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Social Media for Artists

The 3 Most Critical Items on Your Facebook Fan Page

by Alyson Stanfield on September 2, 2010

The fastest and cheapest way to get your art online these days is to create a fan page on Facebook. Every artist should have a short description of their art, images of the art, and 1 more thing. Can you guess?

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Join the Conversation

by Alyson Stanfield on July 26, 2010

Why sit back and wait to hear from a gallery, curator, arts writer, art center or museum when you can connect through Web 2.0? Join the conversation with galleries and other art world types through social media. Become a valuable contributor to the dialog.

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Art Marketing Action Podcast: Join the Conversation

by Alyson Stanfield on July 26, 2010

Audio version of the post with the same name. Why sit back and wait to hear from a gallery, curator, arts writer, art center or museum when you can connect through Web 2.0? Join the conversation with galleries and other art world types through social media. Become a valuable contributor to the dialog.

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Build Your Mailing List on Your Facebook Fan Page: How to Create an Opt-In Box and Tab

by Guest Blogger on June 22, 2010

One of the most popular applications for a Facebook Fan Page is Static FBML (HTML/Facebook Markup Language), which allows you to post a dynamic welcome page, add an opt-in subscribe box for your newsletter, and display your videos.

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7 Steps to More Privacy on Facebook

by Alyson Stanfield on May 27, 2010

In a nutshell there is no such thing as privacy on Facebook. But there are steps you can take to protect yourself as best you can and still enjoy the benefits of being a member. First, assume that whatever goes online, stays online–forever. Behave as if the world is watching because they are. Get 6 more tips in this article.

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Save Loads of Time on Facebook with Friends Lists

by Alyson Stanfield on May 17, 2010

Learn how to group your friends into lists on Facebook so that you don’t spend too much time on social networking and not enough time in the studio. Categorizing your friends will also help you stay updated on those who are most dear to you.

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How to get your universal avatar

by Alyson Stanfield on March 17, 2010

Gravatars are the small photos you see next to people’s comments on Art Biz Blog and many other blogging sites. This short post shows you where you can get a universal avatar for free and also gives you a link for adding gravatars to your own blog.

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Give to Get on Your Blog

by Alyson Stanfield on March 15, 2010

One reason that blogs are so powerful is that they can establish you as an expert. Give information freely on your artist blog! Just because you give away free information doesn’t mean that people won’t pay for the same information in a different format

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Using Twitter to enhance your search-engine ranking

by Guest Blogger on January 29, 2010

Not yet a believer in the power of social media for artists? Leonard Olson shares his story about how Twitter helped propel him to a Top 5 search-engine ranking for his new invention.

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15 Minutes a day for social networking

by Alyson Stanfield on January 26, 2010

Set your alarm and take care of your social media tasks in 15 minutes a day. Or perhaps you prefer 30 minutes two or three times a week. That’s great!Make sure that you are spending quality time online and not allowing it to become a time-waster.

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