We know that including keywords early in the title of an item in your Etsy shop or in the title of a blog post is good for search engine performance. But does it increase sales? Take a look at this screenshot of the Etsy home page today: These beautiful items were hand-picked for any number… [read more]
Who Else Wants to See Handmade Go Off The Charts?
If you’re selling on Etsy or selling handmade anywhere else, you, my friend, are in a great spot! Handmade is growing so fast it’s hardly measurable. Etsy is just one example of the trend but it is a great example! See below: It’s no surprise that Etsy traffic ramps up before the holiday shopping season,… [read more]
Use Pinterest for Color Inspiration
Everyone can use a bit of color inspiration before you start a project! Have you checked out all the fabulous color palettes available on Pinterest? It’s a great way to decide on your Spring Collection colors or make sure the colors of yarn for your next scarf don’t clash…we can’t have that! {design work life}… [read more]
Easy Shipping for Etsy Sellers
Stamps.com makes it super easy to send out all your packages with this nifty little scale and lots of other goodies. There’s one thing that has always driven me crazy about selling everything online…going to the post office. It can take forever! A couple months ago I started using Stamps.com and shipping everything right from… [read more]
Slow Sales? Kick It Up A Notch With 11 Easy Tips! {Etsy Business}
{Art by Raw Art Letter Press} When sales slow down, it’s time to kick it up a notch! For whatever reason, everyone experiences slow times with their shops. Take advantage of this time and prepare for those sales to come. You’ll be glad you did! Here’s a few tips to get you going…in no particular… [read more]
Set Goals for Your Etsy Business
Create goals for your Etsy business and kick off 2012 with a clear plan for success! Everyone’s idea of a successful handmade business isn’t the same. Some people have Etsy shops as a hobby or to fund their ever- growing craft habit {ha!}, while others are striving to grow their handmade business into a future… [read more]
Improving Your Product Offering by Dropping the Stragglers {Selling on Etsy}
Whew! What a holiday season! My first year selling on Etsy I was thrilled and surprised to have some extra money to put toward my Christmas shopping list. When the second year came along, I had a lofty goal that I would sell enough on Etsy to completely cover my list, and I did! This… [read more]
Successful Prospecting on Etsy
The Internet has been likened to a gold rush and it’s really not a bad analogy. The truth is, there are thousands of ways to make money online. Some are better than others and there are lots of people trying to hit the mother lode. The truth is that the majority of successful Gold Rush… [read more]
Bundle Up For More Sales {Etsy Tips}
Bundle up! No, I don’t mean put on a sweater. I mean bundle up your items to sell! You see it all the time in the stores and fast food restaurants. Everyone loves a great deal, so offer your customers a great deal by bundles! It may help increase your sales at the same time…that’s… [read more]
How I Use Twitter {Etsy Business}
Twitter is a valuable marketing tool that’s FREE! Over the last couple of years I’ve become quite comfortable with using Twitter to promote my Etsy shops and blogs, but it wasn’t an easy thing for me in the beginning. It was a bit out of my comfort zone and I felt out of place during… [read more]
3 Common Sense Rules for Selling on Etsy
Every once in awhile a wave of change rolls through the community of Etsy Sellers. Here’s what happens: Etsy decides to change the way they do something, like they did last week by switching to a relevancy based search results, or like they’ll be doing soon with a new option to purchase a promotional space… [read more]
New Etsy Relevancy Search Tips
Some of you are already aware of Etsy’s new Relevancy Search and how it might change the way you need to list your items. I will honestly tell you that I’m not always that keen on changes, but I usually adapt. Here’s a bit of information to help bring you up to speed and help… [read more]
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