The Algorithm Doesn't Care About Your Art. Lets fix that.

About this episode

This episode discusses how artists can improve their social media engagement by creating entertaining content that aligns with algorithm preferences.

Most artists treat social media like a gallery wall. Art, art, art, art. The algorithm doesn't care. It rewards shares, watch time, and laughs. This episode is about charging up your engagement battery with entertaining content so the algorithm actually delivers your art to people who want to see it. In this episode: Why the algorithm ignores your art posts (and what it rewards instead) What a meme actually is — and why artists are already halfway there How a 77-year-old museum curator got 9 million views with Gen Z slang The Marco Rubio couch meme: proof you don't even have to try Free tools that make meme creation embarrassingly easy Memes and accounts mentioned: National Gallery of Art on Instagram (@ngadc) — Alison Luchs viral Reels Marco Rubio Couch Memes on Know Your Meme Devon Rodriguez on TikTok (@devonrodriguezart) Freeze Magazine on Instagram (@freeze_magazine) — art world memes BarkBox on Instagram (@barkbox) Liquid Death on Instagram (@liquiddeath) Scrub Daddy on TikTok (@scrubdaddy) Duolingo on TikTok (@duolingo) Free meme makers (no design skill required): Know Your Meme — research trending formats and templates Imgflip Meme Generator — 1M+ templates, pick and type…

Topics covered

• social media engagement
• art marketing
• memes
• algorithm
• content creation
• artist promotion

Keywords

• algorithm
• social media
• memes
• engagement
• art marketing
• content creation
• artist promotion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scrub Daddy, National Gallery of Art, Freeze Magazine, BarkBox, Liquid Death, Duolingo, Know Your Meme, Imgflip, Canva, Supermeme.ai

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