Social Media Sites

Promoting on Etsy

MagdaleneJewels: Kumihimo Bracelet. Ruby Onyx Czech Glass Beads

When I first started on Etsy 9 years ago, life was completely different.  Doing a Treasury was a sure guarantee that your items were being seen by many others promoting on Etsy.  As with everything, times have changed.  Two years ago Etsy announced that Treasury’s were no longer a good way to Promote your items, indicating that with so many outside sources (Social Media sites) that the only way to promote your Shop and items was through Social Media.  These sites, outside of Etsy, are Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Wanelo – just to name a few.  I have found that posting your items on Google+ is the best source for promoting outside of Etsy (I will explain why and the whole process in a bit).

Before you start any promotion on Social Media sites, you first need to make sure all the titles of your items are listed by using “Key Words”.

For those of you not familiar with using Key Words, from experience I can tell you that by changing my titles using the Key Words for a specific item has greatly increased its views on many within my Shops. The Key Words help with anyone shopping using  SEO’s.

SEO, Search Engine, is using the best possible words to describe your Shop and your items, words that a Buyer would use when looking for a specific item.  When re-titling your item descriptions,  think like a shopper –what words would you use when looking for a specific item or Shop? Keep these Keywords in mind when “Tagging” your item’s listings, this helps place your listing in the various “Browse” pages and “Categories” on Etsy, as well as getting found through Etsy’s on-site search function.  I will be glad to help you finding the exact “keywords” and explain in more detail how to retitle a specific item.

Once this is done you are now ready to start promoting your specific items on the various Social Media sites. If you use Pinterest, consider making as many Boards as possible, so when promoting your items or an item from another Shop, they can be easily found in various topics. I have set up a specific Board for each Team I am on – posting my Team’s items on these Boards, then repost them in other sections best describing their item.

Google+, as I mentioned is one of the best Social Media site you can promote items from your Shops, as well as those of your Teammates.  To see what I am referring to, this is my Google+ site – https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PamelaBaker1116.  If you notice you have a home page, as well as a profile page (which only shows items I have promoted) the home page shows items that others you may be connected with have posted items.  When you post an item you will see next to the comments a small circle with a +1 in it.  Make sure you click that +1 – each time someone reclicks that +1 – it moves your item higher up in the Google Search page.  As an example, I have taken one of Natasha’s items (MermaidsWhispers) and posted on my Google+ home page (which shows up on my Profile page also) by posting the URL of the item – right under the URL – *it is important to #hashtag exactly the information in the URL – then #hashtag the Shop’s name.  Once posted I will click +1 and leave a comment.  Each person who goes in clicks +1 on your item – it will move it up in a Google Search – hopefully to p1!

I chose this item from Natasha’s site –

MermaidsWhispers:MasonJar WeddingSandCeremony Set

this item is now posted on my Profile page and Home page – each person who goes in and clicks +1 – which helps move your item up to the first page of Google Search.  By using the description of the item “Wedding Sand Ceremony Jar Set” in Google Search – it now shows up on p.1 of Google Search.  You can do this as often as you like for your items or a particular item you wish to Promote!!!

I will continue each week to explain more of other Social Media sites, such as Wanelo, Twitter, my Promotional Blog site, etc.

Please feel free to contact me via convo if through this Blog to ask any questions you may have.  Hope this helps.