Social media and the art nerd
Social media is scary. I mean it's really, really awesome too. But it is a mess of unspoken rules, huge potential, and a HUGE variety of wonderful ways to fuck it up. I'm not a social media queen, by any means. But I have been working at getting better at it, and recently, due to another day job, gotten the opportunity to really explore artist and creators social media from the point of view of someone looking for information about artist, to promote them, and between the two, would like to offer up some advice on some social media basics. This is all pretty basic stuff, but all mistakes I have run into in the last few weeks: #1: HAVE A SOLID SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. Your name should be unique and specific enough that when I plug you into google, I can get relevant hits off the first page. Google social media name s before you choose them, make sure that you aren't drowned out by bigger companies, other creatives, or so generic it ends up in a sea of same.