A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Alyson Stanfield, the “Art Biz Coach” in person. I’ve been following her on Twitter and hear great things about her in different art circles. She just posted a blog called “Carve Out Time for Social Networking” and it is right on the money!
She included my “Zen of Twitter”
“Don’t worry about what you
might have missed when you weren’t looking,
just assume that the tweets you are meant to see
are the ones on the screen when you are inspired to look.”
But that isn’t the only reason I liked the post. 🙂 Of course, I was extremely flattered. Her advice to artists about social networking is definitely worth a read so instead of recreating the wheel, here is the link to hear it from Alyson: Carve Out Time for Social Networking
Now go forth, be creative and be social!
~ Tara
Thanks for this post, Tara! My husband & I were just talking today about how you can so easily get overwhelmed by all of the “noise” on Twitter, even though it is an important {free!} tool. I love your zen philosophy of it! And I think I’m going to use Alyson’s suggestion of setting a timer for my social networking, because it can be a vortex that is hard to climb out of. : )
Tara: So many people have commented on the Zen of Twitter philosophy. Thanks for letting me share it with my peeps and for coming up with it in the first place. Brilliant!
No problem Alyson– isn’t that the beauty of “Web 2.0” – sharing around the web! Loved your post too — so glad to be able to share your wisdom as well!