I hear it all the time (and I do understand it) -- no time to work on that website, chase folks on Facebook, do email marketing, link to the shows, etc. However, if you are putting all of your eggs in the art fair basket I believe you need to do these things.
Art fairs don't always provide immediate income and yet it seems that website, blogging, Facebook promoting, emailing doesn't seem to be doing anything for you, you're not getting that payback either.
I'm here to say, so what? What if you don't do these things?
Anyway, I just read this excellent article by author Eileen Goudge about why she didn't want to blog, she just wanted to write her books. She didn't want to promote herself, she just wanted to write her books. Sound familiar.
As times changed (not only in Art Fair World) but very seriously in the publishing world she confronted the reality of jumping in. I'm including the link here because I think it parallels the artist's life well: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2014/08/15/5-tips-from-a-bestselling-author-and-former-luddite-on-overcoming-blog-phobia/
If you've got time, do read it, and get back to me here.
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Good to know, Rich. I do believe in hanging in there, trying new things, doing it over and over, being present, being persistent. Though I'm not doing shows every day I know my websites would not have grown if I hadn't sat here day in and day out and kept learning new things and just keeping at it.
I know that author, Eileen Goudge, so it is always interesting to hear about this topic from someone else. The feels is SO universal and we do get tired.