Handmadeology

“Within 24 hours, I had gained 78 new fans, within five days 146 new fans, and as I write this post, I’m up to a total of 333 targeted fans! I SOLD 10 pieces of jewelry on Etsy since my campaign started for a total of $350!”

Utilize the tools available to you – Etsy teams, social media platforms, blogs, (e)magazines – and promote your brand. Anytime someone interacts with you in any way, ensure sure you make them feel special.

Copyright infringement is serious issue even though tons of people do it. “So what did I do wrong, everyone is selling the same stuff”, I hear this ALL the time!

This downloadable spreadsheet looks at your Facebook fan page and reveals how your marketing efforts are performing in 5 key areas.

When you strive to offer a better buying experience, you can begin to sell it for a price that is happily paid in return.

It’s common for designers who are just starting out or who have been in biz awhile but haven’t set their biz up the right way to suffer from low income and a lack of the proper infrastructure to increase their profitability.

It’s tough to be seen when your work operates out of a spare room and your personality has to shine through in Twitter or in an email.

Guest post by Janet Cozzens I have been asked a lot of questions concerning Fanpageology these last few weeks, so today I have decided to share with you how I have used it and how it has helped my business. I want to give a bird’s eye view of how simple it really is to create [...]

When we think about FREEDOM in terms of your jewelry business, we think about all of the things you get STUCK doing in order to keep your business going, rather than focusing on things you LOVE to do.

My biggest mistake was to not pay attention to tags. By playing around with tags and looking how successful shops list their items I learned what to do and immediately increased traffic to my website.

In this free video training series, you’ll learn highly effective strategies you can implement right away and see instant results in your business. These are the same strategies that Andreea used to grow her t-shirt business to 6-figure sales in her first year!

I can’t tell you how much it has helped my business already. I have increased the traffic on my Facebook page significantly!

What’s my UVP? I help creative’s find the “ah ha” moments in their business that turn ideas to profit. What do you do?

Fanpageology connects your Etsy shop to your Facebook Fanpage with the ability to create customizable tabs that will take your Facebook marketing to new levels of effectiveness.

Do you have a business plan for your handmade business? You should. It helps you wrap your head around each step of your business. You can’t plan for the future success of your business if you don’t know where you want it to go.

94% of Etsy sellers use Facebook as the primary marketing method for their Etsy shop according to a survey of 600 Etsy sellers.

Once piece of advice for new sellers would be to read about SEO and familiarize yourself with it before putting up work on Etsy.

Annette Tait is the creator of Dragon House of Yuen, where you can find her soft sculptures, watercolors and delightful stories about the creatures she creates. Annette has lived in Zambia and Australia and now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland.