How to find Art collector on social media or Instagram?
As an Artist on Instagram or any other social media platform, our primary goal at the end of day is sell our artwork and make living out of it Especially, when you are full time Artists therefore, when connecting with the Art collectors, Critics or Art buyers, Instagram can turns out to be the best option for all the Artists out there. According to Statistics, 77% of Art collector have social media presence and look after other profile as portfolio. So, I’m going to Share some Important tried and tested tips about how to find Art collector on Social media/ will take specifically about Instagram to avoid complexity but this Tips will go for almost every social platform :
1. Search for Art galleries which have Instagram profile that are in line with your artwork. For instance, If you are into Landscape Art or Contemporary Art then make your research more targeted in order to find Art gallery that suits perfectly with your niche.
⦁ Look mainly for local galleries, neighborhoods, close by cities.
2. Next step is to ‘Scan’ their following list and search for Art Collectors and Art Insiders; they are following those people are a reason. Probably to reciprocate the support or maybe to engage with them.
3. After finding your targeted audience successfully. Instead of being self-centric, Try to provide them some values that will cost you $0.00 for sure.
⦁ Good way to take initiative is by following those Collectors, like some of their posts and also leave a comment about your opinion on their work.
⦁ by doing so, you will directly get noticed by them and chances are pretty high that your artwork may end up on there explore page.
⦁ Even if not, Art collectors never work alone in the Art industry. They are associated with several other famous artists and collectors. So, engaging with their content enhances chance by 5x times that they visit your profile and check out your artwork.
⦁ Another effective way to provide them values which worked really well for me is young collectors have pretty less knowledge about the Art medium, Art style, Types of canvas, about brush strokes or maybe color layering. They are looking for such knowledge which you can provide them easily.
4. Some days or weeks of sharing and engaging with each other, then just sit back and wait for the Exciting offer from your so-called ‘ New Art collector Friend’.
I hope this was helpful for you!
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