Invisible
It’s hard to have a job that no one has ever done. There’s a lot of explaining to do when someone asks you what it is you do for a living, or when someone is asking for your services and really wants to know what they are asking for. Especially when it comes to promoting other people online. And I think that’s an easily blurred line. My most common response to people simply asking is this:
“If you don’t know what it is that I do, then I am doing my job well.”
My entire goal when promoting my artists online presence is to appear invisible. There’s no reason that my online presence as a person should be attached to or increased by anything that is happening with my artists online presence. Sure I will use my name in The Roadshow broadcasting chat room, but that’s simply to give the chat a life and someone with an actual name to ask questions. And there is inevitably some connection that is bound to happen by simply being connected, but beyond that, I try to stay out of the way.
The reason I bring this up today, is because I have had a ton of emails requesting information on what it is that I do and how I do it. I’ve had people find me on Facebook and Twitter asking how I am involved in what the artists I work with do online. And my answer is the same. ”If you don’t know, then I’m doing it right.” I’m sorry if that doesn’t sound like much, but that’s all I’ve got.
That’s why you’ll never see my blog link on any of my artists sites, that’s why my Twitter name isn’t connected to their Tweets. That’s why it’s up to them if they follow me on Twitter or read my blog, that’s why I stay off camera as much as I can, and that’s why when you ask me what it is that I do, I am as vague as I possibly can me. Because while I want my company to grow and thrive, it’s not about me and my own personal gain. I’m doing this to increase the artists web presence, not my own. I just hope I am doing that part well and if I’m not, I expect you all to tell me.
Hope that helps explain some things for you.
Who Would It Be?
If you could choose five artists that you would want to be blogging, who would they be? And when I say blogging, I mean regularly, actively, participating in a blogging community. Who would you want to hear from the most? More specifically, who do you think I should talk to next about blogging?
Ready? Go.
I Am Jacks Social Network
Well, I did it. I signed up on several of the world wide web social networking systems against my better judgement. You might be asking, why. Why did Brody sign up on all of those world wide web social networking systems?
Well I can tell you why. I did it so I could use them to point people here. I did it so I could learn how to use them to point people here. And I did it because I need to know how to use that stuff. So there you have it folks. Yes, I have a MySpace. No, there is nothing on it. Yes, I have a Facebook. No, there is nothing on it. Yes I have a Virb. You guessed it… nothing on it. I also have a Twitter account, that I have used a couple times, but, no there’s not much there. Aren’t you impressed?
So now comes the fun part of digging through all the weird code and verifications to make sure I know how to work these things. After all, everyone has them right? Now I do to.
Seriously, what really spurred this on was the announcement of this, and my quest to know more about the different things concerning artists and online presence. Who knows maybe someday we can all work together as a big happy world wide web social networking family.
