Comments on: Promoting yourself on Twitter

By: Cynthia Barlow Marrs

Cynthia Barlow Marrs — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:22:40 +0000

I dipped my toe into Twitter waters a few months ago. The people or institutions I follow fall into several groups in terms of tweeting style.
- Some (notably writers) chat amongst themselves during the day. I don’t pay close attention, but let it run in the background. The only people I follow in this category are those who are talented and entertaining tweeters who can pack a lot of humour and humanity into just 140 characters.
- Others are strictly business and only post terse introductions to news links. Useful, but if it’s the only type of tweeter you follow, over time it can feel a bit sterile and institutional, as if the tweeter is just a news forwarding machine.
- Then there are individuals who are careful to keep their personal lives out of their tweets, but who allow a sense of their personalities to come through as they post links to interesting or useful items. Some of the illustrators I follow are good examples of this.
- Still others post a lively mix of business and social tweets.
Finally, I appreciate “live tweeting” from events I can’t attend – like reading tickertape.
http://twitter.com/cbarlowmarrs

By: Chavah

Chavah — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:48:36 +0000

I’m loving how well twitter is working already. I’ve only been on for about a week. Please add me fellow artists http://twitter.com/chavahkinloch

By: Laura K Aiken

Laura K Aiken — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:23:12 +0000

Alyson
I have grown tired of so much cyber marketing. I adore my new connections but as for profit-well…..What I do see from Twittering etc is that I spend an extremly amount of time on the internet on not in the studio. Now that I am in a separate working studio outside the home, I do not have acess to a computer. I do nothing but work. It’s wonderful. Let me say though, I do like Robin’s post where my blog will be linked to Twitter and therefore my posts will be added then. That will be a major plus for me and satisfy my “keeping up with the Jones” when it comes to cyberland. hummm? Did I just contradict myself?

By: Alyson Stanfield

Alyson Stanfield — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:50:30 +0000

ednogamio: Check out the series of Twiter articles I did here:
http://www.artbizblog.com/hotposts

By: endogamio

endogamio — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:48:43 +0000

What is the secret to increase Twitter followers (more than 150)?

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:28:54 +0000

I on the other hand, have come to resent the requests to follow me which turn out just to be businesses promoting their product and really, nothing interesting to say. It strikes me as spam ads. I use twitter exclusively to keep in touch with a niece across the country. What we twitter back & forth really is of no interest to anyone but us and a few close friends. There’s got to be someplace where I can just be me and not be marketing 24/7.

By: Robin Maria Pedrero

Robin Maria Pedrero — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:06:16 +0000

Emma, Yes, it gives the title, a few words and a link. I have made some nice new connections providing me with networking and promotions from posts.

By: Peggi Habets Studio

Peggi Habets Studio — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:15:34 +0000

I just finished reading through the e-book and I must say it changed my thinking about Twitter. I can’t say I’m completely sold, but I will give it a try in a more focused way. Read it for yourself and see if it is somthing that may help promote you. The good part about Twitter is that once you set it up correctly, it doesn’t take a lot of time to post. I think time will tell if it is a viable marketing tool.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:36:05 +0000

Another twitter doubter here. I can (sort of) see the value if you have other friends who use twitter, but to use it as a way of promoting yourself as an artist to people who don’t already know you… I just don’t see it. What am I missing?

By: Emma Brooks

Emma Brooks — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:38:52 +0000

So far, I’m with Peggy on this. I don’t know how you can handle the information overload of posting throughout the day plus receiving others twits, tweets …help.. I saw twitter at the top of one artists blog site and wondered why they would want all that info distracting from the good info on the blog – plus it slowed the page from loading noticibly. Anyway will look into it – maybe I just don’t understand yet. Robin – I am presuming with the blog feed you are just getting the first few lines of your blog delivered to twitter and that others are receiving this from you as your twitter messages? Thanks Emma