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Do You Fear Self Promotion?

When people praise your work, do you get all awkward and quickly change the subject?

Artists Fear Self Promotion

Jala Smith-Huys, the owner of Embark Creative, is a graphic design artist and former Creative Director for New Seasons market.  Jala has all the goods, but she is still uncomfortable with letting people know about the attention that she gets.

On August 4, a client of hers, @Mindglo, praised Jala (@embarkcreative) and @sasquatcha for their social media help and expertise by sending out a shout out on Twitter.  Jala was feeling a little shy.

@embarkcreative

She needed a nudge, so I gave her one.

@agoodhusband

But she was still so resistant.  @Sasquatcha, @nahbois, and @Foundrydesign all encouraged her to share the praise.  When she still wouldn’t do it – I did it for her.

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It was just a simple retweet, no big deal.

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All of this took place over about 30 minutes.  A microcosm of community building, marketing, and friendship.

Artists Shouldn’t Fear Self Promotion

It’s not a bad thing to self promote a little bit.  Not everyone is going to think that you’re so great that they need to toot your horn for you.  How many times have you passed on the opportunity to let your prospective clients know the great things others are saying about you?

Do me a favor – in the comments below, let us know one nice thing that a client or customer has said about you that you’ve never told anyone, and why you haven’t shared it.

Don’t be shy.  Consider this your nudge.

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Comments

  1. William says

    August 6, 2009 at 6:51 AM

    Do be shy! I understand your creative feelings about not tooting your own horn, but
    I do it every time I write a column. My column is very personal and I bare my soul
    each time I write it. Fans love it. For example, The Capital Press in
    Salem decided to remove my column from the pages of the newspaper and only
    have it on their website. There was so much of a fuss by readers, that the newspaper wrote a front page story saying it was restoring my column to print.
    your shy grandfather.

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