Getting Linked

Like many other artists I have posted pictures of my creations on Facebook and Instagram and I can't deny that thumbs up, likes and an occasional positive comment provide moments of satisfaction. In the end though, I was left with the impression that I was merely exchanging likes with a limited group of fellow artists.

Recently a friend told me that he believed LinkedIn could offer far better opportunities to build a network of specific interested parties. Up till then I was convinced that LinkedIn was designated to headhunters and people in search of a new job but after taking a closer look I was pleasantly surprised to find plenty of art related content and a fair amount of people who are professionally involved with art.

Soon after I created a profile I discovered a few interesting groups with promising keywords such as Collectors, Curators, Influencers, Consultants,... unfortunately, despite a huge amount of groupmembers, a lot of interesting posts obtain very few or no reactions at all.

Taking these data into account I have come up with the following plan; for my first post on LinkedIn I will organize a poll because seemingly there is a good chance of a significant response. I hope it will enable me to measure the degree of activity within the various groups and in the mean time I will try to find out what kind of paintings the people in these groups prefer.

If you are interested in the results of this study you are welcome to subscribe to this blog where the analysis of this research will be published in my second post. Another simple manner of staying informed is to connect to my LinkedIn profile where I will be happy to meet you.

Below are the six compositions of four paintings each that will appear in LinkedIn artgroups where one can indicate which painting one prefers.