Friday Archive Dive: What to Sell at a Con?

Today's Archive Dive comes from Aug. 12, 2009 when a reader asked what to bring to his first convention.

Q:Do you have any suggestions for someone attending their first convention? I'll be in Artist's Alley. What should I bring to sell?

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Google Analytics Tip: Tracking Outgoing Links

You've installed Google Analytics, and you know the basics of reading the stats. Now what?

Now, you start really using GA to its full power to do stuff like tracking link clicks. Knowing which links your readers are clicking can give you the feedback you need to fine-tune the site to the interests of your community.

Here's a step-by-step demonstration.

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Preserving Original Art

Passed along by observant subscriber, Dave Kellett, here's a few thoughts on preserving your original art from the perspective of a museum curator. You can read the entire article at the Ohio State University Cartoon Library & Museum. Here are some highlights:

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Pixlr review

Pixlr was brought to my attention by subscriber Trev Wood.  It's a free, online, image-editing application that duplicates much of the functionality of Adobe Photoshop. In fact, some are saying that it has the kind of functionality that might replace Photoshop in an iPad environment.

I gave the app a little test drive and found the following...

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Print vs. Web has nothing to do with Print. Or the Web.

I'd like to build on something Mr. Khoo spoke about in yesterday's post: The Print vs Web debate.

As publishers feel the squeeze tighten, these little Print vs Web debates are bound to get more and more fierce. And that's a shame, because Print vs Web doesn't have anything to do with either.

It's actually a debate between traditional, corporate publishing and independent self-publishing. Always has been, always will be.

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