Comments on: Why Artists Need Social Media http://www.devonhopkins.com/2009/07/why-artists-need-social-media/ New Media for Creative Minds Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Devon Hopkins » How to Get Your Own Website (An Artist’s Guide) http://www.devonhopkins.com/2009/07/why-artists-need-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Devon Hopkins » How to Get Your Own Website (An Artist’s Guide) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:44:40 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=3#comment-193 [...] No one cares how good you are if they don’t know who you are. For this post, I collaborated with my colleague and friend (oh, and brother), Teague Hopkins, MBA student at Babson’s Graduate School of Business to show creative-minded people how to get their own website. [...] [...] No one cares how good you are if they don’t know who you are. For this post, I collaborated with my colleague and friend (oh, and brother), Teague Hopkins, MBA student at Babson’s Graduate School of Business to show creative-minded people how to get their own website. [...]

]]> By: Devon Hopkins » The Power of Just Doing It http://www.devonhopkins.com/2009/07/why-artists-need-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Devon Hopkins » The Power of Just Doing It Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:17 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=3#comment-71 [...] think this is a brilliant anecdote. It is often not the brilliant minds that have success or the most talent people that get noticed. It’s the people that get things [...] [...] think this is a brilliant anecdote. It is often not the brilliant minds that have success or the most talent people that get noticed. It’s the people that get things [...]

]]> By: Devon Hopkins » Build Your Personal Brand by Telling Your Story http://www.devonhopkins.com/2009/07/why-artists-need-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Devon Hopkins » Build Your Personal Brand by Telling Your Story Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:04:59 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=3#comment-4 [...] your story, will help focus your audience’s attention on what is special and different about you. You have competition, so why not promote your most distinguishing [...] [...] your story, will help focus your audience’s attention on what is special and different about you. You have competition, so why not promote your most distinguishing [...]

]]> By: Devon Hopkins http://www.devonhopkins.com/2009/07/why-artists-need-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Devon Hopkins Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:19:51 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=3#comment-3 Thanks for the reply! I completely agree that traditional marketing is not only stale (at least most of it) and easily passed over (thank you Tivo!), but it is also not very accessible to the independent artist, who is trying to pay for everything with nothing. I feel like indie artists were always about making personal connections but now they can use these tools to maintain and expand that community. I'm writing a post on the power of story in social media, I'll be interested to hear what you think. Thanks for the reply! I completely agree that traditional marketing is not only stale (at least most of it) and easily passed over (thank you Tivo!), but it is also not very accessible to the independent artist, who is trying to pay for everything with nothing. I feel like indie artists were always about making personal connections but now they can use these tools to maintain and expand that community. I’m writing a post on the power of story in social media, I’ll be interested to hear what you think.

]]> By: jayvee http://www.devonhopkins.com/2009/07/why-artists-need-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-2 jayvee Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:00:30 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=3#comment-2 Very insightful post - think you nailed it when you said "art is not just about creating something. It is about effectively sharing that something with a larger community." Using social media is a great way to build your community and establish real connections while sharing your art with an infinite amount of people. If you think about behavior patterns - how (mostly today) we're all programmed to ignore traditional marketing messages these days - but the one thing that always sticks, especially in an over-saturated media driven world is word of mouth. The most powerful recommendation you can get is from someone you know and trust - social media has a tendency to create these shareable, one-to-one experiences that can help shape a powerful community. It's a very interesting time to be in this space - it's cool to see you taking your first steps. Very insightful post – think you nailed it when you said “art is not just about creating something. It is about effectively sharing that something with a larger community.”

Using social media is a great way to build your community and establish real connections while sharing your art with an infinite amount of people. If you think about behavior patterns – how (mostly today) we’re all programmed to ignore traditional marketing messages these days – but the one thing that always sticks, especially in an over-saturated media driven world is word of mouth. The most powerful recommendation you can get is from someone you know and trust – social media has a tendency to create these shareable, one-to-one experiences that can help shape a powerful community.

It’s a very interesting time to be in this space – it’s cool to see you taking your first steps.

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