A Greek Warship, a Horse Named Sally, and the Mother's Day Sale You're About to Run

Mother's Day is 18 days out. At the end of the last episode, I promised you a refreshed anatomy of a properly run sale. This is that episode. Two things today: how a properly run sale actually works, and why omnichannel marketing is the whole game — today, 30 years ago, and 25 years from now. The rules are the rules. By the end, you'll have the playbook for Mother's Day and every sale you run for the rest of your life. In this episode: Why attention in 2026 is 15 tiny flashes, not one long read The Trireme: why coordinated oars beat more oars every time The 20+ marketing surfaces you already own (and the 3 you actually use) The Sale Equation: Incentive + Scarcity × Attention The 3-4 week calendar: warm-up, launch, reminders, 24-hour push, extend day, follow-up Why humor and memes charge the battery for the sale push The Mustang Sally walkthrough: one message, 8 coordinated channels The life-skill reframe: these rules work for bake sales, gallery openings, fundraisers — any promotion you'll ever run This week's Mother's Day homework: the 6 steps that start today The Omnichannel Campaign Prompt (copy into Art Helper, ChatGPT, or Claude): Act as my marketing strategist. I'm running [SALE TYPE] ending [DEADLINE] with [INCENTIVE]. I make [ART DESCRIPTION] for [AUDIENCE]. My voice is [VOICE]. My 4 hero pieces are [LIST]. Build me: (1) a day-by-day 3-week calendar with warm-up humor content, launch day, mid-sale reminders, 24-hour push, and extend day; (2) one 60-word core sale paragraph; (3) full asset set — 4 emails with subject lines, Instagram caption, IG carousel slides, IG Story frames, a Reel/TikTok script, Facebook post, SMS, and hello bar copy. Keep voice consistent across every asset. Put scarcity on every sale-phase asset. Warm-up content must be funny and human, not sales-y. Resources mentioned: Art Storefronts Art Helper ChatGPT Related episodes: Nothing New Under the Sun — The Rules That Actually Sell Art (Ep 10) The Algorithm Doesn't Care About Your Art. Let's Fix That. (Ep 8) The Coffee Shop Test: Why Your Social Media Is Failing (Ep 5) Spring Clean Your Art Business (Ep 9) The Nuts and Bolts of a Well Run Art Sale (#7) Things About Running a Sale Nobody Ever Told You (#45) This week's homework: pick your 4 hero pieces, write one 60-word sale paragraph, run the prompt above, build the 3-week calendar backward from Sunday May 10, and launch your warm-up memes this week — not next week. Happy selling.

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This episode was published on Apr 23, 2026.

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