I’m amazed sometimes at the number of people who are now part of the Everything Etsy Community. We’ve got over 60,000 wonderful people involved in the various social media outlets. The first place I really started to enjoy social media was on Twitter. I now have over 17,000 Twitter followers and Twitter is still one… [read more]
Using Social Media to Support Your Blog {B.L.O.G. – Video}
This is the fifth post in our ten week post series on blogging. See the first post here. In this video, Tim and I go over some of the key things I’ve learned about using social media to support a blog, to support an Etsy shop, to support a family! 🙂 I hope it helps!… [read more]
Pinterest Love
By now you all know I’m seriously in love with Pinterest!!! I really enjoy scrolling through the latest and greatest pins…like every day of the week. There’s always some creative idea or inspiring photo I need to pin! The boards make it so easy for me to find everything when I want to go back… [read more]
How To Put a Pinterest Pin Button on Your Blog
Pin It You may have noticed a couple of times recently that we’ve added a Pinterest “Pin-It” button to posts that have key images that we’ve created. Images are a great way for people to visually keep track of posts they want to remember, or to share things they enjoyed with others. Pinterest is an… [read more]
How Fewer Blog Comments Equals Opportunity
Did you know that blog commenting overall has reduced over the last couple of years? It’s not that people aren’t talking anymore, it’s just that they have more places to talk, and they don’t have more time, so something has to give. More activity on Facebook, or Twitter = Fewer comments on blogs. Generally speaking.… [read more]
5 Reasons to use Pinterest
If you haven’t had a chance to try out Pinterest yet, you should! What is Pinterest? A virtual corkboard that you pin your favorite photos to creating beautiful collections of things you love. 5 Reasons to Try Pinterest 1. Helllloooo…It’s fun! It’s kind of a stress reliever {like flipping through your favorite magazine} and who… [read more]
20 Tips for Selling on Etsy
I know how it is because I’ve been there! You want to increase your sales or start selling on Etsy and you could use a little help. When I started selling on Etsy in 2008 I had no idea what I was getting into…ha! I read everything I could find and stumbled through opening my… [read more]