Okay, so it’s been what two or three days since I last wrote about Twitter? Well, I’ve finally finished two mini-projects about Twitter so I won’t have to yap about it on my blog every day.

The first one is that I’ve created a brand new Squidoo lens called “The Artist’s Guide to Twitter” that lists tells you all about what Twitter is, how to get a free account, and how you can use it to connect with other people and promote your website. I’ve also included a growing list of Twitter tools and programs that can help you Twitter better and you can also sign the guestbook and leave your own Twitter name so that people can follow you. You can check it out at http://www.squidoo.com/ArtistTwitterGuide

The second mini project is that I finished doing a video tour of Twitter so you can see what it’s all about, how it works, and what you can do with Twitter. You can watch that by clicking on the video below.

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So now…I’ll be writing about things other than how great Twitter is…if you want to continue the conversation, follow me at http://twitter.com/nikolena.

Okay…so I’m not going to talk about Twitter today. My Twitter friend (sorry…couldn’t help it) Keith Burtis clued me into Art Review.com, another social networking website for artists. Now unlike IndiePublic and The Artful Community, this particular site seems to be mainly geared toward painters, photographers, sculptors, and even video artists. But it didn’t stop me from getting a profile anyway.

So, check out Art Review.com…it looks like it’s run by the same folks that run the Art Review Magazine, and sign up for a free account.

And of course, while you’re there…check out my profile and add me as a friend!

A while back ago, I wrote about some tools you should get to help you maintain your website. One piece of software that’s really helpful is something called a text editor. A text editor is a program that allows you to type documents in plain text…without any formatting or special characters. If you want to be able to open up an individual HTML page and look at the code underneath, you’ll need a text editor in order to see it properly. Text editors are also important for preventing garbled text in your web pages and emails when you’re cutting and pasting text out of Microsoft Word

PCs come with a free text editor called Notepad. You’ll usually find it under “Accessories”. Unfortunately Macs didn’t have a free Notepad equivalent installed so Mac users needed to buy a text editor called BBEdit, which is about $125.

BBEdit is a great little text editor and I’ve used it for years to help me edit code for my website, write my email newsletters, to clean up text cut out of Word…heck I’ve even used it to make up a grocery list. But if you’re a Mac user and your budget is a little tight, you can try out a free text editor called Smultron (nope…I’m not sure how to pronounce it).

I’ve been testing it for a bit and it seems to work very much like BBEdit…and you can’t beat the price (free!). Check it out and download your own copy here.

Well, I finally got around to publishing my latest Squidoo lens. This lens is a resource list for artists and crafters who have websites. There you’ll find links and information for all kinds of useful services and resources for blogging, ecommerce, promotional opportunities, web design and building tutorials, and links to websites where you can sell your artwork.

You can take a look at the lens at:
Resources for Craft Websites

If you’re not familiar with what Squidoo is, you can read my post about Squidoo here.

Plus, if you hadn’t taken a look at first Squidoo lens, “How Artists Can Market Themselves on the Internet“, be sure to check it out while you’re on Squidoo!.

Just spotted another great article from Maddy from Modish to add to the Photographing Your Art Link Roundup. A new blog post on her BUILDING A BUSINESS series is about how to start a prop room for your photographs.

BUILDING A BUSINESS- Starting a Prop Room- This is a nice short article on what props to gather to style your photographs.

If you’ve missed the original post, you can check it out here:
Link Roundup: Photographing Your Art