Are you on Facebook?

It seems like everyone is on Facebook these days. I remember rejecting it completely when my two good friends who happen to be sisters were competing on getting the most "friends" and I was on their hit list. I thought it sounded like the biggest waste of time EVER....and it is, but I can't stop either. Now I think I am on it more than my friends who got me hooked! We joke about how "It's not real, until it's on Facebook." I do love that in these busy times, I can keep up with the little things that are going on with my friends and family (sometimes it is the only social interaction I get all day) and I can stay up to date on the latest art techniques and shows. It is fun to check and I am trying to use it as a business tool as well.




This is my Fan Page. Please "like" it!

Speaking of which, I have a fan page. This idea really embarrassed me at first. Made me feel so full of myself, but I hear that is was the way to go. I try to keep my art happenings on my fan page and my personal stuff on my personal page. It isn't really that simple, but I try. I have heard that if you reach 400 fans that more opportunities open up for you on your fan page, but I don't really know the secret yet. I have 388, so I guess I will find out after I get 12 more fans. Please go to my page and hit "like" if you haven't already so I can find out the mystery. I promise to "like" you back!

Another thing I learned is that if you keep lists on FB, it helps you keep track of the pages that you would like to keep up with. Facbook apparently makes it to where we do not see the pages we like so easily any more, which is a huge bummer, because I want to see the pages I like! Anyway, to get around that, I go to Friends on the left side of my FB page, then I click Create a List, and then I add pages/friends to that list. For instance, I have one for all the Wood Icing artists so I can keep up with what they are up to and share their news on the Wood Icing Page. I also have a list for my family. They way when I check FB, I can go straight to that list to see what the people I care the most about are doing. This keeps me from missing the important photos of my super cute babies in the family!

 

What do you do with Facebook?

Twitter

Oh my gosh, just when you thought you couldn't allow any more distractions into your life! I joined Twitter. I am not sure I can even explain it. You just have to go see it. It is like Facebook on crack. So if you want to join me, come see at https://twitter.com/heatherhaymart. You can follow me, I can follow you, we can follow others, it's crazy!

Oh and guess what? After much obsession, I finally made not one, but two sales last week on Etsy! My first two sales and both within three days of each other. I sold my Falling for Trees painting to Sharon (an artist friend of mine). Thank you Sharon! and I sold Rising to the Top to Leah in Cambridge, MA. I packed that painting so well I bet it takes her an hour to open it! Thank you Leah!

I have more tree paintings in the works, so hopefully I can post one in a couple days.