The Artful Blogger Journal

Stampington and Company, a publishing company targetting the arts world, has released a blogging journal specifically for the arts and crafts market.  It is called Artful Blogging and it targets artists interested in blogging as a way to reach their audiences.  I think it also would make a nice coffee table book. 

Basically they are saying that the Internet in general and blogs in particular have become marketing and CRM tools for artists. Quote from their website:

"Innovations in technology provide new and exciting platforms for artists and writers to share their creative work with the world. The Internet has come alive with the voices of artists who let us into their studios and into their lives by keeping online journals, galleries and blogs."

This is another sign of growth in the arts and crafts industry.  I recently posted on the size of the quilting market ($4 billion in the US), and it is my least read post of all time.  Despite that, we will continue to research and cover the arts and crafts industry - hey, the craft industry is clearly growing, there are a lot of people making a living doing this stuff, and almost all of them are small business people:).  Besides, I like crafts - including quilts. 

I saw this on the Craft Boom blog.