investment in the business and there are a number of …
Thankful 2024
Being that this week is Thanksgiving I think it is apropos to use the blog to reflect on some of the things we are thankful for. Brian: I am thankful for opportunities. This year has been a year of new possibilities: possibilities for the business, for my family, for my job, and for my education. …
How to Find Your Niche in the World of Art and Pyrography
As a new artist trying to sell your work, it can be tough to match what you make with what people want to buy. You will get a lot of unsolicited advice from people as you go to different markets, socialize with people, and post online. You may ask yourself “How do I make a …
Building a Flexible Art Business: 4 Key Strategies for Success
Adaptability is one of the keys to running a successful business. Often times when we start a business we have a clear idea of what that business should be. After months of creating and you aren’t seeing your product move you may start to feel defeated. Sometimes, however, it is just that you are missing …