Episode 93- Five ways to be successfully use social media as a tool not a platform to sell your work
Mar 29, 2016
Five ways to be successful by using social media as a tool not a platform
With the recent changes made on Instagram the social media world has been in a frenzy trying to get their followers to keep in touch with their current posts. Instead of solely relying on social media as your source of promoting yourself use all platforms Here's a summary of 5 ways to use but not rely on social media.
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Use your bio to direct link your followers to either your website or webpage or current Instagram post. Even though Instagram is an app there is also a website and the website has links which will take users and followers directly to a specific image like an auctioneer running
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If you have not yet done so create a Facebook page for your
business for fans to follow you there this Page can also be used
for running auctions keeping your customers and fans up to date and
a great tool for promoting your work
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Create a email bass. Everybody has an email if you can cut continue
to create a following there are several tools up there like a mail
champ that are free that you can use for weekly newsletters daily
updates anything else you'd like to share that goes directly to
your customers email
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Use all social platforms YouTube Instagram Twitter Facebook
Snapchat and coming soon hello
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If you're concerned about having to pay for the fees and spend time
creating a website or webpage the availability and excess ability
of sites like Etsy big cartel and eBay are available for you to
sell and promote your work either way you have to pay a fee and
spend time success doesn't come easy it takes hard work and
creativity
Recap :
Use your Instagram bio to link to other outlets you have in the
online space
Create a Facebook business page and utilize it for promoting
current work and update your tribe
Create and maintain an email list. Everyone has an email.
It's getting your tribe in the habit of using it that's the
trick
Use all social platforms but focus on the ones that your customers
are more likely using
Build a site.. Whether wix, wordpress, or use online stores such as
etsy, big cartel, eBay and others and link these into your bio on
Instagram when applicable as well as your other social outlets.
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