I thought it might fun to place digital stickers on random images found on social media. I chose this New Yorker image/ad for 3 reasons: 1) It’s a great image – well illustrated and all-around brilliant. 2) It’s a great cause to re-share and piggyback the BR Unite campaign on a larger entity message/ad. 3) Anyone that knows me, I’m a huge fan of juxtaposition. Its amusing to have a ‘cute’ duck graphic in the same scene as a scary and dark-light scene. Enjoy and send me other ideas, I’m hoping to ‘sneak’ a new one out soon.
Background on the BR-Unite duck image is available on another posting.
Also checkout and participate (pledge or share) in my kickstarter.
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Digital Badge Art Started
SPOILER ALERT: I’m happy to announce that I began the digital pledge badges today. This is a digital badge only found in $20-$40 pledge. Below are the iterations. A & D are for single-person with difference on their names style. C is the family level pledge and could be single-use or be added to a family-badge (in addition, several individuals in the family could have single-person names). B is reserved for a organizational level or a family/person that has given beyond their category of pledge-type. Also to note, I originally wanted to bring about a sense of difference from the main BR UNITE graphic – so I added a star. As I designed more, I realized the star could represent an amount of pledges (As of this writing, I’m not sure the $1 pledges counts, but it could – Jury is out) More information can found about BR-UNITE stickers or my kickstarter. I thought I was thinking too much but there is currently a family-level pledge. Thanks in advance! Keep up the support by sharing the BR-UNITE duck art. Send feedback if you have time today.
Stickers too-sticky? Consider Magnets?
My newest backer suggested magnets since they are easily moved around various surfaces with ease. I looked into the possibility and Sticker Mule was accepting orders. So, I had to test them right? I placed the smallest quantity to get my $10 discount. Within the hour, I just approved the quote and proof for magnet graphics. Let me know if you’re interested or have ideas for the pledge.
If you can pledge, please do…If not, please share this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jerryvelasco/inspirational-graphic-stickers-for-broad-ripple/
– Thank You!
300 Views Record Broken in Feb
Move over 300, the new record is now 327.
300 views may seem small to some but for a single individual organically producing web traffic its a big number. 300 is almost 10 views per day. Simply trying to increase traffic is one thing, but being on the job search trail, it makes a huge difference. It allows one to see general page-hit(s). In a job search, filled out applications rarely produce any feedback if you’re not being considered, but web-hits will show data someone is looking at your work. For myself, I’ve been keeping a log since 1/28 when I was really close to breaking the record. I gave up the chance in February due to the 28 day count for the month but February has surprised me!
01/31: I’m current at 261 views and approaching 300 views which my record is 299. I only need 39 more views. This is my last day until views will reset to zero for February which will have 28 days.
02/20: I never made the 300 mark last January but I’m surprised with the 28 day month making huge numbers – Who knew? Once again, I’m excited to see if the site’s traffic can break my old record. Its now at 249 with 8 days to go.
02/21: At 292 for the month – Only 8 views left to go!
02/22: At 299! Completely tied with the record. Just need one person to view. I have 6 days for 1 person.
02/23: Still at 299. I was out Friday and the weekend typically doesn’t generate the same amount of interaction. Shocked that not 1 person in two days has visited my site.
I’m thinking of testing the Twitter Promote mode in March. It’s $99 for one month. I’d like to think theres research to back my interest, but the explorer in me says, “There’s only one way to understand value of testing but to jump in”. I might add the text hear and continue to post daily or make it a different page/post.
02/25: It took 3 days to get one visitor to just drop by. It must have been someone who’s been here since they directly viewed the food gap page….this pushed my site to the new record of 300. Which means through 2/28, the record could be elevated even higher. I doubt it will go to 400, but lets see what Twitter Promote will do in March? If someone reads this and has done Twitter Promote, I’d be interested in your opinion.
02/26: The number is 318 with 2 days left – 325 or 350 is a possibility.
02/27: 325. For the month of organic posts, this is a good number. If I’m lucky I’ll get 10 more tomorrow.
02/28: 327 this morning. We capped February with new record of 327 for the books.
3/1: Hello Twitter promote mode…Looking forward to seeing how you might change the month of March. (not sure I will post here or post separately)
JVS 