As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I'm not about to endeavor on anything as long and involved as #the100dayproject without having a very clear sense of where I started, so I can get a very clear picture of how much doing this — and hopefully completing it, as well — actually helped.
So, this post is basically to establish where the starting line is... and is perhaps as much for my own benefit as anything.
A group of stones from the "early days," mostly painted around 2012-13*
The Creative Part
Well, since I have not yet been very active — creatively speaking — in 2024, I'm going to mark the starting point for the Project with the stone serial number AS24-010. Since I mark all my stones with sequential numbers on the back, keeping track should be pretty easy.
Everything I paint from this point forward will be considered to be "part of the project."
The Social Media/Promotional Part
Here I am just baselining the starting points for the various social media accounts that will be part of The 100 Day Project. This is really what I am most hoping to develop:
Twitter/X:
Starting point is:
Posts: 74
Followers: 84
Following: 151
Facebook Page:
Starting point is:
Followers: 673
Likes: 652
Daily visitors (est): About 1 — 33 in the past month.
Instagram:
Starting point is:
Posts: 133
Followers: 119
Following: 76
And that about does it for the basic social media accounts. Of course, there's also Hive, but since everything is going to be tracked here, it seems a bit ambiguous to include it.
The Sales Venues Part
I wasn't really looking to include this in the stats/benchmarking, but since part of the objective here is to sell more art, I decided to add these as a quick footnote.
Etsy: At 2/19/24 — 203 active listings.
eBay: At 2/19/24 — 100 active listings.
Amazon Handmade: At 2/19/24 — 24 active listings.
HiveList: At 2/19/24 — store is still in set-up mode.
And that about covers the basics.
Naturally, I'm also hoping to expand my horizons and reach here on Hive, but I don't really want to count that as part of the original Project plan. Which isn't to say that I'm not appreciative of building a presence here!
I appreciate you coming to visit and please do leave a comment if you feel so inclined!
Thank You!
If you enjoy painted rocks, do check out The Hive Rocks Project and help spread the word about Hive, while also being creative!
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