Mikey Explain Our Social Media in the First person

This whole social media thing might be getting a little out of hand today with so many different ways to interact, but it seems that as a business owner, to remain relevant and vital you must participate in most of them. 

Not as easy at it might seem. 

Oh, sure, we are computer savvy and have no problems setting up and administering the various accounts. We even are reasonably good spellers, occasionally use alliteration and are somewhat competent to write content, post pics, etc. But there is a certain etiquette that occasionally eludes us- after all, we are digital immigrants and today's social media followers are all digital natives- yes, we are possibly just as smart, but not as 'with it'- perhaps that's why we find ourselves making a living at a 1200 year old craft. And this all came blatantly obvious to me yesterday, when my over exuberance for the new medium Instagram was blatantly pointed out to me by said natives as perhaps as being, shall we say, a bit over exuberant?!

And rightfully so. 

You see, I got excited by the opportunities these new avenues offer, to share, promote and educate those who might wish to follow us and the happenings at Fantasy In Glass. I have been duly humbled and made well aware that at times, even Mikey might be a little out of step. Hey, just lost the mullet a short while ago- some things just take a bit more time...

Now, this gives me an opportunity to share with you our logic on our use of various other social media.

Firstly, Blogger- I have been writing a Diary for well over 15 years- firstly, prior to our website's existence as an email newsletter, then as a formal section on our website, and now today as a blog started back in 2006 that now numbers almost 1200 entries. It currently approaches 2.5 million visits since started and is the first place for the newest news, and has entries added on average once every three days or so. This has always been our primary choice to disseminate information and will remain so into the future.

We've had a Facebook presence for a couple of years now.  Actually, I mean two presences- both Fantasy In Glass and Figimodo, the soul and mascot of FIG. As this medium is newer than our blog, I recognize more media savvy people may go there instead and therefore we find all of our blog postings repeated here, with some additional info added to keep it interesting. We also plan to post more photo albums here, with several new ones imminent. So, to all you digital natives, join Fantasy In Glass on Facebook and "Like us" to make our blog entries, product announcements, and industry tidbits part of your Facebook newsfeed. 

And then we've also been on Twitter (@fantasyinglass) for awhile. It has been low key, as we sort of just feel it out- we do post some amazing sales here that you won't hear about anywhere else.

And of course, we've had our own channel on YouTube. 

Logos below will link you directly to those spots-

      

... and for iPhone and Android smartphone users, we are on Instagram- under Figimodo Fantasyinglass-