For artists, the great problem to solve is how to get oneself noticed.

• In order to be found, you have to be findable.
• You should consistently post bits and pieces of your work, your ideas and what you're learning online.
• By generously sharing your ideas and your knowledge, you often gain an audience that you can then leverage when you need it - for fellowship, feedback or patronage.
• What you have to contribute, the ideas you share, the quality of the connections you make and the conversations you start are worthier than how smart or talented you are.
• Stop asking what others can do for you and start asking what you can do for others.
• To contribute something is better than contribute nothing.
• Raw enthusiasm is contagious.
• Start taking note of what people are NOT sharing and find a why to share it.
• Share what you love and the people who love the same thing will find you.
• Human beings are interested in other human beings and what other human beings do.
• They long to be creative and part of the creative process.
• In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen - really seen.
• Overnight success is a myth.
• Work while the world is sleeping and share it while the world is at work.
• Attribution is all about providing context for what you're sharing, what the work is, who made it, how they made it, when and where it was made and why you're sharing it, why people should care about and where people can see some more work like it. Attribution is about putting little museum labels nest to the stuff you share.
• Words matter. Our work doesn't speak for itself. Human beings want to know where things came from, how they were made and who made them. The stories you tell about the work you do have a huge effect on how people feel and what they understand about your work and how people feel and what they understand about your work effects how they value it.
• Pixar Storytelling: Once upon a time, there was__. Every day, __. One day, __. Because of that, __. Because of that, __. Until finally, __.
• There's the initial problem, the work done to solve the problem and the solution.
• A good pitch is set up in three acts:
• The first act is the past
• The second act is the present
• The third act is the future
• When people realize they're being listened to, they tell you things.
• If you want fans, you have to be a fan first.

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