Ok…I have been learning a lot in the last 2 weeks on FAA and Etsy and everywhere else….based on what I am seeing…I believe we will all encounter “promotion fatigue” soon if we do not do certain things to prevent it. What is “promotion fatigue”? It is when we promote the same people and/or images […]
Continue readingUnderstanding Google+
I came across an amazing site that is the support for understanding google+. Check it out. http://www.circlecount.com Posted by Debra Forand
Continue readingAutomating Social Media Posts
Ok, so I’ve found this pretty cool app, I just started with it but I can see already it has potential, for me anyway. Basically it allows you to pre-schedule all your social media posts, so you can spread them out but do them all at once during each day and then schedule them accordingly. […]
Continue readingShorten Links
Get frustrated because you run out of space to say what you want on Twitter? tinyurl to the rescue! Say more…dont look like you are obviously selling! http://tinyurl.com/create.php & https://bitly.com/ These websites offer services to shorten your links Shared by Sharon Cummings
Continue readingTwitter – Finding Qualifed Followers
This is another way to find people on twitter, you add your bio to twellow and then pick categories. So for instance home decor, art, photography, I think I also choose picture framing (because I owned a picture framing gallery for 11 years prior to the birth of my youngest) I also choose the category […]
Continue readingPublic posts on your Google+ stream
Public posts on your Google+ stream are visible to: all users in your circles other users you have never interacted with anonymous users who don’t even have accounts Who can see your posts When you post publicly, people who’ve added you to one of their circles will see your update on their Home page. Your […]
Continue readingTracking Progress
In order to motivate myself I’ve also made a spreadsheet that details my growth. It has a count of new followers each day on Pinterest and Twitter so I can measure my success. I am also being more systematic with my images to see how many hits I get after I put it out there […]
Continue readingPortfolio Management
I am starting today with Microsoft Word, to organize my portfolio. I have a word document with the name of each of my galleries on FAA. I have keywords that I use for each GALLERY that are a basis for the piece and the same for each piece in the gallery. I copy and paste […]
Continue readingGaining Qualified & Relevant Pinterest Followers
On Pinterest…it’s harder…but I go to the “Art” section and look for people who are pinning stuff I like or similar to mine…I click on them and see how many followers/following they have….I am looking for newbies…under 50 followers and MORE following….I then hit “follow all” and go back and re-pin the piece that attracted […]
Continue readingGaining Relevant & Qualified Twitter Followers
On Twitter…I find a big hitter artist…like Matt LeBlanc for instance…who has thousands of followers…I then hand pick people from his list that look like average folks and not other artists or big businesses…I look for people who are FOLLOWING more than they have followers…numbers under 1000….regular looking folks…not artists or businesses…and I follow them…then […]
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