Artists aren’t generally known as being very business savvy. Most would rather be making art than promoting. But the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive, asserts this San Francisco entrepreneur, artist and blogger.

Ann Rea runs an excellent resource for artists, musicians and other creatives called ArtistsWhoThrive.com. Her mission is to help artists find creative freedom through business savvy – a mission we absolutely adore.

The mistake most artists make that I’m about to share is something deceptively simple, and yet it’s extremely valuable. Are you ready? Here it comes.

Most artists have no email signup box or signup link for people to add themselves to the list automatically. This prevents the artist from multiplying themselves and the list from replicating itself. For artists who want to make a living from their creative output this is an unacceptable and entirely preventable mistake. And this next thing is designed specifically to help artists avoid that mistake in a special way.

WORLD’S EASIEST EMAIL SIGNUP BOX AND LINK

Esubox is a dead simple list building tool designed by my co-founder Matt and I to address the needs of artists and creatives like you who want an email signup box and signup link to post and share everywhere so you can capture emails at every opportunity. That way, you can multiply yourself, and your list can replicate itself.

POWERFUL AND EFFICIENT PROMOTIONAL PLATFORM

Eventually you’ll end up with a powerful and efficient promotional platform that you own outright. Sending to it will be at nearly zero cost with a nice return, and you can send when you want. What more could an artist, creative or entrepreneur ask for? Find out in the next post.