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Howdy, Art Friend 😎

Been posting, but getting no likes, comments, or shares?

You have 1 of 3 problems:

Good news? You are not doomed. This happens to everyone when they start.

Bad news? Each of the three problems requires swallowing your pride.

Now let's see if we can figure out what you're missing.

What you make might not be interesting to others.

I'm truly sorry. This is not a fun problem, but it’s very real.

It's a hard pill to swallow. But the truth is just because something matters to you does not mean it will matter to others. And then the next logical thought is "if what I make isn't good enough then I'm not good enough!"

Whoa! No! That is 100% not true.

You do NOT need to be the most skilled artist in the world to make good content. Plenty of people with less-than-god-tier skill levels put up solid numbers.

What's missing is you haven't figured out how to use your current skill to make engaging content. Hello Kitty is a very simple cartoon, but worth BILLIONS. Drawing things like hello kitty does not take 10 years of dedicated study mastering every muscle, angle, and subtlety of light and color.

So if you suspect content is your problem, here is what to do:

Skill alone is not the main factor. How you apply your current skill level is what matters.

Sometimes your content is fine, but your marketing is no good.

No one is seeing your stuff cuz your brand game is weak.

It is not enough to post and hope people magically find you. If you want people to engage with your work, you need to learn how to put it in front of them.

There are two ways to do this:

If no one knows your work exists, they cannot engage with it. Fixing your marketing means learning how to get in front of the right audience.

Honestly, probably the #1 problem.

Are you expecting too much too soon?

If your content and marketing theory feel solid, but you are still not seeing engagement, then your problem might just be time.

Look at your favorite artists online. Now check how many posts they have. Hundreds? Thousands? How many have you posted? Look when they started. How long have they been posting? How about you?

I bet you your favorite artists have both years and hundreds of posts on you. So why are you judging yourself when you’ve barely started playing the game? Sometimes it takes awhile for algorithm to decide you're worth showing. Sometimes the only way to learn the sense of what makes good content is posting a lot of stuff.

Expecting huge results from 8 posts is like expecting to be a championship marathon runner after one morning jog. Ain't gonna happen, homie ;3

No one builds an engaged audience overnight.

So accept this might take a lot of time and effort, cuz it probably will.

Want some concrete steps?

Here’s how you solve all 3 problems at the same time:

If you do all of the above, I’d be shocked if you don’t end improving your engagement in under a month - never mind a year.

Peace and Love,
Brosatsu