3 top tips for artists to succeed in social media

As an artist you want your work to be seen by as many people as possible and the best way to get your work out there is social media. As an artist myself, I have done a bit of research on the subject and I would like to share two great articles I stumbled across with you, dear blog reader.

Here we go, short and sweet:

Article 1: Facebook and Social Networking for Artists

http://bit.ly/2dRoWHr by Alan Bamberger, www.artbusiness.com
https://twitter.com/AlanBamberger

This article focuses on Facebook but can be applied to other social media platforms and provides you with a long and very useful list of DO's and DON'Ts.


Me doing social media in my Vienna studio, 2016  (very, very frustrating... at times)

Article 2: Top 10 Reasons Why Artists Fail with Social Media

http://bit.ly/2e1wPvt by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery http://www.lightspacetime.com/
https://twitter.com/lightspacetime

This article provides you with the very facts why a lot of artists are unsuccessful on social media, giving great tips on how to improve your social media profile and activities.


Reading these two articles, I think the following 3 tips are the most useful in order to succeed in your social media adventure:

1. Relevant information – make whatever you post of value to yourself and to your followers
2. Give to receive – Share your friends posts, encourage them and they will do the same for you (unless they are jerks and don't read other people's posts...)
   
3. No spamming – Nobody likes to be constantly bombarded with information about you and your art.

I am curious to know what you think about the articles and the guidelines. Share your success and/or frustration with me and let's hook up on Social!


About me
My name is Jay Rechsteiner. I am an artist from Switzerland but I live in London, UK. I work in different media such as installation, painting, conceptual work, video... Find out more about me and my work on my website: www.jayrechsteiner.com


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