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RankedArt — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:26:13 -0000

Share your own creations with the world
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Miss Spaghetti Monster — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:49:37 -0000

Thank you for taking the time to write this. I'm starting to sell my artwork on the internet but I need all the promotional advice I can get!

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Adam Spigel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:41:23 -0000

Natasha,
Really liked this post It inspired me to build my own blog from scratch on http://www.myArtwork.com Each one of your tips is GREAT. This past weekend, I finished up a post on how to setup Twitter to send status updated to Facebook and Facebook pages. Hope it can help a few people out: http://bit.ly/tJcWg Look forward to more of your posts.

Just launched myArtwork.com Beta - We are the place where anyone can discuss, buy or sell art. Make new friends, discover new art, buy your favorites. Take part in art discussions and setup your own art space where anyone can sell art, receive event alerts and publish blogs.

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Adam Spigel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:39:14 -0000

Just launched myArtwork.com Beta - We are the place where anyone can discuss, buy or sell art.

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Adam Spigel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:37:41 -0000

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Adam Spigel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:32:39 -0000

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Playster.org — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:14:55 -0000

If you're interested in promoting an upcoming art exhibition, Playster - http://www.playster.org - provides a very simple service for adding events directly to our search index. You'll be able to reach a new audience in your city as well as drive traffic to your site or blog.

Enjoy!

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Kimberley Walton — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:28:01 -0000

Thanks for the great article...you touch on alot of great ideas that I never new about. I am just learning Twitter, and as an artist, this is very helpful.
http://www.modernimpression...

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jpintexas — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:08:01 -0000

The problem I see is that other than criticizing this post ... I've seen NO established or expert artists sharing alternatives -- what REALLY works. So, what REALLY works?

Have posts or blogs about that? Would love to read 'em!!!!!!

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jeremymckay — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:38:52 -0000

I like your post. I am still tittering with tweeting and too many other options to even begin to make a dent in the internet scene. I am thinking much like art one should master one medium and discipline at a time and not be all over the place at one time. Fortunately I am finding my blog will do the tweeting for me. So I am in reality just focusing on my blog until I get a good 21 post completed.

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Marta Spendowska — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:44:00 -0000

wow..She is awesome!
Very informatve and I want more!!!
All the best!
marta rawvolta

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tracy murrell — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:55:35 -0000

Great post. Thanks for the tips,

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GALLERY SALES — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:03:44 -0000

Twitter can be a great medium for art and welcome it,give it a go.

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ArtBiz2Day — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:52:50 -0000

Comments on my Twitter experience:
If you have a link in your Tweet to your art on average only 5-15 people will click on the link - not the bazillion you think will click because of all your followers and millions of people on Twitter..

Any links you post in Tweet will be clicked for about 5 minutes and then no more will click on it. Your Tweet has been buried among the avalanche of other Tweets coming in.

90% of those people following you on Twitter are other artist just like yourself. Artists following artists. Not Art buyers following artists. Just artists following artists.
The other 10% are art coaches, art licensing coaches, people telling you how to get rich using the internet and Twitter and other people wanting your money.

Through Twitter you will not be networking with people that buy art. You will be networking with people just like yourself - trying to make a living selling art. If you sell on Etsy, then that is who is following you - other Etsy artists. Not people buying art, but rather people selling art, just like you. How does that help one's business of being followed by people that only sell just like oneself, I am still trying to figure that out.

There are better ways to reach potential art buyers than using Twitter.

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Dottie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:26:09 -0000

I was wondering if it's good to show ase artwork on facebook?

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nickyurchenko — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:49:24 -0000

Dear Natasha.
Please compare the startup Freeness & Openness
(http://freeandopen.ucoz.com) with Twitter. F&O is much more usable.
Best regards,
Nick yurchenko

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Sam — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:59:55 -0000

the first 5 are pretty good ideas. but none of it replaces going out to shows and exhibitions and connecting to the art community face to face.
but it helps to connect with other artists. I've gotten a lot of shows and buyers through artists.

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David Cousens — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:04:02 -0000

Great tips there Natasha! I'll have to start doing art Tweets soon! I'm now following you!
http://twitter.com/DavidCou...

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Kyle Wiebalk — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:45:37 -0000

Great tips as I'm just discovering promotional potential of twitter. It's really quite powerful...thanks!

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Ashley — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:01:41 -0000

You can also contact me to have your art featured as my Twitter background - my Twitter Gallery!!

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Ben Rowe — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:50:24 -0000

Great post Natasha!

I wonder what social media tools the naysaying commenters above are using? Given that Bernadette and T didn't provide any links to their own blogs or twitter, I suspect none.

The 'Old Guard' of artists who believe that the art world revolves solely around Offline Art Galleries are about as forward thinking as the Record companies or Print industry. The world has changed, and like it or not, you NEED to be online these days to get a foot up as an artist.

You know what? Twitter mightn't be the silver bullet for all artists. A blog, flickr or etsy page might not be either. But the artists who are out there trying these new tools are already miles ahead of the artists who aren't. It's all about experimentation.

I can think of a number of very succesful artists (Audery Kawasaki springs to mind) who have gotten to where they are by having a solid understanding of social media.

I run an online art website myself (www.ivoteforart.com) and I have found ALL of the artists that work for me through the web. I trawl flickr, etsy, twitter, ffffound, and read tonnes of art websites to find artists. If an artist doesn't have their own presence online, they are invisible to me - And I suspect I'm not alone here.

Good luck!

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sully vern — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:57:09 -0000

went to yur twitter, scrolled through, couldn't find much of you using twitter to promote your art. as in none of the top 10 listed ideas above.
also noticed that you are only following about 1/10th those following u. so you don't think there is much of anyone on twitter to follow?

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marty — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:17:27 -0000

license, schmiscense, who cares? what people don't get about this new gen tech stuff is that it makes us all "licensed artists"... (I'm still on my "learner's permit" as far as art goes and I been doing it for 46 years.) I say if she got it, then flaunt it...

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Winnie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:35:17 -0000

I tried Twitter for a couple of months; my observations:
a) Could not get very many people to follow me, so was basically talking to myself.
b) Could not think of anything interesting to write about after a couple of days. How many times can I write and people want to read: "Finished a new painting, started a new painting".
I am an artist, not a writer or blah,blah,blah-er.
c) Saw no increase in traffic to my website.
d) It was a lot of time invested and I saw basically nothing for it.
e) Followed a lot of people, but that got confusing, was basically meaningless and mind-numbing real quick. Not to mention a time-waster.

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Anna — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:05:17 -0000

Lots of great information, thanks for sharing