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Beading-Arts.com Will Feature Fiber Jewelry – Deadline Aug 20

Check out this publicity opportunity if you make fiber jewelry:

www.Beading-Arts.comCyndi L from www.beading-arts.com wants to hear from artists who create jewelry using fiber or fabric who would like to have their work featured on www.beading-arts.com in September. Your work does not have to be exclusively made from fiber, but should contain a significant amount.

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Blogger Seeks Hip, Stlyish Products to Review

Blogger looking for hip, stylish products and gift items to review for SweaterBabe.com blog readers and the 26,000+ discerning women who subscribe to our email newsletters. See article post at Craftsu.com, the network to buy and sell crafts.

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Reporter Looking for Mothers Day gifts under $50

Reporter looking for unique Mothers Day gifts under $50. Help mom feel like a million bucks without breaking the bank. Hurry as deadline is April 27. Full article post at Craftsu.com buy handmade network

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Blogger Looking to Feature Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Blogger looking to feature Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gift ideas- Deadline April 27 CRAFTSU.com: where shoppers go to buy handmade and interact with artisans who sell crafts.

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Is Your Craft Business Ready for the Online Reality Show for Entrepreneurs

Publicity opportunity: “Online Reality Show for Entrepreneurs – Deadline April 19.” Read the full post on CRAFTSU: Buy Handmade:

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Buy Handmade Using Google

I just learned today that Craftsu.com is ranking higher than Etsy and Artfire on Google for the phrase ‘Buy Handmade’ see complete post at buy handmade article on Craftsu. Don’t know how long that high ranking will last, but it’s not bad for a site that’s only a few months old. If you are looking [...]

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Free Handmade Product Review

Vishruti will put a free handmade product review up on the blog http://promotingetsysellers.blogspot.com/ along with a link to your website.

Contact – vishruti.dev@gmail.com and write FREE PRODUCT REVIEWS in the
subject line. Click here to read the original blog post announcing this offer.

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Craft Business Owners Over 50 with Etsy Stores Wanted

If you have a craft business on Etsy and you are over 50, AARP magazine wants to know about you. for a possible story. Laura Daily is trying to track down craftsmen and craftswomen age 50 and older who use Etsy.com to market and sell their handmade wares. Email Laura query-2a9 (at) helpareporter.com with your [...]

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Sell Crafts on TalkMarket

Sell Crafts on Talk Market

Sell crafts at Talkmarket.com , a television shopping channel hosted by artists, designers, inventors, and creative retailers where they personally introduce their creations through videos created with the site’s video making technology. Shoppers get to see the products demonstrated and meet the people behind the creations.

Talk Market was [...]

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Craftsu.com: New Network for Artists to Reach Buyers of Handmade

Buy and Sell Crafts at Craftsu.com

Craftsu.com is a new social platform for artists, craftspeople, and photographers to tell their stories and interact with shoppers looking to “buy handmade.”

Craftsu was born from the marriage of two emerging trends:

1) Purchases of handmade crafts online grew almost every month for the last twelve months, despite the [...]

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News Release for Craftsu Picking Up Viewers

As I wrote in a previous post, Craftsu.com is a new site to promote your craft from. If you already signed up, but have not yet created a profile or uploaded images of your work, you may want to do that now.

The first of many news releases to come announced Craftsu to the media today [...]

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Free Ebook on Publicity for Craft Business Owners

Publicity is free; ads cost money. People believe articles and reviews they read in publications;
people typically distrust what they read in advertisements. Media expert, Paul Krupin, and I want to send you the definitive guide for getting publicity coverage about you and your craftwork.

Paul is a publicity expert and former news editor. He’s helped my [...]

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Tiger Lilly Boutique Special Offer for Readers

Tiger Lily Boutique

Tiger and Lily Boutique is offering my readers $5.00 off their already discounted 6 month subscription to sell crafts through their site. The total for sign up and 6 months worth of vendor services is $35. Or $7 off of the 1 month signup fee and first month vendor services. See their [...]

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Announcing LadybugMarkets.com: Australian Market for Selling Crafts

LadybugMarkets.com

Ladybug Markets, a hip and creative place to buy, sell and talk all things handmade. This, quoted from a new Brisbane based website, entices local crafters to gather round, to enjoy and take part in a new craft community. Visit Ladybug Markets for all your crafting needs at: www.ladybugmarkets.com

Ladybug Markets offers an online, year [...]

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Virtual Business Cards for Your Craft Business

If you are using the web a lot, it makes sense to have a fast, stylish way to provide customers and contacts with your contact information. Here are two free services that do that:

Card.ly is lets you publish your own social media business cards. It’s super easy to input your business information and your social [...]

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More Buyers Turning to Social Shopping

The other day, I posted about social shopping sites and why you should consider them when promoting your craft business (i.e. selling crafts online). Today, I got further confirmation of the importance of using social shopping and review sites from an article on eMarketer.

The latest statistics are showing people are turning to social networks in [...]

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Make it Easy for Craft Buyers to Reach You

Perhaps like you, I spend a considerable amount of time online looking at web sites. Mostly I use search engines to find products and information I need. I often encounter web pages which are supposed to be selling something, but there’s very little contact information or their info@ email address is never answered.

Perhaps also like you, I [...]

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Twitter Feed for Craftmarketer

Follow Craftmarketer on Twitter

A new Twitter feed has begun for Craftmarketer. If you would like to follow my craft business tweets, please see: http://twitter.com/craftmarketer/

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New Book for Craft Business Artisans

Have you been using the internet to sell your crafts online? If not, why not? What other tool can you use to reach millions of potential customers at a cost of a few dollars a month?

One of the best arguments that I know for marketing and selling crafts online is that with traditional selling, you [...]

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5 Social Shopping Sites to List Your Handmade Crafts

Social shopping and review sites let consumers list and rate all kinds of products, including handmade items from craft business owners. Reviews and ratings from shopping sites add credibility to your reputation and help instill confidence in the minds of shoppers.

In marketing, it’s not what you say about yourself, but what others say about [...]

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Wigix Is an eBay Alternative for Selling Handmade Crafts (or Anything Else)

Wigix.com is an eBay alternative marketplace that doesn’t charge buyers or sellers for items listed under $25. Fees kick in above that, depending on the price of the item. You can create a storefront with your own customized online shop and branding. Here’s a video….

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MountainMade.com Relaunches Improved Website

MountainMade.com

While conventional industries struggle with shrinking credit markets and reduced consumer spending, cottage industries such as the artisans represented by West Virginia’s MountainMade, www.mountainmade.com, are reporting growing interest in their handmade goods.

“As the global economy continues to recover from the worst economic crisis most retailers have ever seen, Americans will focus primarily on [...]

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CraftRock: Vote for Your Favorite Crafts

CraftRock.com

Craftrock.com lets visitors vote for their favorite craft. Here is how it Works

1. Enter your post on the MixxMade’s Community Blog.
2. Your entry will automatically post on Craft Rock for voting.
3. Every week the top 10 most rocked posts will be featured on the landing page.

For best results use links in your blog post [...]

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Craft Business Opp: Muncom Free Online Store

Muncom.com Free Online Storefront

Here is a craft business opportunity that is free. Muncom is a virtual shopping mall, offering free e-commerce solutions to anyone selling products and services online. A shopping cart links directly to your product list, allowing you to display prices and pictures within your own store domain:

http://www.your_store.muncom.com

When a buyer completes an [...]

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Getting Your Craft Items Reviewed at ThisNext.com

ThisNext.com

Thisnext.com is a “shopcasting” network where visitors discover products based on members’ recommendations. When visitors want more info about an item or they are ready to buy it, they can click to the retailer where users originally found it. Fashion appears to be a favorite here. But today I typed in ‘handmade’ in the [...]

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