Ideas for Team Growth

[DapperCatDesigns]

Since this is a new team, I'm opening the floor up to you all for suggestions! What would you like to gain from this team?! What direction would you like to see things go?

I would like to maintain a positive and supportive vibe as we embark on this Etsy adventure, but I also want to make sure you all are able to get the most from your time spent here!

I'd love to hear your input :o)

[DapperCatDesigns]

A couple of ideas I have had is to create a team selling attiturde... Offering joint team coupon codes and promoting each other using social media.

Another idea I had was to create and promote team treasuries... While we are all new and gaining a following, I believe it is important to share resources...team activities such as treasuries can allow team members to reach a wider network of potential customers!

I know some teams require that members use team tags to allow members to easily find team mates; however, I am very well aware that we only get 13 tags, so its more important to use them wisely to drive business!

What do you all think?

[Former_Member]

I love the idea of joint coupon codes and promoting each other via social media. I have not yet set up a facebook page for my shop but I plan to do it next week.

I know I'm new but I feel silly asking...what are treasuries? Is that when you favorite other sellers stuff or is there a separate section I'm not seeing?

[DapperCatDesigns]

Kristin,

Don't ever think you are asking a silly question! That's what we are all here, to learn together :o) a treasury is a group of 16 items from other stores with a somewhat cohesive theme... The idea is to promote others and share your favorites, but a benefit of sharing other's work is that it introduces them to your shop name :o).

Here's an example I made earlier today: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Mjc4NzkyMzN8MjcyMjE5MTc2NQ/150-years-of-horse-racing?ref=pr_treasury

To find where you start one, on the etsy home page, you scroll down and toward the end on your left you will see small blue writing that says "treasury"

[Former_Member]

I'm going to set mine up tomorrow. Thanks :)

[Former_Member]

Awesome. I'll read up on how to do this.
I love Saratoga Springs by the way.

[DapperCatDesigns]

Snow,

Me too, I'm born and.bred here ;o). Tomorrow is opening day at the track, I'm excited :o).

[Former_Member]

I set up my treasury today! It's still a work in progress but I'm gradually going to fill it with all of your beautiful items.

[MollyMacCollection]

So, I just thought I would do a little search...I browesed women...bags...totes...and looked at the first 20 pages and...not one sighting of any of my bags, which is a bummer because sometimes the exact same bag from a seller was shown twice on the same page. I saw lots and lots of repeats. Anyone know anything about getting your work to show up in the browsers?

[Former_Member]

That has to do with SEO. I'm still trying to figure it out myself...I just adjust my tags occasionally and see if it helps. There are also some helpful videos on the Etsy online labs. I was watching them yesterday trying to get a handle on it.

[Former_Member]

Sorry Molly...I just realized that you were talking about tags on the tip of the day postings...

[MollyMacCollection]

SEO...ok, I'll check it out. Thanks!

[MollyMacCollection]

I found a site where you can buy an seo package for like $33 and she links you to thousands of different things. I'm gonna look into it, but I would probably be willing to spend $33 if it gets me noticed. I favorited it if you want to check it out!

[Former_Member]

I heard that paying for links can be bad because it can contain spam. Google (and Etsy too I think) has spam filters that will keep your site from getting seen at all in search. It was mentioned on one of the online labs but I don't remember which one. :0

[MollyMacCollection]

thank you. I don't think you are paying for links, you are paying for this lady (or man, I guess) to set you up. I will definitely read all the fine print and do some research before I jump.

[Former_Member]

Yeah, I just checked it out. It may be worth looking into. I didn't realize it was an etsy seller doing it.

[DapperCatDesigns]

Molly, I've seen the same seller with the same items show up several times on the same page as well! It's frustrating... Let us know what you find out with your research. I will say that the snazzy book I added to the "book review" page talks about how beneficial to SEO Pinterest can be. Because each pin maintains a link to the original site, the more people who pin your item, the higher your SEO for online search engines. I think the same may apply to Facebook - the more people who "share" your links, the higher your SEO. The added benefit of course is the more people who are exposed to your items, the more potential customers you have :o). However, if I'm reading things correctly, Etsy works with relevancy instead of SEO? So it depends on where you want to build your market...

[PerfectVintageFlea]

I suspect that etsy works the same as most search engines and sorts things by relevancy and then by popularity. I think the best way is probably to keep adjusting your tags, and get your stuff out there and people seeing it. This is also a social network, so the more people sharing and highlighting your stuff, the more clicks you're going to get. If you want to spend some extra money promoting yourself, I believe you can pay to add more tags to your listings as well but I'm not 100% sure.

[DapperCatDesigns]

Labor Day newbie team sale?! I wondered if anyone was interested in offering a team promotion for Labor Day? Perhaps a joint coupon code that could be used in all participating shops? Cross promotion on everyone's social media? Any thoughts?

[LoftyCastleCrafts]

I like the idea of a labor day sale! Maybe a four day weekend sort of thing? Cross promotion would really help the sale will spread farther, I'm willing to share items to my wall, or maybe we could make an image showing the details and post that.