Comments on: How To Attract More Followers to Your List

By: Alyson Stanfield

Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:31:31 +0000

In reply to Kate Word.

Thanks for listening to it, Kate. Michael Lynn Adams wrote a guest post for me called Marketing Lessons from a Hair Stylist. Good stuff! https://aaartbizold.wpengine.com/2010/03/michaellynnadams.html

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By: Geri deGruy

Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:04:40 +0000

I love this article!!!! Care is the key in life. Thank you.

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By: Ann Cunningham

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:08:56 +0000

This class couldn’t come at a better time. I need to tune my message to fit the people I want to reach. Now that I have started blogging consistently, I know what kind of posts I can cobble. I am looking forward to make sure they saying what I intend. Thanks. Ann

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By: Kate Word

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:06:45 +0000

Alyson, my husband and I were among the 600 who listened to your webinar. What you say is absolutely right. In my former hairstyling career, I found ways to bond my clients to me and help them enjoy spending their money with me. The very best way was a simple one like remembering birthdays, spouse’s and children’s names and keeping profiles with their “likes and dislikes.” I sent thank you cards and let them know I appreciated our relationship (& their business). I guaranteed my work and meant it. These are all soft skills to hone in any mode of commerce and I find it sorely lacking in the marketplace today. I know how I feel when someone sends a card to thank me. Personal touch counts even in the ArtBiz! That resonated with me during the webinar, so thanks for the reminder.

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By: Marque Todd

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:14:11 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with everything you said, but I still thinks it begs the question being asked. Let’s reframe it into your terms: How do we attract more followers that we want to be in dialogue with about our art, who love our art and that we can connect with on a lot of levels?

I can post on FB or create blog posts according to your 3 steps above, but the likes I get on FB seem superficial (I think this may be an issue in general) and my blog posts reach a very small audience (those that have signed up to follow me). How do I reach out and find those people that I want to attract and dialogue with? Where or how can I publically get my information out there so that the right people see it? I think this is the question we are all asking. As big as social media sites are and the internet in general sometimes it feels like a very isolated space.

Here are some things I have thought about trying or have tried:
1) promote my best posts on FB – yep pay for it – I can see which posts create the most buzz in the group I am trying to connect with and those are the ones I should promote
2) start a FB group and moderate it on a topic related to my art that could attract like-minded people (artists and potential customers)
3) Ask like-minded artists or some of my key friends/fans to share my FB or blog posts with their friends on their FB pages (recently someone did this without me asking them and I got 10 new likes from people that seemed genuinely happy to have “discovered” me.)

These are just some ideas around concrete suggestions to find those people that I want to attract – I think, Alyson, that we are all hoping that you may have some other helpful, practical tips like these to share with us. I think some of these with consistency and quality is the key to building that all imporant list.

Thanks for spending the time with us live – I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.

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By: Susan

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:02:46 +0000

Thanks, it was good!

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By: Cynthia

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 14:33:45 +0000

I can’t wait to get started!!

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