Is that your official campaign slogan? :I  
What does that entail exactly? What kinds of policies could I expect from a Paper Bag Presidency?

hail to the chief

hO raeD

@PaperBagPony
 
whatever level you are comfortable with is fine, my suggestions were for reaching the max, whatever you can do and be happy with is exactly how much you should do.
 
1000 dollars a picture is much higher than anyone should expect to reach even when reaching for the top.
 
do not stretch yourself too thin either, twitter is good, and posting fun pictures wherever you want is good too. the suggestions i gave were meant to be for maximum effectiveness and not everyone wants or needs that.
 
you keep doing what you are comfortable with, keep up the good work and youll get more people bidding over time.
 
do not let anyone discourage you or force you to do what you dont wanna do. its ok being a paperbagpony.
 
keep being you~

@Background Pony #7358  
@ZippySqrl  
Oh dear ට C ට” i think you’re misunderstanding my purpose…
 
uhm i mean, yeah i would like more bids on my auctions, but that’s because it’s weird for me to see those people interested on buying my work when i did my April fools day joke, but i didn’t see them interested on my auctions… have no sense to me  
i’m serious when i say i don’t want to be popular… that’s not my purpose…  
i open a twitter account because a friend suggested me to anounce there when a new auction is open, and i though it have more sense, because they would be notified on … real time… [?]  
And yeah, i want money and yeah, that’s my purpose, but i’m not greedy, i don’t want to attract those people who can spend +1000 on one pic… besides, my work doesn’t value that much
 
and honestly, i’m sorry, you would hate me, but i don’t want to do ALL of those suggestions…. it’s too much for me  
i already have 4 ‘Paper Bag’ accounts and it’s too much [mostly because i do different things for each one]

In fact, I managed to gather about 4K followers on tumblr before the purge(since most people stopped using tumblr it’s realistically maybe 500 to 1000 active users), and currently slowly re-growing my numbers over on twitter, nearing 2K now but still not great, and only 1500 here on derpi. Even with these numbers, I’ve still not a good enough coverage as an artist to make a living from it. So still just a hobbyist for now.

@Background Pony #7358  
Yeah, basically this.  
You’re unlikely to get a lot of bidders or people with more money to burn if you aren’t a familiar face. You gotta get yourself out there and get the attention of the people with excess money, and have enough people willing to bid in general to achieve the higher bids, otherwise you’ll be relying exclusively on a few particular fans that wish to support you as an artist/friend, rather than richfags looking to get a hold of a high-value brand that comes from supply/demand and being popular/famous (see Miles-DF for example, who is so well known and so difficult to get art from that people are willing to spend literal thousands on his YCHs just to get art from him)

@Background Pony #7358  
ට C ට” ouuhhh

@PaperBagPony
 
as humble as that is, and i personally do value humbleness as a virtue, it does need to be addressed when talking about business. i dont know if this is a job you want to live off of or something you do for fun.
 
if you want to be successful enough to live off of the money you make drawing, you either need to be popular, or have enough of a net to grab from a wide enough group of people.
 
you could be as well known as Ralek and still not make money if you only sell something extremely niche, but if you dont have a specialization its hard to get brand recognition. people like immelman who are known for drawing ANYTHING are more an exception because they have been around for so many years.
 
if you want more bids i suggest hosting streams regularly to show the stuff being made so people can get hyped about it.
 
having a schedule for when you are releasing stuff.
 
or you could collaborate with people so you can get a few of their viewers to see your stuff.
 
whatever you decide to do you need to see it as a business, humbleness is great but dont shoot yourself in the foot.

@Background Pony #7358  
thank you! ^^
 
||the funny thing is: i really don’t want to be popular ^^” i only want more bids on my auctions ; C ; ||

Glad you are taking steps to achieve your goals
 
Keep at it. And ask for help if you need it.
 
Your Twitter looks good, like all social media the more you are active on it the more effective they can be. Use that in a positive way such as advertising or motivation for new work.
 
Keep moving forward. You are on the right track.

Teal Deer.

@Tavi959  
oh dear, am i?

Oh my dear

• C •

Paper Bag makes her own memes.

@Why_am_I_here?  
[ •C• ] Oh dear…

•3• oh dear

Seems about right.

I’d vote for you!