Comments on: You don’t have to be excited in order to try it

By: Margaret Wright

Margaret Wright — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:54:16 +0000

I’ve been traveling and am just getting caught up on my blog-reading. This is great! It’s something I’ve been thinking about as a complement to my website. I’ve posted new work on my regular Facebook page, but that’s much too personal, chatty, etc. to recommend to collectors, potential purchasers, etc. I wanted to keep business separate from the personal (except for the people who overlap). And thanks for the Lisa Call links — they are just what I needed but didn’t know I needed until I read them!

By: Monica Kelly

Monica Kelly — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:32:28 +0000

Alyson~
You mention that one can opt out of any use by others on Face Book…can you supply or point us to a tutorial that explains how? Thanks,
Monica

By: Alyson Stanfield

Alyson Stanfield — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:57:38 +0000

Nicolette: Thank you for that. You’re right on target! Your Profile is personal and your Fan page is for your biz.

Marie: Appreciate that reminder.

Kimberly: If you’re sincerely worried about Facebook using your images, don’t sign up. But then don’t put your images anywhere online. The Internet is for sharing information. If you’re too afraid of © infringements, you’ll lose out. Put the © notice with your art and also opt out of any use by others that you can. There are ways to do this in FB.

By: Kimberly Smith

Kimberly Smith — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:15:04 +0000

Alyson, Any comment on the above comment from Sandra Reid. I’m considering taking the plunge but hesitant when I read things like this.

By: Marie Kazalia

Marie Kazalia — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:50:42 +0000

There are no limits on FB fan pages like on the regular page.
For instance, Ben Stiller has one million 6 hundred thousand plus fans. He
could not have that many *friends* in a regular FB account.

By: Nicolette Tallmadge

Nicolette Tallmadge — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:50:17 +0000

I know…the idea of a “Fan Page” just seems weird. But really, all it is is a profile on Facebook for your business. Since businesses aren’t allow to create “profiles” per se for their companies like you can with a personal page…the “Fan Pages” are a way to do this without mucking up the “personal” side of Facebook.

One of the things I do with my Facebook page is that I’ve hooked it up to my blog so that it updates every time I write a new blog post. I of course have some pictures of my work on the page. I’ve also done a few jewelry making classes, so I’ve posted some photos of my students and their work on my Facebook page.

Another thing I’ve done recently was I put a sign up box for my mailing list on my Facebook page so people can join my list directly from my Fan page. It’s a good way to get more people on your list…and it’s actually more useful than getting them to “fan” your page. A couple people asked me how I did it, so I make a video that shows you how here:
http://bit.ly/r9bQN

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:46:56 +0000

A fan page! BRILLIANT! I can’t believe I didn’t think of it before.
I myself have just joined Twitter, having been quite afraid of it for some time. I figure for the sake of my art it’s worth it, whether it ‘excites’ me or not. Any way of getting yourself out there is good if you wanna make it in this biz. *grins*

By: becky nielsen

becky nielsen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:46:25 +0000

Ooh, it’s always the fine print on these things that makes me back off.

By: Sandra Reid

Sandra Reid — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:56:46 +0000

How do you feel though about the fact that you are basically giving away royalty free rights to your artwork if you pop it up on Facebook?

Here is the clause from Facebook’s terms:
For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (“IP content”), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (“IP License”). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.

By: Sari Grove

Sari Grove — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:36:20 +0000

I think that people have to understand that the internet is a means that can be converted nicely to real life…Selling online by itself was a problem for me because I don’t like shipping…(too much cardboard & bubble wrap & trucks, & alot of risk)…But using Facebook, or Twitter or a website, is a nice way of enhancing the bricks & mortar experience, with easy access to cvs & statements as well as views of paintings not seen in the gallery(with notes saying anything can be brought in)…I hasten to add that when I work with a gallery, I assure them all commissions will still be paid-regardless of physicality of sale…If you are transparent about that fact, they will be happy to let collectors visit you online…But if you don’t remit commission to the gallery if the collector comes to your studio via online conversation, the gallery feels very threatened…(Just a heads-up- make sure your gallery supports your online life…& you support your gallery…)p.s. Facebook has been great for local communication…