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When your favorite site seems to be down, there are few ways to check and see if it is down or just you. First site is Downrightnow.com Te second site is Downornot.com Search Twitter:   Facebook Down Stop by and take the “Is Facebook Down For You” Poll.

There is a new Etsy app that just came on the scene called the Shop Marketing Helper that will help Etsy sellers save time by scheduling all their social media marketing efforts.

In the second part of Planning for Facebook, we will explore four more categories: Invitation, Promotion, Seasonal and Visualize. They will also help you organize your business and creative information in clear and logical streams for quick and engaging updates when you need to catch your Facebook likes attention.

We all know that maintaining a lively and exciting Facebook page is a great marketing tool for your handmade craft business. So, you create your page, spread the word about it, attract your first likers and then you post your first status updates.

For the handmade world, Twitter can be like hanging out at the water cooler. It gives you a chance to have conversations with people who share some of your interests and offers an opportunity to broaden exposure for you and your products.

Many of us selling handmade are trying our hand at Twitter. Us noobs have looked up “Twitter Etiquette” in an attempt to “get” the 140 character limiting social network. There are some typically common threads of advice we’ve run into. The two main ones I’ve come across are thus:

Guest Post by: Fibrous This is the last in my series of Pinterest tutorials. Here are links for Pinterest Tutorial #1, Pinterest Tutorial #2, Pinterest Tutorial #3. Today I’ll be answering the two main questions I’ve asked been asked in the Etsy forums about Pinterest. The most popular question: #1. How do I get more Pinterest followers. At the time [...]

Etsy has jumped on board the Pinterest bandwagon and has now placed a ” pin it ” button on every listing page.

Today, I want to share 10 quick tips on how to successfully use social media to market your Etsy shop, and really help those sales numbers grow!

Etsy has become an incredible outlet for home-based crafting businesses, and exploded practically overnight several years ago. Since then, it’s becoming more and more common to find something that you love and be told that it was purchased from the popular site.

Whether you are tweeting professionally or personally, your first Twitter post sets up your followers’ expectations so you want it to send the right message. (Pun totally intended!)

Connecting your Etsy shop with Facebook and Twitter is only one piece to the social media puzzle. Learn how to grow a targeted social network that will help your shop thrive.

If you’re already chirping away or if you’re considering opening an account, you might want to read these five tips on how to get the most out of Twitter’s social network.

Being an Etsy seller I know how hard it is to get any views from just listing your items on Etsy.  Marketing your Etsy items outside Etsy is a must in these days.  I am excited to share this free ecourse with Etsy sellers , because I have been using these 10 steps for years [...]

Did you know Handmadeology is on Linkedin?  We have a growing and thriving group of like minded creative business owners sharing and learning from each other in discussion type setting.   You can share business ideas and even promote your Etsy shop.  We have over 900 members to date. Stop by and join us on Linkedin [...]