One Baby Step at a Time Adventures in Social Media

As most of you know I am one of the worst technology people around.  It takes me triple the time it does someone else to understand what the geek world tells you to do.  I am on a huge learning curve here so thought I'd start to share what I find.   Also you can't be on them all so my goal is to focus on a couple of things for 2017.   Today is an overview of what tools I am looking at.

As you know I have changed from DailyPaintWorks to creating a website with FASO, http://nelviasart.com (Fine Art Studio Online).   Why did I change to them?
           The first 30 days are free,
           then the monthly cost was reasonable,
           they host/maintain the website platform, their customer service folks are awesome!!
           give you your url name annually as part of fee,
           have newsletter capabilities,
           super analytics even at lowest paid level,
                      All benefits are cheaper than trying to do it yourself!!
           Higher price points and rubbing shoulders with professional well-known artists
           and most of the major artists I have researched use them as their web provider.
And as part of their services they upload into a daily email any new art that you post - of course you are a small thumbnail with all the other artists, but it goes to 75,000+ artists/collectors daily.    But I was found through this email and am currently doing a commission, so I guess it works.

I am also collecting info from my blog and website into Google analytics, this is FREE, which again gives you a boatload of info, just got to learn what it all means and how to use it.

I also have dabbled around with Pinterest, and the number of people that are on Pinterest daily is staggering.  I also, through analytics, found out most people are looking at my website on their phones - so need to format sizing so it's easy to see.
                 So to help with more interesting images I selected http://canva.com to help with designs.
                 This is a way to start branding
                 I used them for the collage I did at the end of the challenge.
                 They have preset templates for all social media platforms that are technically well   designed, but you can then move on to create your own.
This is FREE folks.  Not saying it is piece of cake easy, but it is pretty intuitive, but I use google a lot to figure out stuff.

So I am going to concentrate on learning/using these tools to see if I can get my art exposed to more eyeballs.  Plus it kind of keeps me out of trouble and more involved with technology and where it is heading.

I will continue to give you updates as we go along as to techniques and results.  If you know more than me (easy to do)  on this and want to provide suggestions and shortcuts, it would be appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by.

Comments

Joan Tavolott said…
You seem to know your way around social media more than I do. It will be interesting to see what effect this has on your sales.
February 2, 2017 at 6:32 PM
Nelvia said…
Well Joan I talk a good story. I don't know how to utilize all of it but I hope to learn to do better, so will give it a try. Sure can't hurt my sales.
February 3, 2017 at 8:15 AM
Unknown said…
I need all the information I can get so keep it coming!
February 3, 2017 at 9:52 AM
Mellowood Gallery said…
It sounds like you are in for a fascinating journey Nelvia. I think I am even more computer challenged than you are and am fortunate to have a husband who can do many of these things. I will be watching your progress with interest to glean tips for myself. I have already signed on with canva.com but haven't tried it yet. Good luck!
February 3, 2017 at 11:04 AM
Jane said…
No no I don't know more than you, actually I am wayyy under all your knowledge. So I think I can affirm I AM THE WORST TECHNOLOGY PERSON ! :-))
February 5, 2017 at 6:00 AM
Nelvia said…
Well hoping I learn some things that I can share.
February 5, 2017 at 10:17 AM
Nelvia said…
I tell you it really makes my head hurt when I read this stuff. I have to google so much and read and reread. Lucky you that you have someone who gets it!! Good luck with Canva
February 5, 2017 at 10:18 AM
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