How to Integrate Social Media and Email Marketing – Jeffbullas’s Blog

September 2, 2013 by owfotografik 1 Comment

How to Integrate Social Media and Email Marketing – Jeffbullas’s Blog.

Written by Zsuzsa Szabo – 1 Comment
Categories: Email Marketing, Facebook Marketing, Social Media Marketing

The problem with social media is that you don’t own it. The shareholders of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram do.

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via How to Integrate Social Media and Email Marketing – Jeffbullas’s Blog.

Effective Email Marketing (daniweb.com)
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Why Social Media will Disappear

August 19, 2013 by owfotografik 2 Comments

Written by Jeff Bullas

Categories: Social Media, Traditional Marketing, Traditional media

In the 1960’s the “Madmen of Madison” Avenue were challenged as the age of television forever changed the advertising and marketing landscape.

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via http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/01/19/why-social-media-will-disappear/

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How to take a great hummingbird photograph. By Anne Rodkin

July 28, 2013 by owfotografik 0 Comments

RE: Hummingbird photos…. Posted by Anne Rodkin

A trick I learned in Costa Rica is to tape over all of the holes in a feeder, except one. Into that hole, place a nice flower (preferably something with a good size to it, like Hibiscus, or Trumpet Flower). Add some hummingbird nectar to the center of the flower. Stay seated quietly, but get everything composed and focused as you want it, and just wait until the bird(s) approach the flower, and start shooting. It’s helpful to use a shutter cable for this.

If you want to go a step further, you can place some colored backdrops if you have them, to avoid any sort of cluttered background. And a few well placed flash units don’t hurt either.

I think you’ll be amazed at the photos you will get, and they’ll always look natural.

I wish I had taken more shots of hummers in Costa Rica, because I’ve never seen one here where I live. There are several in my gallery area though if you want to see what I’m talking about. And yes, these were all at feeders.

You might find this article of interest. Greg gives tours throughout Central America, and also does some at his own home in Costa Rica.

http://www.deepgreenphotography.com/2010/10/documenting-my-front-yard-bird-photography-setups/

Editors note:
This image will work well on Facebook, Google + and Twitter. The landscape orientation of the photograph will look great.

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Taking the pulse of the planet: How Twitter erases geography

June 19, 2013 by owfotografik 0 Comments

By Mathew Ingram

Summary:
A study that looked at more than a billion tweets and the geographic connections between 71 million users across the globe shows how Twitter has changed the way we communicate and helped erase geographical barriers.

Twitter is a very interesting tool that connects us all in so many ways. We can have real time conversations in the blink of an eye with anyone around the world. We can converse on topics and find people with similar interests in a heartbeat. News has changed as a result and society is changing as well. Marketing is no different. What a great way to find people who are like minded and connect with them.

Read the full article here: http://gigaom.com/2013/06/18/taking-the-pulse-of-the-planet-how-twitter-erases-geography/

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Twitter Traffic: How to Double Your Traffic to Your Content

June 10, 2013 by owfotografik 0 Comments

Do you use Twitter for business?

Are you wondering how to use Twitter to increase traffic to your blog?

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Selling Art Online – Basic Exposure

June 4, 2013 by owfotografik 2 Comments

You must be on Twitter and Fine Art America.
In my opinion, these two sites are the most important selling and social media sites to be listed with. There are many other links on this website but these two are the most important. If you want to sell your art online and are just starting out, then click on these 3 links Fine Art America, Twitter and Hoot Suite, and set up basic accounts for FREE.
*In order to get the most out of Twitter I recommend using Hoot Suite.

Fine Art America (FAA) is the best place I have found to create a portfolio of your work and sell your work online. If you only have time to list in 1 place online this is the place to be.
“You can stop searching…you’ve found the world’s most powerful websites for photographers and visual artists.
With absolutely no programming experience required, you can create a professional artist website in minutes and immediately begin selling prints and greeting cards to a worldwide audience. Yes – really! Your website is built using the same technology that transformed FineArtAmerica.com into the world’s fastest growing art site and earned the devotion of tens of thousands of photographers and visual artists all over the world. The features that we provide are simply unbeatable… and so is our price! ”

Twitter: Twitter.com is the absolute best way to get in front of many people all the time. It is essential to use a program like Hoot Suite https://hootsuite.com/to automate your posts over time.
You will want to learn the program and set it to tweet for you during the day. The key with Twitter is to stay active.

If you want to take it one step further Pinterest is the next logical step. Very visual and a great resource.
Pinterest.com

Learn how these websites work and check back often for tips and tricks on getting the most out of your online presence.

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Automating Twitter – Follows and Replies

June 3, 2013 by owfotografik 0 Comments

Is there a way to set up an automated reply to people who follow you to thank them?

I seem to remember there was something, somewhere in my exploration these past few days but I can’t find it.

Just Unfollow : https://www.justunfollow.com

Posted by –Meghan at FireBonnet Designs

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Read Your Feeds

June 3, 2013 by owfotografik 1 Comment

Tip for Today:
Go visit your social media sites and look at your feeds. Are they solid FAA link posts or do you have other info in there as well.

Do you feel engaged by your content or are you bored by it. I was really surprised one day after posting a bunch of stuff, to go and read my Twitter feed, and be really turned off by it. Make sure you think about what you are sharing and the message you want to convey when you share online.

Inspirational quotes, photography/painting advice tips/tricks, what interests you personally that you would like to share with the world. What influences your artistic visions, What is your favorite color and why, showcase work in that color……

Social Media followers like to be engaged with you as a person and not just your work 🙂

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Auto Sharing Buttons on FAA

June 3, 2013 by owfotografik 0 Comments

When we use the buttons to share work, modify the text that is default. Any time we see the words sell or sale in these posts I think it puts people off a bit. They know we sell our work. Sharing our work is how I try to come across.
For example when you use the Facebook button it adds the “prints and posters for sale” into the box. I delete these words so that people want to click the link to look at the work not click it because they feel like they have to Buy. They are more likely to click.
On the Twitter button it says “I uploaded new artwork for sale”. I delete this line. use this many characters to say What a great green capture, or Daily find for Green art. etc. Then add tags at the end of the post that are #green #art #etc…
The less generic any of these postings look the more likely people will be engaged by them.

– Omaste Witkowski