Monday 18 March 2013

No rest for the wicked ;)

Trudy Kepke on Craftfest
Well, considering the weekend is supposed to be rest time, the last 2 days have been frantic!
The first 2 days of Craftfest have been a steep learning curve for me. I don't do a great deal of connecting on social media, maybe a couple of posts on Facebook and a bit of pinning. I hadn't got into Tweeting at all.
That's all changed! The Craftfest ethos is to get everyone promoting each other so widening the contacts for each individual. I've done more tweeting, pinning, commenting, liking and following than I have ever done. It shows in my own statistics as I have 15 new likes on my facebook page and about 50 new twitter followers.

I also found a great blog, Handmade Harbour which is a great community with loads of advice for people who want to sell their handmade items, or who blog about handmade and crafty. Well worth a look!

My own little stall hasn't yet benefited from the huge amount of traffic at Craftfest. Mostly my mistakes :)
I have links at the bottom of each of my items to take people to my website - I hadn't pointed out that the link was where to go to purchase the item. Worse - the link didn't look much like a link! Moral of this story - get someone to try using your stall. I hadn't followed that basic premise on my own website either where some of my items didn't go to the checkout!

Jellibabies
Anyway, enough prattle from me - here are some of the items on other people's craftfest stalls that caught my eye :)








Scentcosmetics Sheep Soap











Waterlily Cards





















Not forgetting my own :)



























10 comments:

  1. The Sheep Soap is so cute!

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  2. That heart is a beautiful colour!!
    xx

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  3. I'm getting into social media more and more. Hope it's not addictive. Does it help with book sales? (substitute crafts for you). Not as far as I can tell.

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    1. Try the Ultimate Blog Challenge - there was a couple of book writers on there last time,

      Jangill Designs

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  4. Stunning creations, one and all.
    xx

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  5. Wow they are all fabulous xx

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  6. Hang in there. Its my third CRAFTfest and I got a big jump in site visits with all of the social media and SEO ranking tasks we do to promote each other. A lot of the benefits are reaped even after the week of insanity ends.

    Stopping by with Good Luck wishes for CRAFTfest!

    Jillian
    JillyBeanPottery

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    1. Thanks Jillian, I am hoping there will be a long term effect. For the cost of the stall, it has to be worth keeping on trying :)

      Janice x

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  7. Well done in taking the plunge, I daresay, like a lot of things, it takes time to get noticed. Good luck xx

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  8. Wow..... lovely selection.... your heart pendant is beautiful x

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