Bryan HanselDec 15, 2023

As much as I don't like Twitter, I do miss all the calendar sales that it used to drive. I'm down over a $1,000 of income that would have come from Twitter calendar sales. That sucks.

If you want a calendar, you can get it here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/bryan-hansel/northern-landscapes-calendar-2024/paperback/product-2m29j64.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Northern Landscapes Calendar 2024

A year worth of landscape images from northern Minnesota. These photos, taken by landscape photographer and outdoor photography instructor Bryan Hansel, cover a wide range of subjects in the northland. For this year's calendar many of the images come from Cook County, Minnesota and Lake Superior. The images show sunrises from Artist's Point, waterfalls from the Temperance River and Cascade River, a sunrise near Hovland, a harbor scene from Grand Marais, fall color scenes from Cook and Lake Counties, and a peaceful cabin in the snow.

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Show threadsammydeeDec 15, 2023
@bryanhansel Have you tried selling on Threads yet?
Show threadBryan Hansel
@sammydee I have. There's basically no response. It feels a bit like Instagram in that way. On Twitter, I had a few big names in Minnesota that would promote the calendar and drive sales.
Dec 15, 2023 at 7:29pmWeb
Show threadsammydeeDec 15, 2023
@bryanhansel Good to know. Like Twitter, Threads feels more like a broadcast mechanism for larger accounts. Not much interaction with friends, but interesting posts from interesting people who I follow. So I guess the secret to 'success' there is to become an 'interesting person', and post fun things regularly so folks follow you. If you did that on Twitter I'm sure you could do it on Threads too, just might take a while. :) Good luck!
Show threadBryan HanselDec 15, 2023
@sammydee if a few more Minnesotans move from Twitter to Threads, it would probably work, especially if certain ones do. I'm @bryanhansel over there.
Show threadsammydeeDec 15, 2023
@bryanhansel Since they just introduced their version of hash tags, maybe there's a Minnesota tag to follow / use? Or create one...
Show threadBryan HanselDec 15, 2023
@sammydee I haven't found hashtags to be effective there. Mentioning "Minnesota" seems to get more traction. When I've used hashtags, the post seems to get less traction. Until they build hashtags out in the way Mastodon has, I don't think they are worth it.
Show threadfegularDec 16, 2023
@sammydee what if I am not an interesting person? Would I be a failure? @bryanhansel