Using Social Media

Your online  Presence will be very important as an Illustrator as lots of Clients will spot your work this way as it is a good way to get recognised and a following for your work .  so it is a really good idea to have a few sites just for your work online and in particular on Social media sites.

Tips for facebook

- Images for facebook tend to be more engaging
- about 100-250 characters for text posts.

-Its provides

* Two way conversation.
* Feedback
* A chance to promote yourself with Exclusive deals and Promos
* Timing-  You can Relate your posts to dates that are popular , for example holidays and events.
*  The chance to reply to your followers.
* Opportunities to provide Sneak peeks of your work to gain hype.
* You can schedule your posts for when people are online to see your work .
* you can link posts to your website.
* you can queue posts so you can still post even when you yourself are not available.

I find that my own facebook page has helped me promote myself alot better than before and i can reach a lot more people this way , Its an easy platform to work with and its popular.

Flickr

- Order your photos as the last five are the ones people will see.
- Tag your photos.
- Reciprocation is important.
- Share, Comment and Favourite.


Linkden

- A good site to make connections
- Employers list jobs there.
- Updates
- A professional image.

Pinterest and sites like Tumblr and Twitter and Blogger.

- Very popular and lots of people use them on a daily basis.
- Very easy to post something with links to sites and images.
- A place to view your  portfolio online.