The Perfect Social Media to Use to Promote Your Artwork

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Transcript of The Perfect Social Media to Use to Promote Your Artwork

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T H EP E R F E C TS O C I A LM E D I AS I T E S T OU S E T OP R O M O T EY O U RA R T W O R KB Y : J U L I A S O T N Y K O V A

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ALL ART ISTS CAN EMPATHIZE WITH .

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P I N T E R E S T I S A N I D E A L H U BF O R G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R S A N DO T H E R S L O O K I N G T O E X P R E S ST H E I R C R E A T I V I T Y V I S U A L L Y . I TA L L O W S F O R U S E O F A V I R T U A LB U L L E T I N B O A R D A N D AT W I T T E R - E S Q U E S Y S T E M O F“ P I N S ” A N D “ R E P I N S ” T O P O S TA N D S P R E A D I M A G E S .

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P I N T E R E S T A L S O P R O V I D E S T H EO P T I O N T O A D D A P R I C E T OP I N S . T H E P R I C E O P T I O N N O TO N L Y I N D I C A T E S A W O R K F O RS A L E , B U T A L S O I N C R E A S E S AP I E C E ’ S O N - S I T E E X P O S U R E A SW E L L .

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B E H A N C EA platform based and dedicated entirely arounddisplaying creative pieces, Behance is a prime additionto the social media arsenal of artists and designers. It isowned by Adobe, a household name among graphicartists, and offers a free portfolio building service, whichcan be used in sync with Adobe’s Creative Cloud toeasily establish web pages.

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T W I T T E RSOME MIGHT SEE TWITTER ’S 1 40

CHARACTER PER -POST L IM IT AS A

BARRIER TO EXPRESS ION , BUT

ART ISTS AND DES IGNERS SK ILLED IN

MOVING THROUGH THE TWITTER -

VERSE RECOGNIZE THE EFF IC IENCY

IN CONCISE STATEMENTS . WHEN

USED ADEPTLY , TWITTER I S A

REFRESHINGLY S IMPLE SHOWCAS ING

METHOD THAT HAS HELPED MANY AN

ART IST WIN INDUSTRY CONTACTS

AND CONTRACTS AL IKE .

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C G S O C I E T Y B R A N D S I T S E L F A S “ T H E M O S T R E S P E C T E DA N D A C C E S S I B L E G L O B A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N F O R C R E A T I V ED I G I T A L A R T I S T S . ” I T I S W E L L O R G A N I Z E D A N D S H O W SA N I M P R E S S I V E R A N G E O F A R T O V E R M Y R I A D T O P I C S ,

A L L O F W H I C H A R E A C C E S S I B L E F R O M I T S H O M E P A G E . I NA D D I T I O N T O U S E R F O R U M S , T H E S I T E I S E Q U I P P E D W I T HA N A R R A Y O F T U T O R I A L S , A R T I C L E S , A N D P R A C T I C EE X E R C I S E S F O R A R T I S T S L O O K I N G T O H O N E D E S I G NS K I L L S .

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F A C E B O O K

THE P IONEER OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE

KNOW I T DESERVES TOP PLACEMENT

AMONG ART IST ’S S ITE L IST INGS .

ART IST ICALLY INCL INED FACEBOOK

USERS CAN F IND AND SUBSCRIBE TO

RELEVANT PAGES WITH EASE , KEEP ING

THEM UP DATE WITH THE LATEST

INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS . THEY CAN ALSO

CREATE PAGES FOR THE IR WORK AND

SHARE EVERYTHING THEY MAKE . THEY

CAN EVEN ADD L INKS TO THE IR PAGES

WHERE PEOPLE CAN BUY DIRECTLY FROM

THEM RIGHT ON THE IR FACEBOOK PAGES .

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US ING THESE SOC IA L MED IA

P LAT FORMS TO V IR TUAL LY D I SPERSE

YOUR WORK I S AS EASY AS A CL I CK OF

A BUTTON . THEY ARE AL L FREE TO

USE . SO , NOTH ING I S HOLD ING YOU

BACK . I T ’S T IME TO GET STARTED ON

SPREAD ING YOUR WORK !

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