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Do you need help?

This post is for everyone who has a question or a problem, or just in need of some guidance. We will try to help each other as best as we can! Feel free to post below. Anyone can answer :-)
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Marketing tips?

What works for you? Do you participate in those "Fav-a-thon" team posts and do they really boost your shops or get you sales?

On the same note, do "giveaways" on social media sites get you any good views or sales?
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Raspberriez
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I'm wondering the same things as Katharine! I know that I need to reach out to a target auidence. My problem is that I really don't know the best way to do it. I make a lot of baby booties and think that targeting blogs of expecting mothers or something would be a great way to go...just don't know how to go about it?

Has anyone found success marketing through commenting on other people's blogs? Or, any tips on reaching your target auidence (outside of Etsy)?
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I've gotten a lot of views from my Facebook fan page, and from posting on teams. I also have distributed business cards with my Etsy shop on them in my local area, with consent from other local business owners. Still waiting on my first sale through Etsy though.
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I received my shiny new business cards via Vista Print the other day. There's some corkboards around various places in town. I will try that out too.

My FB page is still a baby though and is a bit quiet.
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Congrats on your business cards! Sorry I'm no help with the marketing thing. I've tried several things with less than stellar results; fb, Pinterest, viral woot, twitter, etc. Then again, I've had to slow it down lately and it's definitely showing...
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I ran across this but haven't tried it yet. Seems like it could be a very useful tool for anyone who has the time/money/equipment, though.

http://convome.com/etsy-conversations-podcast-guest/?utm_content=bufferd122a&utm_medium=social&utm_s...
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Hi guys, thanks for your questions. I do the typical social media thing. facebook, pinterest, twitter, instagram. I also contacted youtubers who often review products for other companies and asked them if they'd review a few products from my line. A few persons agree and I must say that has been the best form of marketing I've done for my business yet! I gave them coupon codes so I could also track my customers back to the particular youtuber. And even though its been a few months I still get sales every now and then. So I like that avenue. I don't know how that would work out based on the items you sell. But I also contacted magazines that featured hair products and women of color such as myself, and I was surprised that it was just like $200+ to get an advert in. You guys could contact mommy magazines, or fashion magazines for quotes to see if maybe you could afford to run an advert. It is a lot but I think it could potentially be worth it. I may put an ad in a magazine, or a popular online blog/website someday. If I do I'll let you know how that goes.
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DesignedbyDaniN
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Hi, I post on teams everyday and have got me a lot of views and favorite. I think that as a start was great! I have use Etsy promote for a dollar a day and it have got me at least one sale a day which is great but I think that depends on what you sale.
On the other hand I like to address to Danny, I see you have only posted a few items, my first sale was after I posted 24 items and I have heard that Etsy shows more if you have at least 10 items.
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Yes, DaniN this seems very true! I kept listing new items (at 35 now) and have seen my older listing popping up on first or second pages of searches. :D
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Raspberriez
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Great ideas! Thanks so much
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