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TL Mair

8 Years Ago

Another Facebook Post, How Do You Get Quality Followers?

I was wondering if anyone would like to share their secrets of getting quality Facebook followers when it come to selling/promoting your art.
I have been having a terrible time attracting followers. I was noticing one member here has 22K followers on their facebook page, how does anyone get that many followers.
I understand that having followers does not guaranty sales but it's got to help in getting exposure.
So if you please, please share your strategies.
Thanks

TL Mair
tlmair.com

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Jessica Jenney

8 Years Ago

If you are talking about a Facebook PAGE you can't control who likes your page since it's public. You can target your audience if you like.

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

on facebook there are no quality followers

you can't have 22,000 people on facebook, it cuts you off at 5000 - that might have been a page, but not a friend thing. they can run contests where the page has to be liked. they can buy the likes, so like 20,000 of those may have cost them a bundle. its easy to fake. doesn't mean they sell well though. you can have a good blog going and collect people that way. its a lot more work to really work on.

facebook has too many posts so its nearly impossible to follow the ones you like best. your better off looking for people on twitter, because they will more likely to follow back and you can pick and choose easier


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Monsieur Danl

8 Years Ago

Just be content if all your followers are breathing.

 

Jessica Jenney

8 Years Ago

On the Facebook page there is no limit on followers! It takes lots of time to get them. You can send invites to your friends, but even so, less and less people can view your page posts. Facebook wants to make money by having you sponsor your posts.

 

Chuck Staley

8 Years Ago

I personally find Facebook a waste of time when it comes to marketing. Less than a dozen people see my posts, and always the same people.

 

Cynthia Decker

8 Years Ago

There's no cutoff for artist pages, Mike. I have over 5K followers. Over the past few years I have put links to my FB page wherever I can, and I have a sign and QR code that lets people follow me right from the brick and mortar gallery I show in. I get about 10-25 new followers a week on average. Sometimes I get a flurry and will get dozens in a week, I assume that's from someone influential sharing something.

These days it will be difficult to gain a significant amount of followers without some targeted effort (like an ad, or having someone with a ton of connections promote you, or having a post go viral) You can't just expect your current set of followers to grow on it's own anymore. Ask your followers to share your content. Give them something to share (I give away correctly sized and discreetly labeled Facebook banners that my followers can use and share).

These days, posts reach about 10% of your total audience. When I don't boost a post, it gets in front of about 575 of my followers. I get good post engagement and have messages from my followers with questions and comments daily. I try to post a few times a week, and I try to offer interesting content; new images of mine, links to interesting art news, new products (shower curtains and duvets most recently). Another noteworthy stat is I get about 10-20% clickthrough, which means of the 575 who saw the post, about 50-100 people click on it.

I have boosted posts a couple of times, both times for a specific product featuring my best selling images. Both times I have seen an increase in sales and made back my boost budget more than 15x over. Lots of folks here don't believe in paying to play, but it works for me. I would only do it and expect results with images that are proven sellers, though.

 

TL Mair

8 Years Ago

Thanks for the info guys!! I have tried to get more followers, and more shares, but it is like pulling teeth.
Cynthia I don't have anything against paying for promoted adds, I just want to know if it works, it sounds like it works for you, perhaps I will give that a try.
Thanks again for the comments!!!

TL Mair
tlmair.com

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

for artist pages no. for personal pages yes. but they have to like you for the art page, so you have to attract attention to them and give them a reason to follow. i find it a waste of time.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

TL Mair

8 Years Ago

Mike it would seam that most everything I have been doing is a waste of time, I guess I just need to narrow down where I need to waste that time!

TL Mair
tlmair.com

 

Edward Fielding

8 Years Ago

You want organic followers. Not forced ones. People who find your work. Blogging is a good way to attract organic followers.

Great new Avatar! - very professional!

 

TL Mair

8 Years Ago

Edward, thank you for the compliment, that is my self portrait, taken in my studio!!

I have just started blogging again, I have a hard time in both remembering to write a blog, and thinking of what to blog.
That being said, I use both blogger.com, and post the same blog on my AW, which do you think is better?

TL Mair
tlmair.com

 

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