{"id":3496,"date":"2022-01-20T00:50:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2022-01-20T14:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:12:37","slug":"get-some-flair-5-tricks-independent-creators-dont-know-but-should","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/get-some-flair-5-tricks-independent-creators-dont-know-but-should\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Some Flair: 5 Tricks Independent Creators Don\u2019t Know (But Should)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><b><i>By Cindy Partridge<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><b><i>Loyalfans\u2019 Contributing Model Coach\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know: There are all sorts of *things* you can be doing to make your work world a better place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t mean organizing your calendar and making strategic decisions about what platforms you choose to leverage. I mean, you should be doing those things, sure. What I\u2019m referring to here though are other interesting \u201cflair\u201d things you can be doing to add texture to your online presence, depth to your persona, and nuance to your work portfolio overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following aren\u2019t necessarily tricks, but they are tricky things you may just not have thought of before \u2013 and many of these ideas can lead to trick acquisition, helping you to emerge as the mastermind of your own work world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Use your Words!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can write an article for media and submit it to publications. Like other media, printed, on site, and on blogs, it\u2019s competitive and you need to have something to say (and you need to say it well). But your work rank isn\u2019t the deciding factor in terms of getting your voice out there. Your writing skills and what you have to say are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Ask for Promo<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reach out to platform support and other appropriate departments to ask what you can do to be featured or get promoted on their site or branded social media. This could be something simple like getting a post to your page or merchandise to wear for pictures, or more elaborate like doing an interview or getting a trailer made about your page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key point here though is that you have to ask. If people don\u2019t know you\u2019re interested, well, then how will they know? Plus, the initiative and interactivity will put you on their radar for when they are actively seeking creators for something high profile or more elaborate!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Learn Stuff<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this one isn&#8217;t a guaranteed thing for all platforms \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">except for on Loyalfans\u2026 it\u2019s guaranteed on Loyalfans! <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 it\u2019s worth exploring. You <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> should <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reach out to support to see if they are able to offer any advice on how to optimize growth on their platform, use their features, optimize yourself on their site, and so on.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can look like an email, a link to a blog, and access to tutorials or articles you may not be aware exist. On Loyalfans, it can even mean a one-on-one site walkthrough that you didn\u2019t know was offered!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the answer is no, you are in the same situation you were before you asked. If you are hit back with a yes, you are now equipped with more information that you had before. That is most certainly worth the risk of being told no.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Say No\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are offered or asked to participate in an initiative that you don\u2019t like, well, you can say no. You can reject their offer in a polite way. Even better, you can say you would love to do something with them but this particular opportunity doesn\u2019t feel like the best fit for both of you. You follow that up with another suggestion you like better, backing up why your idea lands better, scratching your back \u2013 and their\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Tip Your Waitress (and Be Nice to Andrew)<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you eat out, your server is a key part of making sure you have a great experience. It makes sense to be nice to them. The same goes with site support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treat support as part of your income optimization team. You <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be polite to support. This is especially important to remember when you have an issue, whether that issue is the site\u2019s fault, your fault (it happens!), or some glitch no one could have predicted, the fact remains that getting an issue resolved always goes smoother if everyone feels respected.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support teams are not your submissive or your customer. (And even if they are, when they are working, they are site support on their work accounts.) Don\u2019t treat them like they are. I get that when something is going wrong it\u2019s easy to get frustrated, but I can almost guarantee that they are not the ones who fucked your shit up, nor are they in control of what did. They want your issues fixed as much as you do.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you are asking for help, remember you are asking for their help. Don\u2019t bite Andrew\u2019s hand!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/all-features-03.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><strong>About Loyalfans.com:<\/strong> <i>Loyalfans.com is a premium social media fan club that enables influencers, creators, artists, public figures, and all types of compelling people to interact with and share various forms of original content with their most loyal fans.<\/i><i> Creators\u2019 loyal fans can become supporters in exchange for exclusive benefits offered via the platform, facilitating an opportunity to turn individual ingenuity and influence into a thriving business.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><i>Loyalfans invites all people and personalities to create, share, and connect via the platform, thereby manifesting opportunities to earn revenue and grow. Loyalfans welcomes and supports <\/i><i>all forms of positive, consensual, creative expression.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Image via Unsplash <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/abkEAOjnY0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cindy Partridge Loyalfans\u2019 Contributing Model Coach\u00a0 Did you know: There are all sorts of *things* you can be doing to make your work world a better place.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mean organizing your calendar and making strategic decisions about what platforms you choose to leverage. I mean, you should be doing those things, sure. What I\u2019m referring to here though are other interesting \u201cflair\u201d things&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/get-some-flair-5-tricks-independent-creators-dont-know-but-should\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[441],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3555,"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions\/3555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loyalfans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}