Promo Tactics
I'm trying to figure out how to make social networking a useful tool for business. There are many articles out there with tips for using Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Pages, blogging, etc. to both enhance relationships with exisiting clients and to generate new business. My Twitter account and my other blog,
Creative Bits, have been created for that purpose. I just set up a Facebook Page for Asolare Design this morning, as suggested by
Problogger.net. Do you have experience with your own self-promo and social networking sites? Being a freelance creative in today's culture, one must learn to use these strategies or simply become obselete. I'd love to hear your own thoughts.
Labels: blogging, business, facebook pages, self-promotion, twitter
Creative Bits Design Blog
I've started a blog devoted to design on my professional site,
AsolareDesign.com, with daily postings commenting on design: good and bad, ideas, trends and musings on the web, print, interior and architectural design. I'm getting used to blogging daily now, and enjoy having one for professional use and this one for whatever the hell I want to post! That's what you have a personal website for, right? That's why I designed ChelseaRocks.info, to try all the stuff I wanna try but don't want to toss onto my portfolio site...and to be able to talk about whatever in order to stay in touch with family and friends. Thanks for checking out both, I am honored and grateful for your interest.
Labels: blogging, design, portfolio
Desperate Housewives make use of blogs
This NY Times article, "
When the Ex Blogs, The Dirtiest Laundry Is Aired" brings to light the emerging trend of blogging and America's wonderful twist. According to the article, 1 in 10 internet users maintains a blog these days! That's a lot of discussion out there! And women are using their blogs to exploit their cheating husbands, expose dirty secrets to the public and ruin the reputation of loved ones. Kids, teens and students now deal with cyber-bullying regularly. I know that my own text messages can sometimes set my mind spinning or my mood kicking. Seemingly nothing in my physical environment has changed, only a hasty communication from the airwaves changes everything. Powerful but so fleeting. Oh the power of the internet! In its power and its disgrace lies its beauty and freedom.
Labels: blogging, internet
