Hey everyone, we need your help to secure a spot for Society6 at SXSW in March! We're going to be inviting a few of you to join us, along with as many people as possible that will increase our chances of charming the big wigs over at SXSW into giving Society6 and our friends the stage to share what we're up to.

Our plan is to head on over to Austin and spread the word as far and wide as possible in hopes of bringing home more opportunities for the members of Society6.

So we're counting on each of you to please help us ensure that Society6 gets the visibility that we all need!

If you can only do the minimum to support us here, please simply go to the SXSW panel picker page and please give us both the thumbs up AND drop a comment for the SXSW committee to see that we really are doing something unique to help the world's artists:

http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/vie...ploitation

And if you really want to show us some love and increase our chances, then please try to give us a Tweet, post on your FB page, your blog, tell your neighbor, or write it on a wall somewhere that we can use all the Thumbs upping that we can get.

Did I mention that we can't do this without your help?

If we get selected, I will personally guarantee you that we will have one hell of a time in Austin and everyone is invited to join us!

Thank you so much everyone for showing your support.

Inspired by fellow S6 members Jon MacNair http://inthestudio.society6.com/posts...o_pictures and Blaine Fontana http://fontanastudios.society6.com/po...Office_Pix I thought it might be cool to see if other members wouldn't mind sharing their work space?

Please join us in making a Post capturing your creative space, who knows, maybe we'll make a book out of it someday!

*After you Post to your own Studio, please come back here and paste the link in the Comments area below...

Facebook Connect is now available on Society6. If you are an existing member you can link your Society6 account to your Facebook account by clicking the Facebook icon. If you're not yet a member, this makes it even easier to join Society6 and get started.

A couple of places to find the FB icon on S6:
-On the sign-in page http://www.society6.com/login
-On the header next to sign in
-On the right side of the post page http://www.society6.com/post
-On your settings page http://www.society6.com/settings/facebook

If you haven't used this on other sites you'll find that it's pretty easy. Just click the icon to link your account, log into Facebook (if you're not already logged in) and then authorize the accounts to be linked. Once you complete this process all your Society6 posts will become updates on your Facebook feed. If you haven't yet, also add your Twitter account too so your Posts get updated in both places.

We'll be adding more features using Facebook Connect and Twitter authorization down the road so stay tuned. We know how important it is to reach the audience you've worked so hard to assemble, so we want to make it easy for you to do that all from Society6.

We couldn't be more excited about the opportunity for one of our fellow S6 members to have the possibility of collaborating with Bespoken clothiers for their show at NY Fashion Week in September. Artists and friends, if you know any great Curator/Art Director types out there, please tip them off to this solid opportunity http://www.society6.com/grants/grant/..._Week_2009

More on Bespoken here http://www.bespokenclothiers.com

If you have a website or blog, now you can feed it with quality content created and curated by Society6 members. Once a Publisher, your site or blog will then be promoted through the network. For those of you that are artists, this is one more effort that we're making to get you the exposure that you deserve. You can view an example of the Society6 Publisher Network in action here: http://www.krftd.com

Since the Society6 Publisher Network is just getting underway, we need to limit this invitation to the first group of interested people, and will be adding more Publishers every day as we go. To become a Publisher, please contact us here: http://www.society6.com/help/contact?type=4

If you know of a great blog or site you want to recommend for the network, please feel free to let them know or send us your suggestion too. Like all things @ Society6 it is our intent to create something of value for everyone involved and your participation is key.

Thanks!

A heartfelt thank you to our friend and insane artist Blaine Fontana http://www.society6.com/blainefontana and Juxtapoz Magazine for the kind words http://www.juxtapoz.com/7766-Society-6

We all appreciate the support!

Props to all of our members. This is a nod to all the great work and creativity being posted on Society6 AND for all the support received from friends and fans. Thanks and congrats everyone!

http://designcharts.com/

We have been fans of Michael Cina and YouWorkForThem's work and arsenal of creative products for a very long time now http://www.youworkforthem.com/blog/20...ty6-grant/

It is a very cool day when you get to collaborate with such talented people to create unique opportunities for others. Congrats to Will Bryant and Steven Bonner the recipients of the first two YouWorkForThem opportunity grants on Society6, can't wait to see what you guys come-up with next!

We've recently connected with the guys over at Cool Hunting, a longtime source of inspiration for the S6 team, so all the sweeter. Today, with special thanks to Evan, Tim and Nathan, we've been hunted http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2...ciety6.php

We're kicking around some collaborative ideas with Cool Hunting that we hope to bring to life real soon. But for now, a group of Society6 artist Studios are generously being showcased by CH at the top of their pages, so check it out to see if your Studio is up there!

We recently made a couple of adjustments to a few key areas of Society6, namely Promotions and Profile.

Right away you'll notice that the Promotion button has changed. here's what's different:

- No more Zeros, before you get your first promotion there is no zero next to it.
- Hearts instead of Stars, we replaced the star icon with a gray heart cuz it's about showing some love.
- Promote in the profile, among other changes in the profile you can now Promote a post there as well.

We have and are still making some adjustments to the profiles. here's what's different/going to change:

- Promotion thumbnails, you can now see the thumbnail from a post that you have Promoted. More interesting for people checking out your profile and for your own reference.
- More for your posts, we now show more info and image from the posts you have made. More interesting for people checking out your profile. Plus they can promote your posts from here too.
- We'll also be adjusting the Studio thumbnail size in here to correspond with the sizes around the site.

Hope you enjoy the new design tweaks.