It is important when you upload works (images or journal entries) to add tags. As we don’t categorise works, tags are our way of finding …
It is important when you upload works (images or journal entries) to add tags. As we don’t categorise works, tags are our way of finding works in search results. Tags can be as descriptive as you like (eg include the colour of the work, its location, main theme etc). Separate tags with a comma. If you want to include multi-word tags the normal way to do it is to run the words together: eg SydneyHarbour, SanFranciso. More on tags by clicking here.
Just a tip… If you want to have two or more words together in the “tags” area you can use the “underscore” between the words… F…
Just a tip… If you want to have two or more words together in the “tags” area you can use the “underscore” between the words… For example if you want “harbour views” to appear as a “single entry rather than being split as “harbour” and “views” you type… “harbour_views” rather than “harbourviews”. If you type… “harbour views harbour_views” you will end up with three entries as “harbour” “harbour_views” and “views” to accompany your entry… Now… I hope I haven’t been too confusing!!!
Green – a colour the thirsty Australian landscape is struggling to reproduce with the extending drought. Today’s theme page is redbubbl…
Green – a colour the thirsty Australian landscape is struggling to reproduce with the extending drought. Today’s theme page is redbubble’s rain dance… calling for green! All the images that appear on the home page are tagged with the word “GREEN”. Don’t forget to tag all your images with as many meaningful words as you can… it’s the best way for browsing buyers to find your work.
Macro – the everyday seen differently. How many times to we overlook the obvious? Today’s theme is about stopping to look at the detail…
Macro – the everyday seen differently. How many times to we overlook the obvious? Today’s theme is about stopping to look at the detail in the everyday – and the beauty that’s contained in this detail. All the images that appear on the home page are tagged with the word “MACRO”. Don’t forget to tag all you images with as many meaningful words as you can … it’s the best way for browsing buyers to find your work.
As Victorians’ look to the grey skies with hope, today’s homepage marks testament to the natural beauty of water in our landscape. From d…
As Victorians’ look to the grey skies with hope, today’s homepage marks testament to the natural beauty of water in our landscape. From dawn until dusk, an artist’s eye can always find a stunning shot across the sea, lakes, rivers and streams. TAG TAG TAG: / Remember to tag all your work with key terms, as this let’s everybody search with ease! These are just some examples that are featured today: / water, sunrise, sunset, dawn, dusk, blue, red, river, sea, lake, boat, reflection, sky, purple, ocean, pier, transitions, glow, landscape, panorama, tree, branch, golden, waterscape, etc…
The island off the island – Possessing some of the most beautiful areas of Australia, Tasmania’s picturesque beauty is sometimes overlook…
The island off the island – Possessing some of the most beautiful areas of Australia, Tasmania’s picturesque beauty is sometimes overlooked as a destination. Today’s homepage tries to give you brief glimpse into the magical scenery that awaits, should you ever wish to visit. All images shown have been tagged with ‘tasmania’, so remember to TAG TAG TAG your work to make is easy to search and catalogue.
A lot of people are asking how to do the links to sets of photos or works in our profiles … so I thought I would outline it here for th…
A lot of people are asking how to do the links to sets of photos or works in our profiles … so I thought I would outline it here for those of you that would like that option. First thing is to have sets in mind and tags to associate with those sets. Then … make sure you have those tags on the photos you want in each set. This way a photo can actually be in more than one set if you like :) Then …. to make the links in your profile: (I’ll use my tree tag as an example) / you type the set name followed by the link to all your photos tagged with tree like this ….. but without the spaces: ” Trees ” : http://www.redbubble.com/people/crackers1967/art/everything/tags/tree When you do this without the spaces you get this: Trees / Edit your Profile and place the set code somewhere within the About Me section. I place mine down a little lower because for some reason long lines get cut when you view your Profile on your Overview page, it looks neater down lower and only viewable when someone clicks on the more link. You should be able to copy and paste that line with the spaces and just change the word, tag name and username, then remove the spaces and go for your life. :) You can also bullet the list by placing a hash and then a space before the whole lot and it looks like this: Trees / / The easiest way to see what your username is, is to open up RedBubble and click on View your public Profile. Look in the address bar of your browser and it will show you your username at the end of the address: http://redbubble.com/people/ username View all my HOW TO’s
Hey-Ya, you right ? (english greeting) Just a quick question before I go to bed, I have close to 200 gbs of photos from my trip, and a…
Hey-Ya, you right ? (english greeting) Just a quick question before I go to bed, I have close to 200 gbs of photos from my trip, and a few days before we head home. Can anyone suggest a really good, clean and easy to use program for image management. I’m considering Lightroom or imatch but I haven’t tried either but both come strongly recommended from friends/peers. What do other people use, I’d like something that I can easily view and sort, and probably tag and catergorise my 1000’s of photos. This will be the last for me in a while, maybe up to a week, depending on the state of our house (hopefully its not underwater). / Cheers, / Craig
The biggest advantage of adding ‘tags’ or ‘tagging’ your uploads to RedBubble is that you can group together certain types of photogr…
The biggest advantage of adding ‘tags’ or ‘tagging’ your uploads to RedBubble is that you can group together certain types of photographs. / ie. Landscape, Water Colour, Cartoons, Etc. To show you how this helps me, for the past three hours (between watching some television) I have been adding specific tags to my images. Consequently, I now have these ‘Series’ of related images. 1. Flowering Bulbs / 2. Kangaroo Island, April 2007 / 3. Kangaroo Island, April 2007 / 4. FlickrSA / 5. Landscape / 6. Architecture, Abstract / 7. Farm Machinery / 8. Beach, Kangaroo Island As you can see, tagging is important to get noticed. So here are a few ways to tag your work: 1. Don’t put in commas ( , )—just leave a space between each word. RB put the comma’s in automatically. 2. If you feel comfortable with worldwide recognition, Add your name. Either as separate words or conjoined. To join them, use an underscore and no spaces. / ie. Stephen_Mitchell / Otherwise, add your avatar. 2. The style of the image: / ie. black_and_white pens pencil isograph penmanship / ... and whatever else best describes the style of your work. 3. Location. / There are a lot of people on RB (and around the Internet) who’d probably love to discover these places or know of them. So add words that tell us where you were—the country, the town, even the railway station, etc. 4. Use descriptors. / Words that describe your emotions, the weather, the colour, the texture of the objects in the photograph. All these tags help your work to get noticed. / There maybe someone looking for a rainy afternoon on a railway station drawn with isograph pens ;) or wanting a computer wallpaper that’s vibrant red with bubbles. So those words are what they will search on, either here or on Google. Happy tagging!
I’ve just gone through trying to find links to all the cards I bought, and that’s when I r…
I’ve just gone through trying to find links to all the cards I bought, and that’s when I realised how important your tags are. Finding an artist by name is fine, if you know their name, but finding an artwork by title doesn’t work with the search facility unless the relevant title words are added to the tags. I must admit I found this out a couple of weeks ago, and have been adding title to tags since then, but I’m going to do it for the rest too, because the time it took me to find all those cards again was just enough to start making me tear my hair out! So please please please people…..tag your work!!!
“Kathleen Struckle”:http://redbubble.com/people/tigerlily asked in her journal the easiest way to arrange your portfolio. I passed on to …
“Kathleen Struckle”:http://redbubble.com/people/tigerlily asked in her journal the easiest way to arrange your portfolio. I passed on to her by bubblemail some advice I had gotten from “Tammy Soulliere”:http://redbubble.com/people/insanevirtue. / “Robin Webster”:http://redbubble.com/people/spazzycat / suggested that I put my advice in a journal to help out other redbubblers out there. So I hope this helps many of you as it helped me. This will give you a list of your portfolios under your profile that will take people to a page of nothing but that subject. 1. In your “edit your profile” page go to “about you” / 2. At the end of your writing make a space and type something like “My Portfolios” / 3. Space again and use the sample below to set up your list. All you want to change is the subject-your username-and the tag. Also, space between your entries. / Sample: ”subject”:http://redbubble.com/people/username/art/everything/tags/tag next entry 4. Make sure that tag is used on every piece of art that relates to that subject. This is my list for example. My Portfolios / Abstract / Fractal / Cats / Dog / Christmas
Tags Tags Tags. They help people find your work, improve you chances of being featured, and google search will love you more. So lear…
Tags Tags Tags. They help people find your work, improve you chances of being featured, and google search will love you more. So learning to do it right is a great idea. Excessive tagging does not work in your favor. You should only use tags that are obvious keywords that would connect a searcher with your work. Let me give you an example… Here is an image of a calculator (courtesy of google search) A good set of tags would be: calculator, numbers, mathematics, maths, buttons, machine, white, photograph A not so good set of tags would be: calculator, numbers, integers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, +, -, /, add, subtract, divide, mulitply, square root, screen, buttons, grey, black , white, maths, mathematics, science, finance, bookkeeping, nerd, office, administration, machine, technology, digital Why is the second set the weaker one? Because most of the terms tagged there only have the tiniest little thing to do with the image. This then goes on to pollute the searches of people who are actually looking for an image of a + symbol or an image of a nerdy caricature . The more polluted the search is, the more times people will just give up and go elsewhere. Anyway, hope that is some good general information for you.
*Here is another way of viewing my work, it is in a list format and displays the number of comments I have for each Photo… “Click Here….
Here is another way of viewing my work, it is in a list format and displays the number of comments I have for each Photo… Click Here… This uses a combination of two existing functions already found in RB, Tagging and the Search function. Here is how to do it….. 1. For this to work and for it to display just your work you need to come up with a unique tag. For example your first name and birth date jim28071977 2. This unique tag is entered as a new tag into all existing photos, writings, T’s, etc and add to all future works. 3. When you have done updating all your work with your tag, enter the tag into the search field and hit the Search button…. This will return and display all your work. 4. There is a gray bar just above the top row of your images and has text which will say ‘1 – 24 of 38 wall art, t-shirts and more for [your tag] —-- change layout:’ at the right hand side of the bar are two icons click the first one and your work will be displayed as a list. This is the view, which you want….. 5. Now go up to the menu bar on the top of the page and copy the link in the address bar it will look something like this http://www.redbubble.com/search/find/yourtag?display_mode=list 6. All you need to do is copy this into your profile page in the area that you write your description. / The format is “To see my work displayed as a list…. Click Here” : http://www.redbubble.com/search/find/yourtag?display_mode=list Note: you have to remove the space before the colon just after the quotation marks…. Good luck! PS You can also click on the “Related items” menu at the side that will sort and display your work into cards, posters, etc…... UPDATE: There has been some more changes from RB and the filter page is not going to ‘list’ view by using the code described above…. / However if you add ‘&page=1’ to the end of the URL this seems to force it to display as a list (see example below) / http://www.redbubble.com/search/webbew?display_mode=list&page=1
The UK has been a bastion of free speech for many years now and it is something I am very proud of. Our recent heritage is full of grea…
The UK has been a bastion of free speech for many years now and it is something I am very proud of. Our recent heritage is full of great bands, writers, artists and film makers that have thrived in tolerant society that has welcomed free expression. The UK’s artists are known the world over for pushing boundaries and mixing together genres of art to create sub-genres and in some cases completely new genres! However I sometimes wonder what this tolerant, free society is going to make of the latest trend to hit the streets of the city, political urban art. Of course I realise Its not a new phenomenon , look at the scrawl on the old Berlin Wall or on the walls in Northern Ireland and you would find political graffiti slogans left in protest and to provoke thought. You can even find the ancient paintings of any native race anywhere in the world on rock faces or cave walls, whether they were made as decorative pieces or with some social impact in mind, who knows? Even in its most recent form as scrawl with spray can on a wall it has been alive in this country for years. The point is it is becoming very evident to me that this is becoming something of an epidemic here in London. When I say becoming, well I travel the streets searching this stuff out and I can tell you it is on the rise in quite a dramatic fashion here! Kids, young men and professional artists are getting more and more confident and ballsy about making bigger and more controversial statements on the walls of our city. The obvious answer is Banksy has created a precedent for the flood gates to open… although he was not the first to create this form of political graffiti in London, he is just the most well known and the first to achieve worldwide fame and fortune. But I feel to blame him or to even praise him for this would be wrong because to me he is only responding to the problems in society not creating them. Almost like blaming Hip Hop for the problems in Harlem, it’s short sited and completely missing the point. These artists are responding to the way the people are feeling right now and trying to get their voices heard the only way they can. For me this rise in political graffiti stems from the feeling that the noise society is creating is so loud and inconsequential the important points are not reaching the people. For example, a messed up singer will get front page headlines of our major newspapers while continued atrocities are being committed the world over by that do not even get a mention! How can a footballers affair be more important to the people than 2 million refugees going without food, water and medicine in Dafur. We are being drowned in a sea of pointless messages, with the substance floating past unnoticed. Whether you think it’s a problem with society or a government ploy to control us it’s clear that that to get the message across artists are resorting to more drastic measures. These measure are to take to the streets and to paint them on our walls for all to see… and in that respect I support what many of them are trying to do. Now I’m not saying all of this is political, some is just a beautiful piece of artwork designed to brighten up a… well Urban sh1thole! As well as this much of it is blatant vandalism that causes distress to its victims and actually ruins a perfectly beautiful building. Whatever the point is I have been documenting these images in my own way for years now. I don’t want to just show the images, I want to show them in context, this means including a bit about their surroundings and even the people that pass them on a day to day basis. The rest is up to you as to what you consider art, political messages, vandalism or even all three put together! So I am making it my mission to bring these images to you in what will be called my URBAN DÉCOR Journal, this is part 1 Ben AKA Redtempa
What the fark is wrong with some people? / how can you so badly abuse TAG systems? i mean sure, try and come up with every related tag to …
What the fark is wrong with some people? / how can you so badly abuse TAG systems? i mean sure, try and come up with every related tag to your artwork is fine, but ust linking random words to a piece of artwork is just uncouth and not on. If YOU see unreasonable TAGS, let them know, and shame them. Redbubble apparantly is powerless to stop this themselves at this point in time.. / If tags arent used sensibly,they dont work. here is an example of the tags added to a tshirt. only a handful could possibly be construed as related to the subject matter – the rest are just to grab any one trawling through redbubble. 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brain breakcore breakdown breton bruno budha budhism bugs burma burroughs butler cage calligraphy calvino canada cantos cardgames cards carpet carroll cathay cats ccru cell cellular cellularautomata celtic celts chain chainreaction chaos chart checkers cheese chemistry chemotaxis chess chesterton child childhood chimp chimpanzee chimps china chinese chinoiseri chinoiserie church city classics clay clip clipping clock cnote cocteau code codework cognition cognitive cognitive_art cohen coil coleridge coli collection colonies comic comics communication comparison compost computation computer computergame computergames computers computing conceptnet conceptual confucius conley connections connectron conspiracy constructor control conversation cosmetic cosmology costume counting coutzee cover covers creativity creatures crime critter cropcircle crowley cruelty crystal crystalpunk crystalpunk_bauhaus crystalpunkworkshop crystals culture curiosa cursive cut cutting cutup cybernetics cyborg cycling dada dadafrica danaan darts darwin darwinism data dataisnature dawkins dead death deco deepblue deleuze deluge demons demonstration dequincey descartes design development devil diagram diary dice diluca disco disease divination diy dmt dna doll dolphins doodle dopage dotwalk draughts drawing drawingmachine drawings dream dreams dress drift drosophilia drugs dubstep duchamp duck e earth east ecoli ectopic education egerton egypt einstein electrochemical elephant elephants elliot emergence emigration emperor emporer encoding encyclopedia endo endophysics enema energy england enschede entopics entoptics environment epram ernst esoteric ethno etnography event evodevo evolution excitibility experiement experience experiment exploitation extrahumanintelligence eyemovement face faces fake fang fashion feedback fennolosa fenollosa feral_children fff fibonacci film findableobjects finding fingerfluting fish fiske flame flaw flg flowers fluting fly form foundobject foundobjects fractal 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science scifi scipts scotland scrabble screen scribble script scripting scripts scrying sea search sefar self self_organisation selfassemble selfassembly selfeducation selflesswriting selforganisation selforganising selkirk semweb seti sex shaman shannon shell shelley sickness silkroute simms simoni siri sixties sketch sleep slime slimemold slimemolds slogging sloth snyder socialfiction soft softarchitecture software solved solving song songs sort sorting sound space spart species spirits ssembly stairs stamina starmap stars startrek statements steel steels steiner sticks stills stimergy stones story strategy stream street streetart structure stupa style suicide sun superstition surrealim surrealism swarm swazlle swift symbol symbolic symbolism symbols systems tactics tadpole tafl tagging takete tang tangram tanguy tao tattoo taxonomy taz tea tents tetris theatre thinking thomas thoughts tibet tiles time timeline tintin tolstoi tom tomb tower toxoplasmosis trace traces translating translation translations tree treeoflife trost turingtest turk turner turriphilia tutorial tzara ufo unintentionalintelligence universalconstructor universe up urban urbandata urbanxml usa utopia valentine variant variation vatican vehicle venus video videogame view vikings virus vision visualisation visualization voices vonneumann wain waley walk walking walks wallpaper war wee weinberger weiqi welsh why wiener wildtype wiley wireworld woese wolfram wood wookie woolf wordgames words workshop worm worms writers writing writingmachine writingmachines xanadu xiangqi xml xtreem yage yao yeats yote zen zerzan zines zoo zweig zymoglyphic the ONLY benefit i saw was that the sheer number of tags attached to the artwork made it almost impossible to load. If your tagging your artwork inappropriatly, think of what it does to the tagging system – it renders it useless, thus no one will use it, and all your hardwork is for naught. regards / muscularteeth
I love reading people’s tags. When I go to photography exhibitions, I’m often drawn to the artists’ statements more than the ima…
I love reading people’s tags. When I go to photography exhibitions, I’m often drawn to the artists’ statements more than the images. On RB, I always take in the tags just as much as I drink in the images. I’m sure the photographers reading this are shaking their heads, but I’m equally sure the writers are grinning :) On a wintry night with the wind slamming against my window, I’m finishing off some writing for submission, and considering the themes that are woven through many of my words. I’ve been scrolling through the tags to my writing and wondering what they reveal about me; my themes, my obsessions, my traits. I’m sure anyone who knows me can make some predictions about the tags that reoccur: wench, whiskey, faith, ripe, madness, stilettos and ink all get honourable mentions. I can see that one recurrent theme for me is scents, for I often focus on this all too underrated sense: vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, pears. And my representative animal is undoubtedly the serpent, for words of snakes, hissing and Medusa pour out of me in infrequent bursts. I know what they symbolise to me, a shining mix of seduction, psychosis and rebirth, and this is why I have thirteen of them tattooed on my body. I am a little surprised, however, to see how often they poke their heads out of my pen, and shed their skins on my keyboard. But the tags that came up most, in order, are desire, regeneration, blood, honey, and gold. I do wonder what that says about me.
If you search RedBubble for flower, all the works with ‘flower’ as a tag will come up. Searc…
If you search RedBubble for flower, all the works with ‘flower’ as a tag will come up. Search for poppy flower and you will see works with both ‘poppy’ and ‘flower’ as tags. In essence, tags are key words which describe your work. Are you unsure of which tags to use? Here are some ideas to get you started One or two main colours from the image Medium (painting, photography, sketch, vector) Other classifying words (portrait, seascape, floral) Main objects in the image (bike, woman, ocean) Words that you instantly think of when looking at your work (whimsical, enchanted, sorrow) With so many images on RedBubble, helping people find your work is important. RedBubble’s search engine relies heavily on tags, so put some thought into yours. Some good tags for this image: beige, red, photography, commercial, car, boots, fashion You’ll notice that all those tags obviously relate to the image. And that while I could have kept going with bag, number plate, numbers, headlight, hand, pole, alley, etc those words don’t describe main parts of the image. So they are best left out. If I was a buyer searching for an image of a “bag” or an “alley” and got this, I’d be pretty disappointed. People don’t want to wade through pages and pages of “nearly” what they want. So the rule of thumb is to tag your work with several relevant words which best describe your image. That’s helps people browsing RedBubble to find what they are looking to buy. Jo
Karin Taylor, Jo O’Brien, Stuart Chapman, Lance Jackson, Ragman, Mark German, Steven Lippis, Simone Byrne and myself have added some v…
Karin Taylor, Jo O’Brien, Stuart Chapman, Lance Jackson, Ragman, Mark German, Steven Lippis, Simone Byrne and myself have added some very useful tutorials and links for those members who’d like some help in learning a few extra tricks to make their time on the bubble easier. I have this link in my profile, so it’s going to be easy to find. I’ll add to it as I learn of new helpful information. How to enhance your profile Text formatting Where to get help/critique/FAQ Help on how to sell your work How to TAG your work effectively Inserting image links easily with Stuart Add category lists How to make smoke photos Digital Infrared info Ragman’s excellent advice on all things arty farty Mark German’s fantastic photographic techniques Steven gives an explanation on how to utilise a flash modifier My experience with Neutral Density Filters My hints on shooting at the beach Explaning focal lengths for digital Polarisers – a visual experiment
There are many reasons for using tags 1. Creating links to make it easier for your visitors to find what they want / 2. K…
There are many reasons for using tags 1. Creating links to make it easier for your visitors to find what they want / 2. Knowing what images are in what group / 3. Help your visitors find what they want faster. For keeping track of what images are in what group, I’ve found that the easiest way to do this is by Tagging the image with the group name. Then making a bookmark for easy access to Group lists, This method will also show new images as long as you add the tag when you enter the image to a group. / To add tags to images Click your “art” button or Here , Then next to the image click “edit”, The tag box is below the Description box. / Tag Example: All images that I’ve submitted to the Group “Animal Kingdom” , I’ve added the following tag “animal kingdom” remember to separate the tags with a comma ( , ) / Search Example:The following will work for all users as long as you put your username, and tag in the places indicated in bold below / http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / Once you get the results Bookmark it, Now the next time you try to remember what images you have in a group or have I reached the group limit you can click the bookmark and see what images are in that group and how many. / Bonus: Using the links from above to organize your images for visitors, Link an Image or text with the Links you created above. / You can see some of your links using tags by clicking your username in the top right hand side of any redbubble page (this takes you to your public profile page) / then click Art, Calendar, or T-Shirts then on the next page on the left there are text links with the tags that you have added to your work. / ( if your not sure how to do this See this post Creating Links Etc…on redbubble ) EXAMPLES: / Linked text "Birds":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / Birds / Linked image / !www.imageishere.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / You can click the link below, It will open in redbubble it won’t give you any results but then you can then change the username in the address bar click “go” or just hit enter bookmark the result or add it to your “favorites” for future tag making . / http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname How to tag your journals / writings The above method does not work for my journls or writings / Example:I have a few How-to’s in the How to Redbubble group and I’ve tagged them with”htrb” So if i create a tag like above it would be / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/art/everything/tags/htrb / unfortunately the results give me a blank page (click the link above if you don’t believe me) / Here is how we can get the results we need (want). / See Here http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/journals / If you have a lot of writings it might be a good idea to tag these for many reasons. 1. Keeping track of what groups they are in / 2. Easy reference for other bubble members / 3. sorting by topic / 4. and many more…. I will try and explain the easiest way to do this and hopefully make it as painless as possible. / I will explain how I created the above results for my How to journals / Fist and most important tag all your work with your username / Step 1. Tag the journal I’m using “htrb” / Step2. Make a link to the list of journals with this tag / To do this we will need to use the search box / Enter your username and tag “click Search” I’m going to enter envelope150 htrb / Step 4. When you get to the results page copy the address from the address bar or bookmark it. / If your tags are fresh give it a little time for redbubble servers to catch up(up to 10-min) / Now you can use the address to make links to your journals for easy reference or group tracking. / I high lighted my username and tag below in bold, When copying the results you will have the %20 where the space is suppose to be. http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/ Click Here to see the results if you like Using the method above to create links for your images adds the ability to use more than one tag / Example: If I want to make a link to my osprey(bird) images I would use the search box and enter envelope150 bird osprey click “search” and I get this / http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20birds%20osprey only my images that include the 3 tags will show up / This method would be good for the Flower Lovers to separate their Flowers images not only by type of flower but color as well. Using tags like username flowers roses red and then searching those tags to make a link to their “My Red Roses Collection”. / Hope this tutorial helps in getting you started in fully customizing or just organizing your bubble profile. Bonus Tip To make a text box appear when someone hovers over a link add text in (these) like below "Landscapes(View my Landscape Collection)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / See how it works below just place your mouse pointer on the link but do not click it / Landscapes / Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission
Then let me introduce you to Esther and Ross, my local greengrocers at Glenbrook. Esther and Ross bought the little greengrocer business…
Then let me introduce you to Esther and Ross, my local greengrocers at Glenbrook. Esther and Ross bought the little greengrocer business about 3 months ago. As locals, we all waited with anticipation wondering what sort of changes they would make to what had been a tired little fruit and vegie shop. Please take a close look at the artwork on their walls…look familiar?? They certainly looked familiar to me and finally, after doing a little project for Esther and Ross, I got around to asking them about their artwork. The conversation went sort of like this: Adriana: Esther, I’ve been meaning to mention to you – that apple print, where did you get that from? Esther: Oh, from the internet… (Adriana immediatley jumps to conclusion that the image has been bought from a fake site, rather than original owner’s site. Cue melodramatic music. Facial expression is one of shock and horror and perplexion. Esther, seeing this and hearing the music, quickly clarifies.) Esther: You see this friend of mine told me about this website where you can buy all this artwork. It’s called RedBubble. (At this point, Adriana promptly faints flat on the floor not believing what she’s hearing.) Esther: (while picking Adriana up off the floor continues) She told me if I wanted to buy artwork for the shop, I really only needed to go to RedBubble and I would find all the images I wanted. So I searched for the fruit and vegie images I was after and bought the posters. Adriana: Wow, OMG, I have to journal this and let the others know that there are real buyers out there _ And that all they need to do is tag their work. _(wistful look that lingers like a daytime soap cliffhanger dream sequence. Cue more melodramtic music.) (End of conversation, and reality descends once more) So, here’s the photo I took of a proud Esther and Ross showing the artwork they bought on RedBubble. You’ll recognise the artwork of Jerry Alcantara here, here, here as well as an image from shall here and an image from Renee Tran here . There are 3 other posters hanging on the opposite wall, also by Jerry Alcantara’s . And what have we learnt: / 1. Tag your work. Pretend you’re a buyer – how would you find your work on RedBubble? Use appropriate tags that are relevant to your image. / 2. That real people buy artwork on RedBubble, and not just friends and family and ourselves. / 3. That Redbubble in Melbourne can act as an avenue to sell the work of photographeric artists in Italy, the US and UK to a business in Glenbrook, NSW, Australia and is seen by hoardes of tourists everyday. / 3. That I needn’t bother with pursuing scriptwriting in the future. ; p
Adding lists of categories to your profile or descriptions:- The first, and most important thing you need to do is tag your work, mak…
Adding lists of categories to your profile or descriptions:- The first, and most important thing you need to do is tag your work, making sure the tags are relevant. People search for subjects, colours, locations…all sorts of things! When you are tagging for your categories, make sure you use categories that are going to make sense to you. My seascape tag is “beach” and I’ll add it to all my seascapes. When doing a category link, it’s just a matter of bringing them all together using this url http://www.redbubble.com/people/melbrackstone/art/everything/tags/beach For your own categories, of course, you change melbrackstone to your own nick/or name….and if it’s t-shirts or writing you might need to change those words too…just check out the results by pasting it into your browser. Then we come back to making a link. Using the quotes around your title – “Seascapes” then a colon : and then the url, the link will look like this Seascapes There are no spaces between the quotes, colon or url….. get to it everyone, tag and categorise your work!! Bullet list them with the hash key, and a space….
There are so many tips’n’tricks, tutorials, enhancements and various other interesting articles listed around Redbubble. I’ve decided it …
There are so many tips’n’tricks, tutorials, enhancements and various other interesting articles listed around Redbubble. I’ve decided it is time to revitalise the articles I have written. / Why? Because so many writers are long-winded, overly-descriptive and their instructions are near impossible to navigate. I believe my documents cover the many issues necessary to run a successful redbubble gallery, allowing artists to successfully present their portfolio to all clientele. Linking Text and Images Advantage of Tagging your Uploads / ASCII Characters in your RedBubble Journal / Coding your RedBubble Journal / Embedding a Profile Banner / Linking Images in Series, Columns and Rows / Linking Photographs / Naming Your Art / Using Favicons in Your Profile Exhibitions, Marketing & Sales Add This To Your Cart / Making a Profit Because of Redbubble / Marketing and Sales / Running Sheet for Exhibitions / Sell, Give, Donate and Use Your Skills / Selling Your Art Successfully Photography DPI – Myth, Mania, or Massive? / DPI – Myth, Mania, or Massive? v.2 / Knowledge is Power / Two Crafty Ways to Become a High Profile Photographer Interesting Reading Consent for Photography Not Required in Australia / Correct Spelling on Mozilla Firefox / DPI Determines Resolution, Not Quality / Online Purchasing : Safe or Scary? / Playing the Popularity Game Without Caring if You Win or Lose / Tip for Answering Comments About Redbubble Advantage of Choosing RedBubble / My Redbubble Dictionary / Ode to Redbubble / Redbubble Breeds Winners This will be updated as I write more interesting articles and tutorials for your reading-pleasure.
In the journal post titled Relationships Sell Art I reas…
In the journal post titled Relationships Sell Art I reasoned that each artist is their best salesperson; that establishing a relationship with shoppers and buyers through context – a story about the artwork – can aid sales. Most buyers want details that can be shared when they’re asked about the print, t-shirt, calendar, etc. that they’ve proudly displayed in their home or office, on their body, etc. Now let’s step back and look at the factors that the typical consumer considers when buying art – aside from the ever-important context noted above. In a survey of 2,000-plus art buyers ages of 18 to 65 (qualified based on their previous purchase of art), the factors that influenced their purchase of “things to hang and display on walls” included: 60% just liked it / 43% said that it matched the style or design of their home / 39% said that color was a factor / 30% said favorite theme/subject / 29% said it fit their collection / 25% said size influence them / 19% were simply filling a space / 13% said investment was a factor / 9% purchased on impulse / 8% factored a designer/decorator recommendation How can you use this information on your RedBubble pages in order to sell your work? Although we artists can’t control subconscious attraction or a designer/decorator recommendation (unless we know the designer), we can tag our work with 5-7 very targeted terms that will drive visibility via RedBubble search and organic (non-paid) search results. Style, color, theme, and subject keywords are all in our control. In combination with context, smart tagging can help drive and make the sale. What won’t work? Tag cramming or spamming won’t do anything for your sales. It’s the equivalent of marketing a horse when you’re trying to sell a cow. Deception will drive viewers, but not sales. It’s important to note that the above information applies to shoppers and buyers that don’t know you personally. As we’ve discussed before, the easiest sales come from your personal network of family, friends, existing clients, and their extended network of contacts. In the next post we’ll look at genres and the keyword terms that are searched for most often by those looking to buy art. Regards, / Jason
What are the benefits of tagging your image, most of us do but what are your thoughts and tips in tagging your image also, if you have an…
What are the benefits of tagging your image, most of us do but what are your thoughts and tips in tagging your image also, if you have any tips you would like to share in getting your work noticed here in the wonderful world of RB and the wider internet ?
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