Comments on: Social Media Is Only a Tool

By: Elite 21 Art Biz Blog Posts from 2011 — Art Biz Blog

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:34:55 +0000

[…] Social Media Is Only a Tool […]

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By: Karen Lynn

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:12:31 +0000

In reply to Alfred.

Doesn’t sound like much of a support group!

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By: Starting an Online Presence for Your Art — Art Biz Blog

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:02:06 +0000

[…] is free and easy to publish on, but the downside is that you can’t control the way Facebook looks or behaves. beginning biz […]

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By: Nadine

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:42:23 +0000

I must admit I did “gave up a bit my blogs, because FB (and not even the fanpage) was faster, but it’s not the same and it annoys me a bit, so what I do I use both the fb and particular to promote my blog. And for twitter, I use it but I’m not really convince…time will say

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By: Maura McGurk

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:31:22 +0000

Two great things about this original post–thanks for the information about the default FB preferences. I’d noticed some people seemed to be “missing” and now I know why.
Also, thanks for the introduction to Janis Kirstein’s artwork (the featured image). This was a new stylistic choice for these featured images, which I appreciated, and when I clicked through to her site, I was amazed by her artist’s statement and other work.
A great post overall!

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By: Lisa (MindfulBIZ)

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:09:03 +0000

I totally agree with you Alyson! Social media is a useful marketing tool, but your website is your *primary* marketing tool for promoting and selling your art. It’s critical to build your brand on your own website because it’s the online home for your art business that you own and control. Similarly, it’s also easy to rely too much on shopping venues or marketplaces like Etsy and Artfire or hosted blog platforms like Blogger.

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By: shāna

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:35:08 +0000

thanks alyson – points well taken! i especially appreciate the link to dan’s article. i was wondering where these friends were?!

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By: facebook or not | Austin Art Blogs

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:00:44 +0000

[…] B. Stanfield has a good post about facebook and social media. I totally agree. It is not a good idea to rely on facebook for your art. […]

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By: Nina Kuriloff

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:30:44 +0000

Thanks for the excellent post, Alyson!
I agree with all of the points you made.
🙂

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By: Tim Anderson

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:23:55 +0000

Wow! Someone certainly hit a nerve on this one! I have used Facebook for a number of years, for mainly two reasons: It’s an easy and efficient way to communicate with family and friends; as an e-newsletter publisher to more than 14,000 subscribers, FB is an easy way for me to extend my base. Granted, I am sure I don’t get that many new subscribers, but the added low-cost exposure is very important. I also don’t put any personal information in there that I might have to be concerned about somebody else getting (they probalby already have it, anyway).

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