I am on Facebook and have, of course, a FASO website. I send out newsletters regularly/monthly to over 300 subscribers. I spend a lot of time checking emails, website traffic, etc., etc. I do not have an Instagram account and I am reluctant to get involved with yet another time consuming social media platform. Is it really that important?
I am on Facebook and have, of course, a FASO website. I send out newsletters regularly/monthly to over 300 subscribers. I spend a lot of time checking emails, website traffic, etc., etc. I do not have an Instagram account and I am reluctant to get involved with yet another time consuming social media platform. Is it really that important?
You should join boldbrush webinar today , how to grow your Instagram . It specifically covers how to set it up properly so you start off on the right foot and don’t make some common mistakes that a lot of people make. I believe he should be getting an email if you’re subscribed to this newsletter. I’m sure something will be posted as well here with the link to Zoom.  i’d also like to add that because Instagram and Facebook are both owned by Facebook it is very simple to connect your Facebook art page to your Instagram art page and so you’re able to post one time to Instagram and it post automatically to Facebook. With posting reels which is what helps you grow and we cover that in the webinar, those ones you manually have to push through but since you’ve already created it it’s very easy to make sure it appears on Facebook:) and then you just copy your caption that you already wrote on Instagram. I agree with the other commenters I don’t use my Facebook as much anymore because I’m trying to connect with buyers that are not just in my region I feel that Facebook is best for connecting locally in the community versus Instagram is best with global. It really does open up your world and drive a lot of traffic to your side if you set it up correctly. 
Lori, not yet! It is at 6 PM Eastern today! I do see a post here on Sov Artist with link, i Will trying to copy paste it for you here in the comments :)
Hi David, I’ve gotta go paint soon, but just want to say that I have found that Instagram, being mostly just images and videos (without distracting discussions) works better to showcase my artwork. It takes very little of my time compared to Facebook. After I started posting my art on Instagram, I really didn’t need Facebook. I’ve been getting a lot of visits to my website from Pinterest lately and haven’t updated that in eons. So there ya have it!
Up to you. Again, use a painting that’s not precious. I’d watch Brienne Brown’s Youtube videos first - she also shows how to glue the paper to a panel (both before painting and after). She essentially uses the same process I do. I’m painting i acrylic and oil these days, so I haven’t posted an how-to on my website.
Congratulations on the size of your subscribers list….so far on Instagram my followers are mostly other artist who like my work. They are likely not future collectors .
Ed.. I’ve sold plenty of art to other artists and have bought art from fellow artists. It isn’t an empty market. I’ve been able to grow a non-artist following pretty easily because I paint actual natural places where people hike, vacation, and photograph. Unless you paint purely abstract, you can search for hashtags or posts that connect to your subject. My audience enjoys RVing, camping, traveling, so they are more likely to buy my small paintings because they’re rarely home. These kinds of things require putting on your thinking cap and then spending some time on Instagram finding others who are likely to connect to your art. When you find people on IG, follow them, comment positively on their posts but don’t try to sell to them. Usually they Will click on your avatar to see what you do and if they like you’re posts, they’ll follow you back. If they don’t follow back, don’t worry about it. Some will engage over time, and others won’t.
I wish I could answer that in one comment but that’s actually a better scenario than you realize. Do you want more info there is a webinar today about how to grow on Instagram there is a post that just went out that has the zoom link. I’m facilitating the session but the speaker and presentation is fantastic !
I am on Facebook and have, of course, a FASO website. I send out newsletters regularly/monthly to over 300 subscribers. I spend a lot of time checking emails, website traffic, etc., etc. I do not have an Instagram account and I am reluctant to get involved with yet another time consuming social media platform. Is it really that important?
You should join boldbrush webinar today , how to grow your Instagram . It specifically covers how to set it up properly so you start off on the right foot and don’t make some common mistakes that a lot of people make. I believe he should be getting an email if you’re subscribed to this newsletter. I’m sure something will be posted as well here with the link to Zoom.  i’d also like to add that because Instagram and Facebook are both owned by Facebook it is very simple to connect your Facebook art page to your Instagram art page and so you’re able to post one time to Instagram and it post automatically to Facebook. With posting reels which is what helps you grow and we cover that in the webinar, those ones you manually have to push through but since you’ve already created it it’s very easy to make sure it appears on Facebook:) and then you just copy your caption that you already wrote on Instagram. I agree with the other commenters I don’t use my Facebook as much anymore because I’m trying to connect with buyers that are not just in my region I feel that Facebook is best for connecting locally in the community versus Instagram is best with global. It really does open up your world and drive a lot of traffic to your side if you set it up correctly. 
Thank you. You sound very convincing and helpful. I will give it a go.
Olya, has the webinar happened? I’ll try to find it. Sounds helpful.
Lori, not yet! It is at 6 PM Eastern today! I do see a post here on Sov Artist with link, i Will trying to copy paste it for you here in the comments :)
https://zoom.us/j/98623996745?pwd=YlpBS3hqTHJqYmZmWGRMbWx2eGY1UT09
Hi David, I’ve gotta go paint soon, but just want to say that I have found that Instagram, being mostly just images and videos (without distracting discussions) works better to showcase my artwork. It takes very little of my time compared to Facebook. After I started posting my art on Instagram, I really didn’t need Facebook. I’ve been getting a lot of visits to my website from Pinterest lately and haven’t updated that in eons. So there ya have it!
Thanks. I guess I should bite the bullet and give it a try. Thank you.
Up to you. Again, use a painting that’s not precious. I’d watch Brienne Brown’s Youtube videos first - she also shows how to glue the paper to a panel (both before painting and after). She essentially uses the same process I do. I’m painting i acrylic and oil these days, so I haven’t posted an how-to on my website.
Congratulations on the size of your subscribers list….so far on Instagram my followers are mostly other artist who like my work. They are likely not future collectors .
Ed.. I’ve sold plenty of art to other artists and have bought art from fellow artists. It isn’t an empty market. I’ve been able to grow a non-artist following pretty easily because I paint actual natural places where people hike, vacation, and photograph. Unless you paint purely abstract, you can search for hashtags or posts that connect to your subject. My audience enjoys RVing, camping, traveling, so they are more likely to buy my small paintings because they’re rarely home. These kinds of things require putting on your thinking cap and then spending some time on Instagram finding others who are likely to connect to your art. When you find people on IG, follow them, comment positively on their posts but don’t try to sell to them. Usually they Will click on your avatar to see what you do and if they like you’re posts, they’ll follow you back. If they don’t follow back, don’t worry about it. Some will engage over time, and others won’t.
I wish I could answer that in one comment but that’s actually a better scenario than you realize. Do you want more info there is a webinar today about how to grow on Instagram there is a post that just went out that has the zoom link. I’m facilitating the session but the speaker and presentation is fantastic !