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Heres a great article from Mashable highlighting the amount of time people actually spend on social networking sites.

We apparently spend up to 6 hours a month on social networking sites. However I believe these numbers could even be higher. Think about it, we generally spend more time on the Internet than in front of our television sets and much of our time on the Internet is spent on social networking sites.

"Active unique users of social networks are also up nearly 30% globally, rising from 244.2 million to 314.5 million collectively."

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"Being connected to social media is one of the keys to my art success. I believe it is essential for any artist to use it, especially in today's art world. "

If you are an artist who is starting out for the first time, you must establish connections with art collectors, museums, galleries, agents, etc.

Although it took me many years to achieve international recognition, I believe portals to art worlds involving facebook, friendfeed, twitter, linkedin, and flickr helped to introduce my artwork to thousands of viewers over time. This is especially true for self taught artists, like myself, who have little money for advertising. Your most important tool is social media.

Among my success stories are two of my favorite places to acquire new clients and viewers: Facebook & Twitter.

My faithful admirers also lend support and comments, and I also use my fan page to list special coupons, events, art news and more.

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For any artist or art group wanting to show their artwork, having your own website or an online portfolio is certainly one of the best ways to 'get out there'. It enables potential buyers to easily view your artwork and contact you regarding it. A well presented artists website will certainly bring in new business to you (and your gallery) and build your art career.

Artist website options
For most artists the cost of having a professional website built is prohibitive. Most artists choose to build their own website using web authoring programs or for the less-experienced there are online content management systems that will enable you to compile an online portfolio.

Online Portfolio Systems
There are a growing number of online systems that will allow an artist to present a portfolio of their work. Some systems are simply just that; a portfolio. Whilst others are primarily to sell original artwork, or prints. It can do no harm to build multiple web presences however it can become difficult if things become out of date.

easelspace.com bridges the divide and offers a place where you can showcase your work and help build a vibrant artistic community.

Secret Smile

It is the newest widget on easelspace. It has the singular purpose of allowing two people to anonymously discover if there is a mutual interest to meet and become friends.....


The beauty of this idea is that it is completely discrete. A member will not know who is interested in them or their work, and vice-versa, unless or until BOTH members send a smile to each other.




Then, and only then, will the status for the other person change from "Smile sent" to "Yippee"

A big thanks to Kev Moore for the graphics