2016-05-10

Even my niece is doing marketing??

These days, everyone is fighting for attention.
Even my 10-year-old niece has Youtube & Instagram.

As with her peers, they are showing off their toys.
And they still get a few dozens of views & followers.
(even though they are copycat-ing each other
 in presentations,
 & exchange
like-for-like to build up likes & followers)

(youngsters prefer communication by visuals & audio;

 related to their limited abilities in writing & reading...
and shorter attention spans)

These few months, I created more graphic images
to put on the society6 platform
which makes members' uploaded image files
into products, sell & dispatch.

So I have tried 
 to introduce more people to
my designs at the society6 website,
by Facebook, Youtube & Instagram.

So far,
Instagram helped me to reached more people than Facebook!!
   My images in Instagram,
with hashtags, each has 10-30 likes.
  My images in Facebook?
Even after I used hashtags,
chose countries & languages of audience,
each has limited number of viewers and almost zero like.

Only two of the posts have over 100 views.
Still zero like.

  
Doing self-marketing this way is
very time-consuming and not effective.
Global audience, time differences
& daily life schedules are affecting whether
my posts come up on their devices in time or not.

Hopefully soon more people can
appreciate my designs.

faith / path

Though I know about faith, hope, love since young,
I have not become a Christian for many years.

Last Summer, a retired teacher started guiding me to read the bible ,
English Standard Version, slowly a little bit once a week,
starting from John Gospel. 

From a local fete, I got a copy of Billy Graham's booklet,
I was invited to a 7-lesson "Christianity Explored"
and got chances to ask a friendly vicar questions.
I had visited some churches to find one I feel the least resistant to.
Among the two I went to more times,
one organized a whole-church course during Lent -
"40 Days in the Word".
That is very helpful.
Devotional method. It was enjoyable to
learn how to read / use bible to a more personal degree.

Even a chance to attend a life performance
of Handel's Messiah. (selected verses)

On my way searching for
 truth, path/way, light, joy, peace, love,
I felt guided.

Including all the years of my heart-breaking experiences.
It is like His plan.

Baptized on Easter Sunday. 
The song I can think of best represent my situation
is Amazing Grace.

The Word/ the Bible/ God's teaching
become important food for thought every day...

21st century Christians are lucky to have many
resources on www, on TV, etc. 

I use different bible study websites  interactive tools
to try to understand more about the teaching/wisdom.


Before the ceremony, the pastor warned me 
that there probably will be temptations & challenges from Satan.
I had some issues.
My mentor also faced problems

Learning to overcome.

Please pray for me & my mentor.

2016-05-01

car show under the sun...

Nice sunny day to go see classic old cars.
Metals, People, Fun, food, music...