Far More Effort Required

I feel like I haven't putting nearly enough effort into my work and the promotion of it lately. I really don't know how anyone can balance a full-time job, making art regularly, doing the millions of online and real life things that are required to garner interest, attempting to have a social life, and still have time to bathe and eat. I do feel, however, that if I were to really put the effort in and start making some sales, it would be kind of a domino effect and it would be somewhat easier to make the sales.

Things I am doing that I wasn't doing before:

• Updating my twitter with a painting of the day
• Updating my facebook with a painting of the day
• Trying to be more active on the Etsy forums and reading/contributing to the daily blog post.

It does seem like I've been getting a few more hits this way, but nowhere near what I need. I'm wondering if I should be adding some of the roosters to my deviantart account. I really haven't used it for a couple years and when I did use it, I didn't really think there were a lot of people there interested in buying work.

I might start looking into advertising, but I'm not sure I'm able to do anything like that yet. The restaurant industry slows down in the summer and I am noticing a drop in income already. Grahh.

In other news, I've decided that when I do get my shit together and lose the debt, I'm pretty sure I would like to get my Master's and teach art at college level.

What online stuff do you do that helps with selling your work?