What Does #vss365 for Writers, Poets, Artists, and Authors Have to Do with Pixels?
Participants can use Pixels to gain more followers for their writing and artistic offerings. Followers might become customers. It does not require investment, salesmanship, or time spent in marketing, which is great for people who are shy or don’t like selling. We’ll discuss both #vss365 and Pixels here.
People, when I started posting about this in November 2021, I had 135,350 visitors to my Nancy’s Novelty Photos on my Pixels website.
Today (1-30-2022) I have had over 172,112 – WITHOUT ANY EFFORT ON MY PART. That is an increase of over 37,000 visitors!
It is why I spend time here teaching you about how to increase your followers simply by posting your images on Pixels (aka Fine Arts of America).
Hopefully, doing so will help you sell more art, books, and whatever other products and services you offer.
It also provides great gifts for you to give with minimal effort and expense, like with this “original” Sweets for the Sweet Valentine’s Day mug.
You can create great promotional gifts with images of your book cover, too. Only people who purchase or receive gifts from you will have any of the items. (“Not available in stores.”)
Writing and Editing
Speaking of selling more, I have been so busy creating infographics, seminar presentations, and other products that I did not keep up with weekly posts of #vss365 prompts throughout January.
Thus, what you see below is what I’ve done since my last post in the first week of January. (I LOVE TO WORK AND HOPE YOU’LL BOOK ME FOR SOME! But, I’ll forgive you if you don’t. Just keep reading to learn more.)
NOW!
Welcome, Writers and Wannabe Writers
No Experience Necessary!
#vss365 #prompts
Poetry or Prose!
Below, I’ve shared my #vss365 #prompt posts for this time period. Just scroll fast to the 2nd # – This Week’s #vss365 Samples – if you want to skip the following items in…
…My Pseudo-Table of Contents for This #vss365 Post!
Look for these numbers in the text to find the topics of interest to you.
First, a quote or motto for the new week.
Then, an idea for you to explore that might help to expand your followers and customers at no cost. All you do is upload your own photos to Pixels, as mentioned above. Details below.
Note: you add a short description to entice your followers. For example, “A flirtatious female eye-fluttering emoji, holding a red heart in her hand, suggests “Take Me For Example, as a romantic hint – especially useful on Valentine’s Day. A play on words; a little humor; something light, but not necessarily serious. On mugs ++”
No,
- I’m not trying to sell you products,
- It’s not an MLM, and
- It doesn’t involve your having to give sales pitches –
so don’t get nervous!
I’m simply sharing an idea that is easy and might help you, as it has helped me.
- I’ll provide a link where you can learn more later.
- It’s FREE – unless you want to post a lot, in which case it’s (currently) a whopping $30/year.
- It has garnered me over 172,112 K visitors with no advertising effort on my part to attract them.
If you feel insecure about using computers, I can walk you through using Pixels in a private class I teach online. Just let me know if you would like my assistance.
Email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail.com. Please put “Pixels Inquiry” in the subject line, so I’ll see it fast.
Next, I’ll explain what #vss365 is about for the new people.
At last, you will see my #vss365 responses for this time period to give you some ideas for creating your own.
After That, Then, What?
I’ll mention additional concepts for you to investigate, like being a GUEST CONTRIBUTOR (of #vss365 or #Haiku works) to this website which has over 8,000 users.
You also can scroll beyond this week’s #vss365 entries to learn about booking me to put your logo or book cover into meeting infographics for presentations, events, retreats, etc. plus other opportunities, as well as my services and how to contact me.
Sip & Share on Zoom
Want to brainstorm, ask questions, get advice? Let’s talk. The first chat is free!
Just email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail.com and put “Inquiry – Infographics” (or whatever you want to talk about) in the subject line.
Look for this number (9) below to find info about Nancy’s Novelty Memes and Quotes.
A Whole New Subject ~
Writing/Editing, Public Speaking, Classes, and Consultations
Some day I’ll figure out how to make the jump links work to take you directly to the #vss365 responses. Again, apparently, this is not one of those days. Grrr-rrrr-rrr)
LET’S GET STARTED!
The Thought / Motto for This Week
This Quote Is Not Just for #vss365 #prompts!
The principle is the same, whether you’re writing a business plan, an autobiography, a training manual, or poetry.
SUGGESTION to GAIN Followers and Customers,
While Getting Organized
AGAIN, CONSIDER PUTTING YOUR ART (paintings, illustrations, collages), BOOK COVERS, LOGOS, ETC. ONTO PIXELS (aka FINE ART AMERICA) PRODUCTS TO USE FOR YOURSELF, AS GIFTS FOR OTHERS, OR IN PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. (Note: with zero advertising, I had reached over 172,112K visitors at the time of this writing). You can, too!)
I’m creating a separate page just for you to describe this in great detail, so that I can shorten these weekly posts to concentrate on #prompts and #wordchallenges. Click Here to learn more about putting your book covers, logos, and artwork on Pixels, or contact me to teach you in an online class.
Email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail.com. Please put “Pixels Inquiry” in the subject line, so I’ll see it fast.
I’ll just mention a few benefits/examples below. I’m in the midst of adding to the special collection for writers and poets. However, I’ve created many more themes (flowers, sports, activism, children, tech topics, landscapes, humor, fantasy, politics, quotes, love, etc.).
You Can Do It, Too
Imagine …
From
mugs to shower curtains,
notebooks to yoga mats,
phone covers to beach towels,
t-shirts to greeting cards,
posters to puzzles,
all of them make wonderful small to large gifts for ourselves, family, friends, co-workers, events, and promotions.
Since I don’t have your book cover,
I’m using mine to give you some examples.
Note: Pixels will auto-select the background colors, but you can change them and the image sizes.
It’s a Family Affair for a Book Signing or Gallery Exhibition
Keeping All My Supplies Together,
Including My Laptop and Apparel,
Now, I can “lug all my writing stuff around with ease.”
I put all my writing stuff into a tote bag of the same style, so I can find everything fast and get to work! If I want to include my large laptop in the collection of tools, I use a “weekender” tote bag.
Over 500 Designs on Tote Bags & Pouches
These are mine; think of what you could create!
Check out my links for ideas!
Notice how the size of the image and the color of the background can be changed to match or to mix.
- Here is a link where you can find all my current weekender tote bags in Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels.
- The smaller tote bags also are available here. I put pens, pencils, sticky notes, page tabs, etc. in one of the zip carry-all pouches.
- Here is a link where you can find all the zipping carry pouches in Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels.
- If I want to give items as gifts, I add a matching greeting card. Here is your link for Greeting Cards.
Home Decor, Including Wall Art and Posters
You can even get a throw pillow and a fleece blanket for nap time, and a phone cover to help you see your phone at a glance.
Tech Devices: Phone Covers and Battery Chargers
Inexpensive Gifts and Promo Items for Your Book
&
Save on Your Purchases While Earning a Small Commission
You can save money when you buy your own products at wholesale while potentially increasing sales of all your art, books, and services as people start to follow you. In addition, you might generate a little income from the items you feature on Pixels. It gives you a small commission for those sales.
Think of how you can put your art, logo, book covers, or a personal photo on these items listed below.
- For example, you could pair a copy of your book with a coffee mug, spiral notebook, t-shirt or sweatshirt, and a tote bag – all of which have your book cover image – in gifts to loved ones.
- Even your gift card can match!
- If you just need a small gift, give only the cup with a greeting card.
How Else Could This Help You?
For Others as Gifts and/or Promotional Items
These items make great, inexpensive gifts for
- family
- friends
- co-workers
- “secret Santas”
- people in shelters, medical, or other care facilities
and for
- regular event promotional gifts
- raffles,
- swag bags
- place settings, etc.
For Your Personal Use – Getting Organized
Are you feeling scattered?
Do you have “stuff” “everywhere?”
Pixels products also are useful in helping you get organized easily
~ especially if you are the author of multiple works
~ or if you are reading multiple works.
Keep your device and book, coffee cup, and spiral notebook, along with a pad of sticky notes, pens, pencils, and bookmarks in one place. Even your Lucky Shirt” will fit.
On the other hand, imagine that you can find what you want readily from among mixed and scattered items – simply at a glance – based on the image of the book cover (for example) that you see before you.
Writing about Equal Rights Issues?
History and African Heritage?
How about a cookbook?
You get the idea!
#vss365 Tips
A Side Bar to Help With Time Management
I have a different-cover notebook (from my Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels Products collections) for each kind of writing project, so I can find them fast without looking inside to know which topic is in those notes!
The Organizing Principle
This uses the same principle as color-coding file folders and labels to promote efficiency and save time. (You don’t have to use my goodies, of course, but thank you if you do!)
The cover clues me as to what’s in each. For example, “quotes,” or “research snippets about an XYZ subject” or “#vss365 #prompt,” “notes for a winter sports documentary,” “romance novel concepts,” or “WIP#3,” etc.
Using different subject matter notebooks was a tip for aging minds.
Romance Novels, Advice Columns, Journaling About Relationships
Are you writing a romance novel to rival the success of Sex In the City, or an advice column for people in relationships? Perhaps, you’re just keeping a journal about online dating. This cover says, “Meet Me for Coffee …. on Zoom.”
How About a Horror Story or a Mystery?
Wouldn’t this be a fun image for your spiral notebook, tote bag, and coffee cup?
Maybe You Are Collecting or Creating Inspirational Quotes
Again, you get the idea.
Of Course, You Could Have One for #vss365 #prompts!
Here is a link where you can find all the (over 500 designs and counting) on spiral notebooks available in my Collections of Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels Products.
To help me get into the mood for writing,
I often match my notebooks with mugs and tote bags, but look at all the other possibilities that go with this carry-all pouch, for example.
Fine Art America / Pixels Keeps Adding Goodies!
To keep current and creative, Pixels added face masks once the pandemic started, and – later – puzzles – and, recently, holiday ornaments. Love it!
Easy Peasy
All you do is supply the image (which you own or for which you have usage rights). Pixels handles everything else (the financial transactions, manufacturing, and shipping.) It’s a great deal!
Separate Blog and Web Page So You Can Find Info About This Without Searching Here In the Future
Again, I’ve created an entire blog post for artists and authors on this subject so that I could describe it less here. It’s not quite finished, but Click Here to go to that educational piece about how you can do this, too. Alternatively, Click Here to see my web page for more ideas (not just for authors) and instructions about how to do this. or let me know if you want me to conduct a “walk-through” class about signing up and uploading your images.
Below, I’ll provide a list of the many and varied products to help you decide whether to try doing this. (BTW: I forget to ask people to like, comment, and follow me on my many websites! Please follow me here and ON PIXELS if you visit.) Again, this could work for you, too.
I’d love for you to buy some of my offerings – even as a “thank you” for teaching you this. However, if you participate with your own images, it could be a way in which to attract new customers to your work.
To truly class up your act with a professional theme, you also could combine the images with my presentation infographics for speakers and events, but that is an entirely different subject covered FAR below.)
Now, Drum Roll, Please ~ The List of Pixels Goodies
When you click on each link, you can see all of my over 500 images in each category on each item of merchandise. These items are the same items your images will go onto when you participate in Fine Arts of America / Pixels.
Nancy’s Novelty Photos
Are Available on All the Following Merchandise
Yours will be too if you decide to do this!
- wall art (prints)
- canvas, metal, acrylic, wood, framed
- posters, tapestries
- home decor
- t-shirts, tank tops, and sweatshirts for people of all ages, including infants
- coffee mugs(2 sizes)
- face masks
- beach towels (rectangular and round)
- yoga mats
- tote bags, weekender tote bags, and carry-all pouches
- iPhone covers, Galaxy phone cases, and portable battery chargers
- jigsaw puzzles
- spiral notebooks
- greeting cards
- stickers
- holiday ornaments
OK, that’s enough about photos on Pixels for now!
How Daily #vss365 #prompts Work
& The Benefits of Participating
Just scroll fast to This Week’s #vss365 Samples if you already know how #vss365 #prompts work.
#vss365 #prompts Start on Twitter
Let’s start with giving credit to the founders of these great brain-teasing exercises. This clip is from their Twitter account.
#VSS365 (Official Account)@vss365officialOfficial information account for the #vss365 prompt. A daily word game to feed the creative muse inside all of us. Admins: @ArthurUnkTweets and @cely717.
They choose ever-changing leaders to lead us by giving us a mind-exercising word #prompt that we are to use in creating poetry or prose.
The prompts get our creative juices flowing and help us start each day with something delicious and new to contemplate.
It is also a great way to keep your brain active and healthy.
So, I hope more of you will join us in the
- #vss365 (which means ‘very short stories – 365 days a year’)
- #prompt(the word you use when you create a Twitter-sized response in poetry or prose)
challenges on Twitter!
All Are Welcome To Play With #vss365 #prompt
#vss365 #prompt challenges are for everyone – from people who never have written poems or prose before – all the way to real Pros!
Just ~
Put on your writing clothes…
We’ll use these examples in honor of Black History Month.
Get your tea or coffee.
Grab your writing tote bag for laptop and writing materials
Go to the special place that you’ve reserved for writing.
...and then let’s get started!
(I post from a pc – it’s so much easier on the eyes!)
More #vss365 Tips & Tricks
- You can write something humorous, elegant, scary, or abstruse. We don’t do porn or hatred, but, except for that, whatever you want to do will work! So, get your coffee and join us!
- People don’t usually do this, but you may submit more than one entry per #prompt word.
- Adding photos is not a requirement. However, I love color and images, so I usually choose to use them, unless no photo could depict what I wrote (like on esoteric and spiritual topics).
- I don’t know about you, but I rarely have more than 5 – 10 minutes to do almost anything. Unfortunately, that includes finding the day’s prompt, thinking of a response, and finding the corresponding image I want to use, PLUS posting. Therefore, comma, as I would say, it’s okay to go back later and refine the work to make it better – particularly, if you plan to publish it. I have done that with a few of the things I post here.
- You don’t have to respond immediately. You have the whole day to figure out what you want to post.
Also, you can have the prompts emailed to you daily if you wish.
Meet Other Writers Online and Join the Communities
If you add #vss365, #prompt, and #writingcommunity, #amwriting, and/or #poetrycommunity to your post, you can meet writers of all genres who may see your work. I find them to be very supportive of one another.
This Week’s #vss365 Samples
Followed by More Things You Can Do and
How You Can Ask Questions
January 30, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #breathe
The thought of it makes me seethe.
Viewing purloined images makes it hard to #breathe.
I cannot cope; thus, I turn away.
By so doing,
I disgust myself.
Stand up!
#Breathe deeply.
Take action.
NOW!
January 28, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #beacon
Humans look to other realms
As #beacons of inspiration~
Be they angels
Or ancestors,
“God” or the sun.
Is it our imagination?
Is it real?
Do we create outcomes
Based on those beliefs
That otherwise would not pertain?
How would our personal histories change
If we relied only on self?
January 27, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #cherry
Sorry ’bout this. I’m on my way to the dentist and have too little time!
Few fruits are as cheerful as cherry
Not even the bluest of berry
The shape of a heart
The red and the tart
Make me pucker
As they sit in the cart.
January 26, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #mountain
The mountain that lies before me
Does not have a name you would recognize.
It is steep and seemingly insurmountable.
It is my limited awareness of possibilities
January 25, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #duet
This is what it looks like when you post it on Twitter.
#vss365 #prompt #duet #anothertruestory
I’ll never forget
The famous #duet
That made me regret
I stopped singing lessons.… And piano lessons
… And dancing lessons
… And acting lessonsTo work in Corporate America.#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity pic.twitter.com/PHhWxrq7dy
— Nancy (Ayanna) Wyatt (@NancyKnowsLife) January 25, 2022
January 24, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #fall
There is no way out
No matter the distance
No matter the pain
There is no resistance
When I see you again.
I fall as fast as a texter down a manhole in Manhattan,
And they can’t get me out!
January 23, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #devil
The House of God,
Known as Bethel,
Seems no match for the rod
of an overactive Devil.
2022
January 12, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #glimmer
Through eyelashes
Thickly crusted with ice,
She caught a glimmer of movement.
Blackened frost-bitten ears
Sifted the sounds of approaching howls
Are they rescue dogs or hungry wolves?
Frozen prone, she waited.
January 11, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #infatuation #Haiku
#Infatuation
With the occult led her to
an exotic death.
January 10, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #amorous #Haiku
Scuffy loved Muffy
In an #amorous sense, but
Muffy said, “No way.”
January 9, 2022
#vss365 #prompt #hypnosis
#vss365 Many think they cannot be hypnotized, but enter #hypnosis (the brainwave state) each time they “zone out” while staring at the ocean, a fire, or anything else that “mesmerizes” them…including the la-la land between waking and sleeping / sleeping and waking. Learn Science/
Come Back Next Week for More!
And/Or
Keep Scrolling for Additional Ideas
and More Word Challenges on Twitter
Plus How to Be A Guest Contributor!
Other #Writer #Poetry #Prompt Challenges
There are SEVERAL fascinating and fun word challenges in which you can participate, regardless of your skill level! Let’s grow together!
As you can see, I created a logo for my weekly posts in the category #vss365 (#veryshortstories #365 days a year). This is the logo I’ll use when sharing my responses to that challenge. (BTW, if you click on the picture just below, it will take you to a whole page of details about #vss365 prompts.)
However, I also participate in some other brain-teasing word challenges that you can join as well. If I’m sharing several of my posts to those sites, like I’m doing for the #vss365 #prompts, I’ll use similar logos, like these. The writing on the coffee cup will tell you which challenge the posts used.
When I create those posts, I’ll give more details about their specific requirements. Meanwhile, you can check them out, as follows: BraveWrite | Haiku (and other Japanese poetry forms) | Move Me Poetry Battle…(formerly known as Poetry Battle Friday #PBF).
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Remember the BREAKING NEWS!
Move Me Poetry has instituted a new feature in which people read one another’s poems on video and share them with credit to the author. I LOVE it! Discovered it “after the fact” though, so I’m just sharing the “handle” you can use to find them on Twitter. #MMPkickabout.
Do You Want To Be A Guest Contributor to My Website?
Join over 8,000 users on this site and keep reading to get some other ideas, including about being a Guest Contributor for #vss365 and #Haiku poetry. It is just a nice way in which we can share our work with more people and, perhaps, gain more followers.
If you want to be a Guest Contributor to my website for #vss365 or for #Haiku work, Click Here for details, and we can talk about it. (You keep the copyright; I simply have permission to publish on this website.)
#vss365 Guest Contributor Options
To get comfortable with the challenges and my website and to see only the #Vss365 #prompt posts in one place on this website, Click Here. It will give you “the rules” plus lots of examples to kickstart your imaginings. Of course, you can stop here, or…
Click Here to learn about the benefits of submitting some of your work as a guest contributor. (Again, you keep the copyright. We just agree that I may post the work on my website.)
You can always contact me for a free, initial consultation to get details about anything I present. It’s called a Sip & Share Session on Zoom, and I’ll set it up for us.
Just email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail. com. and put “Inquiry – Infographics” (or whatever you want to talk about) in the subject line.
In the Meantime,
I Have Much More to Teach and Share
So Keep Scrolling!
Follow Me On Twitter for #vss365 #prompts and More
I hope you’ll follow me on Twitter @NancyKnowsLife. Of course, you should vet/screen me first to see if I post things suitable for your values and interests on this page.
To summarize, I post about:
- wellness topics (from Eastern and Western medicine, metaphysics, meditation, and holistic healing modalities (I have many certifications). These posts may be taken from experts or from my other website (My Get Well Guru)
- photography and other arts (dance, painting, music, etc.)
- motivational or philosophical quotes, writing, poetry, training, small business topics.
Follow Me On Other Social Media
Click Here to see the options!
Nancy’s Novelty Presentation Infographics
for Speakers and Event Coordinators
Nancy’s Novelty Presentation Infographics for Speakers, Trainers, and Event Coordinators for Conferences, Retreats, and Training Sessions. These work beautifully on Zoom or in person, and as slides, table displays, and part of the handouts.
You don’t have to use a PowerPoint presentation to use them, but they are easily inserted into PowerPoint.
- Since I am a public speaker and conduct classes and consultations, I felt the need to use infographics to announce breaks, instructions for break-out sessions, and more, so I created these inexpensive collections to benefit others, as well.
- Most themes have several individual “slides” that can be bought separately or as a collection.
- These can be used online or in person.
- People who have used them came back for more! Some also asked me to customize infographics for them.
- Here are some quick samples. As you can see, there are different themes correlated to the kind of group that is holding an event.
Sip & Share on Zoom
Again, you can always contact me for a free, initial consultation to get details about anything I present. It’s called a Sip & Share Session on Zoom, and I’ll set it up for us. Easy Peasy.
Just email #MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail. com and put “Inquiry – Infographics” (or whatever you want to talk about) in the subject line. To see more samples first, Click Here.
Again, you can always contact me for a free, initial consultation to get details about anything I present. Just email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail. com. Put “Inquiry – Photos on Pixels” – or whatever your interest is – in the subject line.
Nancy’s Novelty Memes & Quotes
Similarly, I make memes, often using quotes, that people may purchase inexpensively. Click Here to learn more. (I occasionally include some of these in Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels also for people who would like them on t-shirts, mugs, spiral notebooks, posters, etc.)
Once more, you can always contact me for a free, initial consultation to get details about anything I present. Just email me at #MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail. com. and put “Inquiry – Memes” in the subject line.
Writing/Editing, Public Speaking, Classes, and Consultations
I hope you’re having fun with #vss365 #prompts and that you’ll join us on Twitter. For other kinds of writing services and tips, Click Here.
I do so many things – from writing and editing services, to teaching and training and holistic healing services. You can always contact me for a free, initial consultation to get details about anything I present. To talk about classes, consultations, and/or writing and editing projects, email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail.com. Put “Inquiry” plus your topic into the subject line.
Click on the Sip & Share picture to learn more.
I look forward to hearing from you! In the meantime, …
Do It The Write Way! Let My Fingers Do Your Talking!