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HelloThank you for being part of Axisweb.
Here’s a simple guide to help you get the most out of your membership.
Fiona Grady, Artist in Residence at The Art House, July 2016
DIRECTORY MEMBERSHIPDirectory Membership gives you a place to develop your profile, showcase your ideas and promote your talent.
Things to do:Upload content• Start building your profile by uploading examples of your
work (images, video and audio clips and PDFs). You can upload as many artworks and projects as you wish.
• Add events, news, thoughts etc to let people who visit your profile know what you’re up to.
• Upload a profile image. This doesn’t have to be a picture of you, it could be one of your artworks.
• Add relevant occupations, activities, categories and tags to your profile so people can find you in searches. You can also add categories and tags to your artworks and projects.
• Add Highlighted content (the carousel of five images that appear at the top of your profile) to showcase your latest content.
• Add links to your social media presences such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Vimeo.
TipPrepare your images in advance: they should be Jpegs, at least 1000 pixels along the shortest edge and no more than 5MB in size. Use Photoshop, iPhoto or IrfanView to resize your images.
TipPeople are more likely to view your profile if you have a profile image.
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Other things you can do:• Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Vimeo.
Tweet us when you’ve updated your profile and use the #AxisDirectory hashtag.
• Group your content into Profile Collections: useful if you have content related to a specific project that you’d like to present together or if you have a series of artworks dealing with a particular theme or editions of works.
• View statistics on how many hits your profile receives and how many referrals you get to your own website from Axisweb.
• Create an Axisweb ‘badge’ that you can put on your own website to link back to your Axisweb profile.
• Follow and contact other artists on the website. Simply go to their profile and click the ‘Follow’ or ‘Contact’ buttons. Messages are sent directly to them.
• Upgrade at any time to Opportunity Finder and Network Associate membership with insurance.
TipThe more you update, the higher up in search results you’ll appear which means people are more likley to find you. We also look for up-to-date profiles when choosing artists for our regular features such as #Five2Watch.
TipYou can also curate other artists’ content into ‘Curated Collections’
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OPPORTUNITY FINDEROpportunity Finder supports artists and creatives to quickly and easily find opportunities relevant to their needs.
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Things to do:• Sign-in and search the most compehensive opportunity
listings site for artists.
• Filter results by location, opportunity type, categories, areas of expertise and whether the opportunity is paid or not. You can also conduct free text searches.
• Order how opportunities are displayed - by deadline or date added.
• Save your favourite opportunities by clicking ‘Save for later’ at the bottom of each opportunity and view these in Saved opportunities.
• Set your opportunity preferences so only opportunities that matter to you are displayed. You can set preferences based on opportunity type, location and whether the opportunity is paid or unpaid, whether it requires a submission fee and whether it offers a prize or pays expenses.
• Receive email notifications based on these preferences every week, fortnight or month.
TipWhen conducting free text searches use quote marks to search for an exact phrase or combination of words.
TipOpportunity notification emails are sent from [email protected] make sure you add this address to your contacts or list of safe senders so they don’t end up in your spam folder.
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Other things you can do:• Post your own opportunity and reach 3,000 practising artists.
• Follow and contact other artists on the website. Simply go to their profile and click the ‘Follow’ or ‘Contact’ buttons.
• View the latest activity from the artists you follow by clicking ‘My Feed’ on Discover.
• Create ‘Curated Collections’ of other artists’ work on the website. Simply open an artwork or other piece of content in Discover or on an artist’s profile and click ‘Add to collection’. Manage your collections in your Dashboard.
• Learn more about Membership Rewards (you’ll be sent an invitation to sign-up to this shortly after you’ve joined).
• Upgrade at any time to Directory Membership and Network Associate membership with insurance.
TipWhen you’ve created a ‘Curated Collection’ be sure to share it on social media and use the hashtag #AxisCollection
NETWORK ASSOCIATEA network of Artists, Makers and Creative Freelancers (includes PPL + Professional Indemnity Insurance)
With For About event, St. Helens, December 2015
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Things to do:• Download the insurance summary and policy wording.
• Learn more about Membership Rewards (you’ll be sent an invitation to sign-up to this shortly after you’ve joined).
• Learn more about our Vacant Space programme.
• Follow and contact other artists on the website. Simply go to their profile and click the ‘Follow’ or ‘Contact’ buttons.
• View the latest activity from the artists you follow by clicking ‘My Feed’ on Discover.
• Create ‘Curated Collections’ of other artists’ work on the website. Simply open an artwork or other piece of content in Discover or on an artist’s profile and click ‘Add to collection’. Manage your collections in your Dashboard.
• Post an opportunity and reach 3,000 practising artists.
• Upgrade at any time to Opportunity Finder and Directory Membership.
TipIf you’re looking for a vacant space get in touch by emailing [email protected].
Tip‘Curated Collections’ are useful for grouping favourite artworks you like, shortlisting artworks, projects etc by artists you want to commission for a project or collating artworks by a particular artist or artists for research purposes or as a teaching resource.
We’re here to helpIf you need help with your Axisweb membership check out our
frequently asked questions or get in touchemail [email protected] or phone 01924 200502