I really need some advice!! pease help! :)

[Listiques]

Hi guys,
I'm struggling at the moment in trying to boost my shop's profile. I'm making lots and aiming to list regularly but am getting disheartened as having very few views each day. Sometimes as little as 2!

I'd really appreciate some advice on how to promote my shop outside of etsy, (or inside etsy!) what do other people use? I've been searching the internet without much luck...

I've heard pinterest is good, anyone use that? I'm on the waiting list...

Any advice would be very very appreciated!
Thanks, Lisa

[TEETONKASTORE]

Hi Lisa! Your shop looks great, you have some cute items!
You can promote on pinterest, facebook, twitter, blog,piccsy, we heart it, you can make a giveaway, make treasuries! Hope this can help!

[RisC]

Your items are beautiful and your pictures look great!

Besides promoting your shop, you need to make it so that people searching on Etsy and other sites can find you. I think that is really how you can increase your views.

I would focus on SEO, especially in your titles. For your bracelets, "bracelet" should be the first word or at least one of the first 3 words in the title. Do a search in the forums and discussions for SEO and you will find lots of great tips.

[Former_Member]

Your shop is lovely, nice items, well-photographed, good tags. I don't know the answer, but good luck to you! I think if you're more active, success will come along at some point. Maybe look at the makery blog about finding your target audience. (Its hard to find on their site so google 'makery target audience', there's 4 parts.) Then figure out what blogs your target audience reads. Then write an article about your shop as if you're the blog. Then send the article to a bunch of blogs. There could be a give-a-way at the end, like, 'like' my page on facebook and when I have 100 facebook 'likes' on my page (make a facebook page if you haven't already!!!), I will contact one fan on facebook at random to send the prize to. And to get it on the blog, you could offer one free item to the blog owner of a certain value. Make sure the blog is popular, gets lots of comments, seems busy. You could try something like that?

[Listiques]

Thanks so much guys these are all amaing suggestions, loads that I hadn't thought of! I am going to scribble down all the names of these things now!

Really really apreciate your help everyone!
Lisa

[Former_Member]

I would definitely check your tags! What helped me a lot with getting regular views, was monitoring 'keywords' under Shop Stats. Majority of people found me looking for Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes, so I started creating more of those prints, which brought more views. So if people are looking for a certain color or design try to create more of those.

[Former_Member]

You might want to make your titles and descriptions more SEO friendly, and just more lively.
For instance, on the "Vintage Flower Wooden Button Watch" listing I doubt people would be searching for vintage flower wooden
You might try a title more like this:
Upcycled vintage bracelet watch with wood and metal

And repeat the title in your first few words of the description. You might also move down the "All items from Listiques are lovingly handmade" and open with something that speaks to the buyer, like
"Go fun and funky, yet still classy and gorgeous with this bracelet made from . . ."