In the first article in this series, I talked about some “must do” tasks for getting and keeping your shop in order for selling. Last week I offered suggestions for promoting your shop using social networking. For the most part, the ideas I’ve discussed so far require an investment of your time with little or no investment of money. However, we’ve all heard the basic business truth that “it takes money to make money”. Said another way, in order for a Continue reading »
Tags: Adroll, Advertise, Craigslist, Customer Demographic, Google Adwords, Keyword, Marketing, Project Wonderful, Success on Zibbet, Targeted Advertising
Written by: Vicki, 1st February 2011 in Success On Zibbet
For as long as I can remember, birds have been a popular icon in art of all types and styles. In fact, I recall one of professors in college (a printmaker) insisted on having a bird in EVERY single piece of artwork she created.
And honestly, I think that’s great. I love birds too, so I totally get it. And apparently, a lot of other people feel the same way because more Continue reading »
Tags: art, bird, bird candle, bird earrings, bird nerd, bird painting, bird photograph, bird photography, birds, Fantastic Five, silver bird earrings
Written by: Brittni, 31st January 2011 in Fantastic Five
Zibbet would like you to get to know Eleanor Gilpatrick, a contemporary realist painter of landscapes, people, still lifes, and abstracts.
Her work reflects her love of beauty and the way she sees the world. Eleanor says, “some of her paintings deal with issues of peace and many have edgy compositions.”
In Eleanor’s Zibbet shop, Egilpatr, you will find Continue reading »
Tags: Egilpatr, Featured Zibbeters
Written by: judyyoungquest, 31st January 2011 in Featured Zibbeters
Promoting your products comes with the territory. I believe that the popular line from the movie Field of Dreams, “If you build it, he (they) will come” only applies to baseball diamonds built in the middle of cornfields! When it comes to selling, after you build it you have to promote it. Finding what works requires a lot of trial and error testing which also takes a lot of time. Selling, both online and off, is hard work. Continue reading »
Tags: Blog, Blogger, Facebook, Flickr, Indiepublic, IndieSmiles, My Craft Corner, Online Promotion, Promotion, RSS Graffiti, social networking, Success on Zibbet, Twitter, Twitterfeed, WordPress, Zibbet Friends, Zibbet's Community Hub, ZibbetScoop
Written by: Vicki, 26th January 2011 in Success On Zibbet
Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away at this point. Hard to believe, isn’t it? It seems like New Years was just days ago.
But anyway, if you are planning on picking up a few handmade V-Day items online this year, than you’ll probably want to start looking now (especially if you’re looking at custom orders).
So, today’s Fantastic Five is strictly to celebrate the Continue reading »
Tags: handmade heart items, heart, hearts, valentine's day, vday
Written by: Brittni, 24th January 2011 in Fantastic Five
