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Thanks, all. I’m going to start a new thread about this in the Facebook section…I’m afraid it might get lost here. I’ve made a couple of you admins.
OK, I’ve just put up the bug and a bad jpg of the logo right now. I can’t access most of the files in Leo’s link…I get an error message about a blob or something. Please like:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Symbiostock/466435486810556#
If anyone would like to be an admin, let me know. I don’t want to be responsible for the whole effort.
If you’d like to send some photos or illustrations my way, try my new email: theartist@vector999.com. They don’t have to be large…I just want to put a bunch together for the page header. I’ll probably crop them a lot so they’re “unstealable.” I’d also like an eps of the Symbio logo, if someone has it, which I can’t access through github.
Try going to appearance > Customize > Symbiostock nav menus
Then go down to “Separate search/account menus?” and click “off.”OK, I started the page. I need the Symbiostock logo, and if people will donate a photo or illustration, I can slice them up and create a header image.
But I’m gonna stop posting here if I have to answer 3 questions every time I post.
@klsbear wrote:
@shelma1 wrote:
Ok…I tried a group, and a group requires that I invite friends, which means I’d have to friend people on my personal page, and then we would all have to join from our personal Facebook pages, not our business pages….unless I’m missing something? Groups members also have to be approved to join.
I just tried searching for the group and it’s not showing up when I search Symbiostock. Is it set to private?
I was unable to set it up, because to do so you must invite personal Facebook friends.
Ok…I tried a group, and a group requires that I invite friends, which means I’d have to friend people on my personal page, and then we would all have to join from our personal Facebook pages, not our business pages….unless I’m missing something? Groups members also have to be approved to join.
I think a page makes more sense. Here’s info from Facebook. Let me now what you think:
Pages allow real organizations, businesses, celebrities and brands to communicate broadly with people who like them. Pages may only be created and managed by official representatives.
Groups provide a closed space for small groups of people to communicate about shared interests. Groups can be created by anyone.
Other differences include:
Pages
Privacy: Page information and posts are public and generally available to everyone on Facebook.
Audience: Anyone can like a Page to become connected with it and get News Feed updates. There is no limit to how many people can like a Page.
Communication: Page admins can share posts under the Page’s name. Page posts appear in the feeds of people who like the Page and their friends. Page admins can also create customized apps for their Pages and check Page Insights to track the Page’s growth and activity.
GroupsPrivacy: In addition to an open setting, more privacy settings are available for groups. In secret and closed groups, posts are only visible to group members.
Audience: Group members must be approved or added by other members. When a group reaches a certain size, some features are limited. The most useful groups tend to be the ones you create with small groups of people you know.
Communication: In groups, members receive notifications by default when any member posts in the group. Group members can participate in chats, upload photos to shared albums, collaborate on group docs and invite members who are friends to group events.
Depending on your needs, you can easily create a Page or create a group.Ok. I’m happy to start a group, if it’s ok with Leo.
The question about how to get rid of the stack of links comes up so often, I wonder if we should add it to the step-by-step instructions or create a sticky?
@redneck wrote:
I believe Facebook is probably the strongest of all social networks and therefore a good platform for community based publicity.
The “liking each other’s Facebook page” won’t do a lot for Symbiostock. A well organized “group” with interesting content, not just a collection of links like on Twitter, but striking images and discussions about what Symbiostock is about, might help a lot to spread the word.
I agree. In addition, with Facebook you can promote your posts and advertise to specific groups…art directors and designers, for example. Maybe people who are interested can get together and start a page. But we’d need donations if we were going to do paid promotions.
@redneck wrote:
Anyone thought of an open but moderated “Group” on Facebook yet? With a mod posting one or a few really striking images of the Symbiostock (hand picked, not per automated members queue) network a day and encouraging discussions etc.? The image of course including watermark and source to buy it.
I actually suggested that a few weeks back, but it was not well received. My attempt to offer helpful info about my own Facebook ad campaign was also pretty much ignored and quickly devolved into a Facebook hatefest.
This is making the advertising rounds…a smackdown from a digital artist who’s naming names.
http://neechart.blogspot.jp/2013/11/artists-beware-roy-torres-of-grey.html
@jan wrote:
I don’t know but I think if we don’t have some big buyers backing us up we need exposure. Or better said Impressions, without impressions no exposure!
The graph below are the impressions of my site. I was so glad to reach 90 and even after the 90 impressions I have been uploading on a daily basis. The result is now 12 impressions. I know I have to do more marketing and need more links, etc. I have no duplicates.
Basically I have done nothing different or strange to cause this drop.
The frustrating part is that I have daily sales via agencies but struggle to get traffic on my own site.The microstock agencies have major ad agencies running campaigns for them…most probably with multimillion dollar ad budgets. And PR firms placing press releases. I see their paid advertising all over the web, and of course we all get emails from them (I do, at least). They pay for higher ranking on google. They also run print ads in all the major trade publications.
The ranking worked until I upgraded. It seems to have disappeared in the newer version of Symbiostock. I also think it’s very useful. I’d love to get my best work back up at the top of the search results.
Yummy website! (but you have a typo in your name down by your stocksy slide)
