The Golden Rule of Social Networking

For a year now, I have been playing the part of the social networker – or so I thought.  I have a blog, an etsy store, a twitter account, a facebook page with a fan page and even an application to share artwork. I have been joining social networks and figuring out how to run all of these things with an efficiency that won’t take over my life.  Up until now though, it never really clicked that you can have all of these things, you can blog regularly, you can Tweet daily, and post more goods for sale on Etsy weekly, but that isn’t going to work all by itself. There is another step you must take…

Interaction!!

Develop a list on blogs that interest you and fit nicely with your field and read them regularly and make comments. Talk to your Twitter followers and help them out – retweet valuable information they have provided.  The Golden Rule applies online as well – Treat others as you would like to be treated. Let them know you hear what they are saying. Let them know you have thought about them. Let them know you care.

My mama always says, “To have a friend, you have to be a friend.”  It applies in the world of social media as well!

The month of June, I joined the Georgia Etsy Team, began regularly reading blogs of people I admire, and developed several relationships through Twitter that I truly cherish. It is both enriching for my personal life as well as beneficial for my art marketing to do these things. I learned from Natasha Wescoat that people buy art from people they admire personally as well as artistically. I learned from my friend Tom that the Golden Rule does indeed work wonders. I learned from Rebecca Salcedo and Kym Hepworth that in doing all of these things always be yourself!

Thank you everyone out there in the e-sphere that has helped me to grow as a personal and as artist!  You are all appreciated greatly!