Etsy Day

The Friday, April 24th, 2009, was declared Etsy Day and will be the big day to promote Etsy everywhere. Here are some ideas from the Etsy Admin: If you get people to sign up for Etsy on Friday make sure they mention your Etsy username in the Referrer Username box at sign up! If we see a user who really rocks this, we'll automatically include … [Read more...]

Project Wonderful

Project Wonderful is an online site that allows business owners and website administrators to buy and sell advertising via an "infinite auction." People bidding on advertising space basically state what they are willing to pay and what days you are interested in advertising for each ad space. If a bidder is the high bid, at that moment and until they … [Read more...]

Etsy Forums

The Etsy Forums are spaces for discussing and share ideas, asking for help, building a social community within Etsy, and report any bugs you've found while using the site. But is really very important to use it appropriately because the Etsy Staff reserves the right to lock any thread for any reason, including preemptively locking a thread that has … [Read more...]

Flickr

Flickr Is the best online photo management and sharing application. Across Flickr it is possible upload get photos into and out of the system in as many ways as you can: from the web, from mobile devices, from the users' home computers and from whatever software you are using to manage their photos. Also the photos can show to the world to turn: … [Read more...]

The Indiego Connection

Today I want to speak about The Indiego Connection, a site for designers, artists and crafters who wants to show their unique work. Indiego is a new advertising tool designed to help independent designers and artists promote their creations. On Indiego, you can advertise your items for free, with the only requirement that you also advertise other … [Read more...]

Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program 4

Yesterday Etsy announced the next installment of their Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program on Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine. 30 spots will be available to sellers, spots will go on sale on Monday, March 3rd, 2008 at 3:00pm EST. in the same manner as a Showcase. For more information please read the Storque article about it. … [Read more...]

How to get more traffic…

How to market your Blog can be very hard with all the new search engine rules. It takes a lot of work, dedication and time. Here are a few ways to market your Blog for free, it does take a lot of patience on your part to do this but it does help to get more traffic. Visit Blogs and post a comment, leave your URL of your Blog. Join Arts … [Read more...]

Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program 3

Today Etsy announced the second installment of their Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program on CRAFT magazine. 36 spots will be available to sellers, spots will go on sale on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 3:00pm EST. in the same manner as a Showcase. For more information please read the Storque article about it. … [Read more...]

Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program 2

Yesterday Etsy announced the first installment of their Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program (subsidized by Etsy). The first ad will be in the April/May issue on BUST magazine. 30 spots will be available to sellers, spots will go on sale on Monday, February 11th at 3:00pm EST. in the same manner as a Showcase. For more information please read the … [Read more...]

Etsy: An Online Boutique!

Jan Perry is a freelance writer currently living in Northern Kentucky. She write an amazing article about Etsy in AuctionBytes.com “Etsy is a marketplace of all things handmade. It's a graphically pleasing gathering spot for like-minded individuals - a cutting-edge kaleidoscope of entrepreneurial creativity. And while it's possible to simply search, … [Read more...]

Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program

Etsy puts in functioning The Cooperative Advertising Pilot Program. In an effort to help support the artists, they are exploring a program that gives Etsy Sellers a chance to show off their work in a variety of magazine advertisements offered at subsidized, cooperative rates. Print advertising can be very expensive, and much more for the artist who … [Read more...]