Friday 22 February 2008

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Friday 15 February 2008

Wow, what a week, havent stopped! For the first time i sent a canvas to a guy from Italy (great choice Francesco) and another 2 to the US (New York and Texas this time).Loads of sales in the UK to, and have been working on new Banksy pics all week. Its very time comsuming and tiring but well worth it, because we now have a new range of 20 Banksy canvas prints!
Check these out!

NEW: Single edition and Limited Edition canvas

Single Edition art from SmartModernArt.com. Get them while you can.

"Matt Bellamy" Limited Edition of 20

Only been listed 10 days, 2 already gone!
UPDATE Feb 22nd 6 sold now, only 14 more to go. Get it while you can

Sunday 10 February 2008

Ok, i know i said this blog would be done at least once a week and its been 2 weeks since my last post but ive been really busy and totally forgot about it until a lovely lass remined me the other night. So here goes! Over the last month ive noticed a steadily increasing amount of traffic to my site. This is great news and buissness has grown because of it, however, there has also been a substantial increase in the amount of spam emails i get. I wouldnt mind if these were of any interest to me, but there usually full of completly irrelevant crap that would be of no benefit to either me or my buisness, so whats the point. I mean, who are these people that spend there days sending spam emails. Have you not got anything better to do!! Get a life man! Dont get me wrong its not a massive problem or anything, more of an inconvenience i could do without. Also, in the last month ive averaged between 3-4 phone calls a week to, from companys offering the latest "Search Engine Optimization" service or "Buisness Directory Listing". Its only after theve kept me on the phone for 10 minutes, that they mention its going to cost a small fortune! I know that this has only happened because my site is steadily climbing the rankings, which im delighted about, but whenever i receive an email or a phone call i think, great it could be a sale or a customer enquiry, and i feel really disapointed when its just some muppet touting for buisness. This issue never crossed my mind at all when i was designing the site, but we all live and learn. Anyway, cant sit about here all day moaning (ha) Theres work to be done. Stay happy people.

Friday 25 January 2008

So why did i start this website? It was an idea i had a almost three years ago now but, at the time, i could never fully dedicate myself to it. So just over six months ago i left the security of my full time job (kinda had to really) and went for it! Im pleased to say its going well so far. The website looks good, the product range is steadily increasing and i have had alot of satisfied customers. I have a real passion for this work to and love being my own boss, even though that usually means working a frankly ridiculous amount of hours, I dont mind especially when i get emails or phone calls from customers telling me how much they love there art work.

Thursday 24 January 2008

Well helloooo its about time i got around to doing this really. Ok i guess i should introduce myself. My name is Robert Henderson I am 27 years old and run a retail art website called Smartmodernart.com which specialise in producing quality and contemporary canvas art from a wide range of styles and subjects.
This is where i will be keeping a weekly journal of my experiences of running this site. Including latest news, new releases and my own personal thoughts and feelings about the everyday running of the site. Upcoming blog entries will include interesting and informative chat regarding the pleasure and job satisfaction i get from doing this and of course any problems and frustrations that arise.
This blog will be added to at least once per week (im aiming for twice a week but lets just see how it goes) So stay tuned for the latest news from me at Smartmodernart.com. More to follow. Bye.