Though the service started slow and was used mostly by those in the tech and computer fields it quickly grew once celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Oprah jumped on board. It is now one of the most popular websites on the internet.

But can Twitter be effective in promoting and selling your art work? You bet it can!

Twitter is another avenue that can get your work in front of eyeballs around the world, eyeballs you would have trouble reaching in any other way. Twitter after all is about connecting with people. And it is a great tool for building trust with those connections. Trust is what leads to sales. Right?

But how do you make this happen?

This free webinar will go over effective methods and practical steps an artist can apply to Twitter in order to build a following that leads to more sales. It will also cover powerful tools and resources you can use to get the most out of Twitter.

Every week ArtPalaver.com host’s a free webinar covering a topic to help you sell more art. Each webinar is about 20 to 30 minutes long and includes live Q & A so you can get specific questions answered about art marketing challenges you are facing. Find the details of feature webinars and archives of past webinars right here.

This webinar has already happened but you can find the audio, video, and slides below:

Twitter for Artists

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This free online seminar will discuss various ways social media can be used to sell more art. We are going to focus more on methods and strategies, not just the tools of social media. Because if you do not have a sound strategy in place chances are you’ll just be wasting you time.

Each free Art Palaver webinar is no longer than 30 minutes long and includes plenty of time for live questions and answers.

The live event has already happened but you can find the audio, video, and slides below:

Social Media for Artists

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Let me say this from the get go, I am not one who will ever say “You have to be on Twitter!” I would not say that about anything. It is important to investigate tools and decide if they fit into your process as a working artist. The closest thing I have to a “have to” is a quality website. These days it is really good for people to be able to find you and your work online in a place you own all your pixels. But I digress, that is a topic for another post.

Today I’d like to introduce to to Twitter Primer for Artists:

It is a very basic book that covers the fundamentals of Twitter, from creating your account, to terminology, and finally optimizing your account. Think of it as a “getting started manual” for Twitter.

If you are someone who has been thinking about Twitter I suggest reading the book to help you decide if Twitter is right for you. Bottom line is that Twitter can help you connect with people anywhere in the world. And also Twitter is a lot of fun. If you do read it please let me know what you think. What did I miss? Was any part of it confusing? What parts did you wish I had gone more in depth with? What typos did my editor miss? How awesome is it?

And this is just the first in a series of books I will putting out over the coming weeks to help artists navigate the internet. Let me know what topic should be added to the list.

Click here to download Twitter Primer for Artists

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I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of artists who are active on Twitter. I’ll start it here in this post and you can feel free to add yourself and others to the list via the comments section. If this list of artists on Twitter proves to be useful I will create a separate page for it. (The list is random and has no order to it.)

• Tyler | Photographer
• Lori McNee
• apombalivre
• audrey chernoff
• Shannon Grissom
• MadMaggieDesign
• Kostas Tsipos
• Eliza Taylor
• Aaron Marsh
• Danny Byl
• Claudine Hellmuth
• Brenda M
• Randy Dillon
• Clevergirl.Etsy/Bek
• amy lilley
• Chuck Anderson
• Eddie Breen’s Art
• Sarah Hodsdon
• Cinderelish
• Kevin Houchin
• Diane Clancy’s Art
• Reinfried Marass
• Stephanie Osborne
• Sheree Rensel
• Catherine Foster/Art
• KathyOstman-Magnusen
• Adriana Mullen
• Sarah Horvat
• Christina Gressianu
• Bryan Collins

I know that is a very small list but if you’re looking for artists to follow there is 30 to get you started. And remember to let me know in the comments that you too are an artist on Twitter.

**UPDATE** Here is the added artists from the comments section:

• Steve Allen
• Dani Dodge
• ArtsGloucester
• Clemens Stecher
• Bill Brauker
• Elizabeth Briel
• Latifah Shay Artist
• Becky Morriston
• Lisa Pressman
• Lynne Medsker
• Marjorie Cunningham
• Apryl Tackett
• Nancy Nuce
• Rita Flores
• Steve Clement-Large
• Mike Brooker
• Thomas Martens

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Tweet for art’s sake.

Twitter has been around for a few years now but it seems to have reached its tipping point a few months back and experienced an insane amount of new users flocking to the microblogging platform. Twitter is new and cool and fun, but is it useful? Well that is up to you and how you decide to use it. One artist decided to use Twitter to create an art show that is being called “Twitter 140.”

That artist is Sheree Rensel and this is what she has to say on the show’s blog:

“My name is Sheree Rensel (wizzlewolf). I am an artist. I use Twitter to follow other artists. There are many fantastic artists using Twitter. I thought it would be a great idea if we joined together to create a Twitter Art Show group. Our mission is to write a proposal, submit our plan to art venues, and create an exhibition that can travel the world!”

Judging by her latest blog post it looks like they are in the submit to galleries stage, which is why I thought I would post about the show. Maybe you have a gallery or know of a gallery that would be interested in this show. I’ve been following the Tweets and the show’s blog so I know how hard Sheree has worked on this. That makes me want to do what I can to help the show.

I like the idea of using something like Twitter to tangibly bring artists and art appreciators together. In fact I am pretty much a fan of anything on Twitter that does not have to do with gaining more followers, getting rich without working for it, finding a date, and of course losing weight. (The spammers and the lazy are probably a majority of Twitter’s growth.) The Twitter 140 is actually productive and helps put the “social” in social media. Kudos to Sheree for thinking outside the box on a way to put Twitter to good use.

Because Sheree is right there are many fantastic artists to be found on Twitter. But finding those artistic needles in the haystack of Tweets can be a challenge. This show connects you with 24 of them in a very easy way. Just imagine checking out the Twitter 140 in a city near you and tweeting with the artists while your viewing their work. This interaction will benefit both the artist and the viewer.

If your already on Twitter you can follow Sheree @wizzlewolf and if your down with the hash tag you can use #twitterartshow.

Maybe you haven’t drank the Kool-Aid yet and your not on Twitter, you can find out more at http://twitterartshow.blogspot.com/

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These days Twitter is the shiniest object to drop in the murky waters of the internet. Recently it has reached a tipping point and has been experiencing huge growth. This has tons of folks scrambling to make money from Twitter, by writing books about Twitter, creating webinars and classes, writing software that will give you more followers, the list goes on and on. It also has a ton of folks scratching their head about Twitter. Which leads us to the real question for this palaver is how can Twitter help an artist?

First and for most it can help you connect with people that you would otherwise never be able to connect with. Imagine your at a sold out event in a huge staduim that seats hundreds of thousands of people. All of them conversing with those around them. Now imagine your able to search those conversation or hear when specific words or topics are spoken. Then imagine you are able to instantly move next to people who are conversing about something you are interested in or can help with and join their conversation. That is one way you can view Twitter.

If your an artist who blogs (and you should be) Twitter is another place to share your blog postings. Another outlet for your feed.

And the thing that I don’t hear people willing to admit is that Twitter is just fun. It is a fun distraction. It is easy to get caught up in the stream and jump from one link to another. Or to throw out random thoughts and see who responds.

I want to end by saying that you don’t have to be on Twitter, which is something I hear people saying these days. If your curious check it out. Sign up, follow some people, spout your random nuggets of wisdom, wit, and insight and see what happens. And don’t worry about how many followers you do or don’t have. If you keep tweating they will come.

I’d love to hear from artist who have Twitter experience. Please comment on how you use it and how it has or hasn’t helped your art.

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