Let’s say it loud and clear:
There’s nothing wrong with promoting your small business, your art, books, your services on mastodon or any other social media.
Self promotion is not an ad!
It’s being part of a community.
People have to do it. Other people might need and want the good stuff their community members might offer.
Mutual support and buying from your community members is good, wholesome and necessary.
Boost if you agree, so creators feel welcomed to self promote here
#mastoart
@masteremit I think advertisement is when you pay someone to advertise your work whether it's a firm, a website, a blogger.
While promoting your own stuff in your own blog, OR genuinely recommending some stuff that you enjoy in your own blog when you're not paid to do that, is either self promotion OR word of mouth.
And those are very different things
If someone pays me so I advertise their book on my blog it's an add
If I post links to buying my book on my own blog is self promotion
If a person makes proft from advertising stuff they didn't make
they are selling add space to someone.
If a person is telling about stuff THEY DO and give their audience the opportunity to support them and get those cool things - it's inherently different.
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MasterEmit