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
Hear hear @ThistleArts
with the important caveat that you need to *engage as a person*. Don't treat social media as your marketing channel; you're talking directly to individual humans. We can smell marketing crap and we hate it.
If you want to get blocked and hated and mocked, use it one-way like a dumb marketing channel.
If you want actual engagement from people interested in what you do, be *human* here. You're interesting and real, so show that.
@ThistleArts
> that seems pretty obvious […] there’s no way your getting followers and support unless you’re actively present as a human being
I wish it were obvious to everyone yes. Sadly, a lot of people seem to believe they're getting blocked *merely* because they promote their work
when they're getting blocked because they use social media as a marketing channel, and people don't want one-way marketing crap in their feed.
It's entirely feasible to promote your work on Mastodon and engage with people as people. More creators need to do it that way.
ThistleArts🏳️⚧️🎨🔞
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