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INNER CREATIVE Cristina Cassidy, Cristina Cassidy Productions


The Artist Entrepreneur and Online Social Networking


artist Andy Warhol coined a phrase that is part of the language today. “In the future everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame.” Well, the future is here, and it looks like Warhol was definitely right.


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With the advent of You Tube, Facebook and Twitter, to name a few of the latest online social media phenomena, just about anyone can get their name out there for the world to see. The problem is that everyone is doing it at the same time. It’s easy to get lost in what I call “online noise.” We are being bombarded constantly with an ever-increasing amount of information. All you have to


do is look at your email to know what I mean. 28 ®


id Andy Warhol Have the Answer? In the late ’70s, pop culture


Using Online Social Media to Your Advantage I firmly believe that the Internet may be the best thing that has ever happened for artists. Why? You can reach a larger number of people than ever before through your website or through blogging and online social networking. For those artists who are introverts, there’s added advantage. Just think how easy it is to let thousands of people know about you and your work, without ever having to leave the comfort of your home studio or office.


(That’s not entirely true.You have to leave every once in awhile, but not as much as you used to.)


Twitter and Facebook, a Place to Meet and Greet As a documentary filmmaker, I have networked quite successfully using Twitter. I have met many other filmmakers and film devotees from


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