Here, Where Art and Advertising Now Meet

For many months, people have been asking when are we going to start “monetizing” the Art Bridge, that is, to start making money from the project. We have toyed with a variety of ideas but we feel that we have now come up with a program that truly provides our potential advertisers, here in Los Gatos, with quality exposure that they can afford while maintaining our standards of attractiveness and artful presentation. We strive to avoid the hype and “hard sell” techniques so commonly used in advertising campaigns as our primary concern is for artists making art, not using art to sell business. We feel confident that, by now, the artists in town know we put them first and foremost in our decision-making.

To explore the new advertising program, click on the burgundy icon to the right, the bug with “Businesses Page” printed on it, no matter where you go on the blog, the bug will be with you.  The Los Gatos Art Bridge has taken a step up.

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To bring the Art Bridge to this stage of development would have been impossible had it not been for the help, committment and support of a number of my friends who have stuck with me from some very meager beginnings. However, at this point in time, when I feel that the building of this site is pretty much complete, I have to single out one very special guy who supplied the expertise necessary to attain the level of professionalism and quality which we are now so proud to show off.

Just before last Christmas, I was in a coffee shop complaining about my frustration with attaining the level of quality I wanted for the Art Bridge web site. A handsome know-it-all walked up to my table and told me he did web sites. I looked him up and down and thought to myself, “yeah, we all do web sites,” then he said “for National Geographics.” Oh my God, I humbled myself before him, he did know it all! Anyone in the graphics business knows that, be it printing, photography, map making, illustration or verbage, National Geographics is always and steadfastly at the apex. Nothing tops it.

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