Well, it’s been a month since I really ramped up this endeavor. Is this social media promoting working? Accounting for overlaps, 80+ people have made a connection back to me. I think it’s conservative to speculate that less than 1/16th of those people are art professionals. Of those, probably none with enough clout to make anything happen. Non-connection exposures, I’m sure, are in the thousands, simply because of the way Instagram works.
Most of my site visits are Facebook likes, but considering my number of followers on Tumblr, those acquisitions are far more impressive (although lower in number). As I’m writing this, 10 Twitter followers – thanks @Manhattanpeachy.
My first observations still hold true. Posting is like yelling hashtags in crowded rooms.
The reason for this spring into social networking was not to get ‘known’ or popularity. It was about gaining back my google position on my name. I’ve gained position for patrickdew.com, although not where it was. And my Twitter account and Facebook page have trumped and bumped others. I needed, and still need, massive amounts of people for ‘the serial.’
58 Instagram posts, resulting in 28 followers.
143 tweets, resulting in 9 followers.
80+ posts on Facebook, 72 page likes.
50+ posts on Google Plus, 1 follower.
80+ Tumblr posts, 12 followers.
5+ WordPress posts, 5 followers.
Just added Medium today.