La marca personal como estrategia de marketing del artista visual en Instagram

  1. BERMÚDEZ CASTILLO, ADRIANA YOLANDA
Supervised by:
  1. María Luisa García Guardia Director
  2. Francisco García García Director
  3. Carmen Llorente Barroso Director

Defence university: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Fecha de defensa: 30 March 2022

Committee:
  1. Elena Blanch González Chair
  2. Pablo Garrido Pintado Secretary
  3. Juan Salvador Victoria Mas Committee member
  4. Verónica Perales Blanco Committee member
  5. Beatriz Legerén Lago Committee member

Type: Thesis

Abstract

This research analyzes the personal brand of visual artists as managers of their own image on Instagram and contributing knowledge to provide a personal brand management model as a marketing strategy resource. From this landmark, there have been studied three subjects: (a) the visual artist and its professional needs; (b) personal branding; and (c) the effectiveness of the marketing strategy on Instagram. The first studied subject is linked to the needs of the visual artist as manager of its own image. To reach the professional status the visual artist must count on several features:(a) focusing its time on the art; (b) Earning income from its artistic activity; (c) getting reputation withing the market and face to other artists; and (d) reaching acknowledge as an artist by the target. In addition to, there have been analyzed the communication tools for the visual artist and how they are applied for creating a personal branding model. The second one is personal branding as a marketing strategy. This research gathers different management models by other authors like an academic base to develop a functional personal branding guide to any professional visual artist on Instagram. The third subject is the effectiveness of Instagram as a digital identity projection tool for content creators.