Hubs
The world has changed a great deal with the rise of social media and internet markets. Where once we depended on 3rd parties to represent our work, we can now have a professional presence in many different places, interacting directly with potential customers and new friends all over the world.
TAFA's strategy is to create a hub wherever our members are. Some might be on facebook, others on LInkedIn, while others might roll their eyes and declare allergies to the whole social scene online. Whatever the case, we are there for those who want to use those platforms as tools for their textile and fiber art businesses. If you are there, too, we hope that you will join in our greater TAFA community!
TAFA could not have grown as quickly as it did without facebook. We have a private group there for members and a public one for the larger community. We have used facebook from time to time when we needed to have a place to discuss projects, like this website.
We welcome our community to post about fiber/textile related topics on our public page. Come join us!
Our private group for members only:
Google+
We're there, but still trying to figure out how to use it effectively:
This is an open group to the community at large. We often have some lively discussions there. Our focus is on the business side of being an artist or selling online.
Flickr
Many of our members are on Flickr and TAFA has a group there, too. You can visit the group, add images to your favorites and connect with TAFA members. Our group there is monitored by TAFA member, Arlee Barr.
Etsy
Half of our members have shops on Etsy, so we are active there, too.
If you shop on Etsy, you can find our members by typing TAFA into their search bar as our members tag their items that way. We also have formed what is called a "Team" which has a hub on Etsy and a blog. Our blog has all of our shops on it, so go and explore. Lots of eye candy!
Who knows where the internet will take us next? But, if our members are there, we will be there, too! And, we are the nice ones on the block!
