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How To Set Up a Custom Welcome Page for Your Facebook Page

There are at least 5 reasons to add a custom welcome to your Facebook page. Follow these steps and you’ll have one up and running in about 30 minutes. [...]

Are you spamming people?

Spam isn’t just sending bulk email to those who haven’t requested it. Spam is also rampant on blogs, Facebook, and Twitter. Make sure you’re not spamming people! [...]

Drive More Traffic to Your Site

Ann Brauer, Out of the Earth. Art quilt.

Wondering how to drive more traffic to your site? Use enticing language in your newsletter, email blast, Facebook update, or tweet to encourage blog visits and create more meaningful connections. [...]

How to Organize Photos of Your Art on Facebook

It’s much easier to promote your Facebook pages when your art is well organized in photo albums. Create photo albums on your page that make sense and that have only related images within them. Organize them as you would on a website. [...]

Create a Fan Page (Business Page) on Facebook: Updated

I’m keeping my promise to artists I met on my book tour and at my workshop last week that I would post updated instructions for creating a business page on Facebook. [...]

High-Quality Connections on Twitter

The Twitter interface has some cool features, such as Who to Follow and Browse Interests, to help you find the best tweeps to follow. High quality tweeps = potential high-quality connections. [...]

Give Your Twitter Bio a Boost

Your bio on Twitter is key to attracting high-quality followers. Does yours need a boost?In your Twitter bio, tell us about your interests so that we want to follow you. Intrigue us. Make us want to know more. Make us laugh. Here are some of my favorite artist bios on Twitter. [...]

How (and Why) to Tag People on Facebook

Tagging people on Facebook to brag about their art, to gush about their book or to help promote their upcoming event, can make you fast friends. Just be sure you link to business pages rather than personal profiles. [...]

Social Media Is Only a Tool

Are you considering abandoning your own site in favor of a Facebook Fan Page? One word – ERROR! Facebook should be only one of your marketing tools. Why? You can’t throw all of your faith behind a site you don’t control. [...]