Mattias Inks. Posting art work on Facebook. Facebook, Google And Your Art Work. Copyright or not to Copyright? When you are posting your art pieces on facebook think about the purpose for the post. Is it for business of or for personal use. If it is for personal use, be very careful what photos your post, Facebook can be an open book. (You can read Facebook Privacy Policy, section #6 at the end of this post.) If it is for business this could be a good thing. Let’s think of the positive things that it can do for you: It can provide world wide exposure to you and your art.NO where is there any other place that you can advertise, world wide, your name and reputation than getting on Google.
Make sure your name, title and descriptions are all tagged with your art photo so no matter where it goes on the web people will know it is you. If you want to know where your art work and name is going on the web, register your name with Google Alerts. There is the copy right issue. Don’t assume your art work is safe at any event you attend. 6. Ask-Moshe-Anything-About-Art: Your artwork on Facebook « Moshe Mikanovsky Art. In a Social Media for Artist session I recently gave at the Hang Man Gallery in Toronto, photographer Patti Knight ask me this about loading her photography images to Facebook: I was told that once you upload your photographs (or art) to Facebook you lose ownership on it, and Facebook owns it. This is why I don’t use Facebook and I don’t upload my images.Is that true?
I have heard this before. I think I read it on one of the art forums, maybe it was WetCanvas. People are concerned about loosing ownership of their intellectual property (IP) by vague user agreements that are hard to read, and those we usually skip over before registering to sites, such as Facebook. I also refrained in the past from uploading my artwork to my Facebook pages. At the time of the seminar I didn’t have the specific answer, mainly because I didn’t read Facebook’s current terms and conditions, and with Facebook you can never know. I did some research today, and this is what I found. Some more reading: Cheers Moshe. How to Promote Your Art Using Facebook || Fidelis Art Prints. 21st Century Art Marketers have Facebook Pages You may already be using Facebook or you have likely heard about it. But did you know that over 200,000,000+ people log onto Facebook each day?
Of the 400,000,000+ people who are Facebook users, each user has over 60 pages they are connected. FB users share their favourite Pages with their friends, who share with their friends, etc. etc. If you’re not promoting your art using Facebook, you are missing out on the best opportunity to build a loyal following of your art. The objective of your Facebook FanPage is to build fans of your art and increase your brand awareness. Building a Facebook Fan Page provides several other advantages: • A steady flow of traffic to your website • Help with building relationships with your target audience • Establishes you as a serious artist • Provides another place for search engines to find you • Offers a secondary stream for your Blog (you can add your blog posts to your Fan Page) and drive traffic to your blog.