Posts filed under “Social Media”
Top 5 tips for promoting your work
There are a number of different ways that you can promote your work and we thought we would highlight a few to help those people new to selling their work on Folksy (and which will also hopefully act as a reminder to those who have been selling for some time). (image from Hole in My [...]
12 practical tips for getting more blog comments
How to build a network of regular commenters on your blog It’s completely natural to want comments on your blog posts. Seeing 0 comments on your blog post can feel like someone is holding up a sign saying ‘boring don’t bother read this!’ You probably started your blog full of nervous enthusiasm, eager to write [...]
Would you like to choose the items for the Folksy Front Page?
Pinterested? Three times a week the team at Folksy pick a selection of themed items for the front page. These items represent the very best we have to offer, great images, great products and all handmade here in the UK! We want to wow people that visit us for the first time and tempt the [...]
SEO for bloggers – how to make friends with googlebot
This little chap is googlebot, make him your best blogging buddy, he has some very influential friends don’t you know! Whether you are a work at home mum, a student crafting from your bedroom or a multi-billion pound company with offices at Canary Wharf, the same principles apply with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). The goal [...]
Boost your blogging confidence
Lilipo at Glass Mountain I don’t write a blog because I haven’t got enough to say… You are a creative, crafty maker with your own micro business making beautiful creations by hand in your home studio (kitchen table!) of course you have lots to say. This post is not about seo, smo, blog traffic and [...]
Craft blogging – how to start a blog
Sparklehen A beginners guide to starting a craft blog. It seems that writing a blog has become de riguer when it comes to selling your craft online. However for many crafters the idea of blogging may seem technically challenging, timewasting or you may just believe that you don’t have anything interesting to say – so [...]
Shop Front – Love Marks
Wee Love Mole – Quernus Crafts High street shops spend huge quantities of cash on marketing experts that will build their brand and make their products appeal to a certain demographic of society. Many companies are desperately seeking what’s known as ‘brand love’ using social media to compete for fans and followers. Saatchi and Saatchi [...]
SEO tips – how to grow your network
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) means finding ways to improve your website design and content so that it appears closer to the top in search engine results pages (serps) This post is all about ways in which networking helps to build up your ranking and improves the chances of buyers seeing your items in a [...]
Pinterest – you’re invited!
What is Pinterest? “Pinterest is a social catalogue service. Think of it as a virtual pinboard — a place where you can post collections of things you love, and “follow” collections created by people with great taste.” We think that our creative community will really enjoy Pinterest (clearly you have already demonstrated your great taste [...]
Time saving tips for promoting your shop using your RSS feed, so you can have a bit more fun…
A few useful tips and links to help you maximise the effect of your time promoting online, so you can spend more time doing the fun stuff :) Green Island Art Studios Social Media Tools Having links pointing to your shop from relevant internet sites is not only good for direct traffic from fans and [...]