How do you promote new listings?

[Former_Member]

Hi all,

I'm almost a week new here and really love this team! The learning curve feels so steep at first so I genuinely appreciate all that people share here.

My question - how do people typically promote their new listings? I am working on several pieces and don't want to miss on opportunities to get them out in the public eye! The promotion teams (at least the one I'm on) is so full of listings, I'm not sure that the listings are ever viewed, I just don't know!! Any advice would be super :)

Thanks!

[Former_Member]

I would stick to social media. I do twitter and Instagram right now. It's getting me a lot of hits! Not a ton of sales, but I'm working on adding more items :).
Hope this helps!
Kelly

[Former_Member]

I am not the best when it comes to promoting. I post my items to Facebook, Pinterest, and my teams.

[TheDorothyDays]

Twitter is really good I find for promoting, I get most of my views from there. I also blog and use teams.

[Former_Member]

When I post new items, I put them in all of the appropriate threads on the teams I am a part of. Pin it on Pinterest too. I also fav items as I post to threads as they will usually fav you back. Also Jenn, you need to get in "circles". Take some time out and get your circles built up. You have 12 and you need to have many more than that. It helps get your stuff noticed. You can also do a little short video on what you sell on etsy and put it on youtube, and list your address link to your store on youtube.

[SesenDesign]

After listing, I automatically pin the item, twitter and pop up on fb. Most of my outside views come from twitter.

[Former_Member]

Wow, sounds like I need to get up to speed on twitter! Fortunately I'm already a pinterest junkie :) Love the youtube idea, too. Thanks for all the info.

As far as building up circles, I'm not really sure how to do that... I've included lots of people in my circle, but don't I have to wait for them to include me in theirs? I know, I know, such a newbie am I!

Thanks again for the help :) Will help you out in any way I can, too!

[themissingpiecepuzzl]

Great ideas. I have a great deal of success with purchasing ad's on Etsy. Works like a charm...

[Former_Member]

Hi Jen - It can help you get into more circles by finding items and shops you love and adding them to your favorites, and by making treasury lists. In response, many sellers will reciprocate by adding you to their circles (plus, other people might see what great taste you have and circle you to keep up with your finds).

Welcome!