The first real lecture

We had our first real lecture on Tuesday and it was alright. The speaker was Peter Hanley, who is the tech support manager. He focused the lecture around the internet and how we can use it to get our name out there. He stressed the importance of social networking and using sites like facebook, myspace and twitter to inform people of what you are doing as an artist. He also touched on the topic of selling our work. Sites like "lulu.com" and "etsy.com" are available to sell work and they are well known so you know people will see your work. I thought the lecture was informative for the most part but think he stressed the importance of selling online too much. Personally I think selling things to people in person is the best networking because you can interact with them in ways email will never let you do and build a relationship that will keep them coming back.