It's Fraggin Time Again!

After a full week of navigating the roller coaster that is social media marketing I am feeling a bit like I have been ran over by a steamroller! Thank goodness for Mrs. 4444's Fragmented Friday party. Don't forget to join in the special celebration is still taking place.

-Well I did it! I jumped head first into social media! My blogs are now tied to my Google+ account and am I learning how to use it more. My badge is there on the left so all you Google+ users can now follow me right on Google+. I even started using my Twitter account which I created eons ago but haven't spent any time to figure out. So if you are on Twitter you can find me @ArtistixNetwork. I am sure there will be a bit of trial and error figuring out what I am doing on Twitter. If you have any tips my ears and eyes are open. :D

I also created an Instagram account. Anyone on Instagram? Not sure how I am going to use that but hey it seemed like a good idea and well even a little fun.   Now all I have to do is figure out how to develop a level of cohesion between those, the blogs, our website, Facebook, Pintrest and oh yes my life.

- While watching The Voice I heard Rixton preform this song and absolutely love it! I don't much care for the official video but do really like this acoustic version almost as much as I like the full band version.

- I posted yesterday about the beautiful photo my granddaughter took and directed me through the editing process. Well, I also decided I wanted to see how it would look as a black and white so here is the black and white version. I still like her version better but this is nice too.

- I wish I was sitting by this stream right now! It isn't really very far, only about 20 miles from the city.

-  Now here is a news story to watch! Talk about a very special young man, a boy Ohio took his great-grandmother to his senior prom! Now that is awesome! 

That all I have for this week folks, so now head over and check out the party!

Embracing Social Media

I am not one to jump off a bridge just because my friends do. However, after seeing so many talking about and joining sites like pinterest and stumbledupon I decided to give them a try. After all, I did eventually join Facebook and although I don't play the games I have found it a great way to interact with my friends and my local community.

At first setting up the Pinterest boards was a bit frustrating as it kept giving me errors. But after I did finally get some boards set up and took a bit of time to explore some of my fellow bloggers' boards I decided it might just be worth all the work. I can definitely see the appeal and the potential, however I can also see how one could spend virtually hours just browsing.

Finding or maybe I should say making the time to just browse the net is going to be the challenging part for me. I have to admit though that after just a few minutes on stumbledupon I did find a number of very inspiring sites. I watched this awesome video of a spray paint artist creating a fantastic space painting. I think I could watch it over and over it is so amazing.

I also came across a great blog post on Marc and Angel Hack Life about 75 reminders for tough times that inspired me to create this new motivational art print using one of my recent abstract photographs.

I did find some neat stuff on the Pinterest boards although I have to admit it was not as easy as stumbledupon. Who knows though once I explore it more and get the hang of it maybe it will be just as fun. All in all, I do think I will enjoy both sites as long as I don't get lost in them.

Are you a member of either site, if so what do you think of them? What social media sites do you enjoy?