17 posts tagged “glass”

I got really lucky Friday afternoon around 5:30pm our time.  As you can see by my last post, our yellow stained glass butterfly has made it to the Etsy Front Page via the 4 scrolling Knock Out Images. 

I received a convo from a friend to let me know that we had a piece in a front page treasury!  I was shocked because we haven't had much treasury exposure lately.  It has been kind of disheartening since I had spent well over a month photo-editing all of our images.

Here is the front page treasury with our SAILBOAT fused glass plate and our yellow butterfly in the corner as one of the knockout images

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Sara from Etsy Teams picked out this treasury, and I want to say thank you!  I am the founder of the Creative Glass Guild of Etsy street team, and you can visit our team website here: http://www.cgge.org to see lots of great glass in different styles!  We also have blog updates, articles and member spotlights :)

Please visit Sara's blog here and show her some love: http://girlscantell.typepad.com/

Creations in Glass on Etsy Top 100 List 

I just found out about this new page from some of my Creative Glass Guild of Etsy team members.  I figured it couldn't hurt to get more exposure for free!

From what I can tell it is a ranking system of hits to and from your link on their ranked list!  I sent them a link to my banner and they place it on their site and they give me links to post on mine.  Check it out!

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So, we finally decided to pay for advertising to see if it pans out...We've been experimenting with ProjectWonderful, see previous posts, but decided to try out advertising on the CelebrationBoutique.

We took out a bronze ad, which is $29 for a year...not bad, hopefully it gets lots of exposure and brings some people in for a look-see.  Here is the ad:

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Because we joined we were included in their Mother's Day Showcase, see below:

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If you are interested in this chance to advertise, it is by invitation only...I guess it is juried but I haven't heard of anyone being rejected...  You can find more information here:

http://www.celebratewithstyle.com/site/celebration-boutique

I just wish there was a way to track how many clicks the ad was getting, and if any sales came from it...

Post your comments here if you have any critiques, suggestions, experience etc.!

What a nice day!  We've had the pleasure of 4 sold items!  Because Etsy doesn't give us stats, I can't tell you what worked.  But, our strategy for Mother's Day has been to try out ads via Project Wonderful and to try a few other venues, increased posting in the Etsy forums, and a Mother's Day showcase feature on Etsy.  One of our sales was from a brand new Etsy buyer, just joined the same day they purchased from us...maybe they came from one of my ads!

Here is our new ad, that we are placing all over cyber space:

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We've spent about $12 so far, and have 10-12 ads up, and have received about 118 clicks last time I checked.

We also just purchased ad space in the Celebration Boutique, what a cool site!  We'll be featured in their Mother's Day Showcase as well.  We had to apply to be included because it is by "invitation only"...not sure if they accept everyone that applies, but we'll see if this pans out for us, it was $29 for a year...

Do you have other tips or strategies?  Post them here!!!!

I joined Project Wonderful yesterday.  It is a somewhat new way to advertise your online shop, you advertise on other peoples blogs and websites, by bidding.  It's seems very cool, but I'm not sure if it is actually worth it.  It definitely gets you more exposure from what I can tell, but not so sure about actual sales.

I've only spent about $2 on advertising, and have some small, very basic ads on about 10 different websites that average about 10,000 views/day.  I started yesterday, and have a total of about 20 clicks on my ads. 

As part of this new endeavor, I decided to try and learn some Adobe Photoshop skills.  Good Lord, that's a lot of information.  My "ad" design is very basic and I hope to play around some more and create a very "clickable" advertisement.  This is my very basic ad that I created in photoshop yesterday, it took me about an hour!

Projectwonderful ad

Please share your comments good or bad if you have any experience with Project Wonderful.  IIt seems very addicting, like a bad gambling habit.  I keep checking the stats and my bids and my shop, a vicious circle of me sitting at the computer wasting my time, when I should be working or tending to the kids!  I'll be sure to keep updating as more data comes my way. 

Oh my, it's been awhile since I blogged, busy with the pregnancy (7 days away from my c-section date) and busy with holiday sales! YAY!  My year end goal was to reach 200 sales, and with November and December being my busiest months ever on Etsy, we surpassed our goal, and have 224 sales so far!  Thank you to all my customers!

Etsy unveiled a new way to shop, called "Pounce" you can find the feature on the home page of Etsy http://www.etsy.com Basically, it randomly pulls up recenlty sold items, much like time machine2, but then it shows other items from the same shop that are still for sale.  Pretty cool!

Anyways, here is a screen shot of us in "Pounce"

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Starting NOW thru midnight OCTOBER 31st, the Creative Glass Guild of Etsy (CGGE) members will launch a special scavenger hunt with gorgeous glass prizes. Participating member shops will also be holding special pre-holiday sales as well!

Visit http://www.cgge.org/contest-halloween.aspx for more details on how to play and to view the wonderful prizes donated by our members.

Ms. Candy Corny, is the clue that will lead you to the prizes! In the spirit of Halloween, participating members will hide a picture of Candy Corny in one of their listings. See below and to the left for an image of Ms. Candy that you will need to find to be eligible to win the FREE prizes!

Your trick? Search our shops and find her, to qualify for a shiny treat.

One winner will receive a stunning silver leaves goddess pendant donated by dyzart. Another winner will receive a gorgeous dichroic fused glass pendant donated by GloriaLynnGlass AND a third winner will win a lovely seasonal stained glass pumpkin piece donated by GetGlassy. See the left sidebar for images of our prizes!

And while you are searching our shops for the Candy Cornys, you'll notice fabulous sales, posted in the shop announcements, which may include set percentages off, BOGOs, free shipping, and more. See each shop's announcement for its special SALE!

Here’s how to play!

Contest runs October 24-31
To play, you must be an Etsy member. It’s EASY, sign up here if you are not a member already: www.etsy.com

Search each participating shop listed below to find a hidden Candy Corny image. Each participating shop has ONE Candy Corny hidden somewhere in a listing. When you find one, make a note of the shop name, and the item number shown in the address window of that item. For example, if you found a Candy Corny here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=285136 Jot down "creationsinglass 285136" (shop name and item number).

Remember she may be hiding ANYWHERE in a shop. Simple!

When you've found all of the Candy Cornys, send a convo to Kris & Peggy at http://www.creationsinglass.etsy.com with all your answers.

The contest will run for one week, Oct, 24-31. After midnight Oct. 31, our CGGE judges will check all of the entries for correct Candy Corny sightings.

Winners are the entries with the most correct sightings. In the likely event of a tie, the three winners will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. The lucky, clever winners will be notified via convos on Nov. 1, and their names will be published before the cheering throngs on our website and in the Etsy forums.

CGGE members are not allowed to participate, but will join in, chat and cheer contestants on in the thread while you are searching for the Candy Corny!

Participating shops:
www.AardvArt.etsy.com 
www.artglassfusion.etsy.com
www.bearhollowcreations.etsy.com
www.CalyxAnn.etsy.com
www.CassaroCreations.etsy.com
www.ccvalenzo.etsy.com
www.craftyhag.etsy.com
www.creationsinglass.etsy.com
www.DesertRoseArtGlass.etsy.com
www.Dichroicdazzle.etsy.com
www.dogmawglass.etsy.com
www.eccentricity.etsy.com
www.etherealgirls.etsy.com
www.GazedUponGlass.etsy.com
www.GetGlassy.etsy.com
www.ginkgoglass.etsy.com
www.glasscatjewels.etsy.com
www.glasshousejewelry.etsy.com
www.glazzfusion.etsy.com
www.glorialynnglass.etsy.com
www.JoanJewels.etsy.com
www.kristaskiln.etsy.com
www.kiwijewels.etsy.com
www.lawatha.etsy.com
www.lisahammer.etsy.com
www.matechuk.etsy.com
www.papernclay.etsy.com
www.Smokeylady54.etsy.com
www.sonjaboo.etsy.com
www.squidglass.etsy.com

Have fun and good luck!!!

♥A special “Thanks” to pingwen and the IN street team for providing the basic contest idea and sharing it with us, and many thanks to our talented glass artisans who donated the gorgeous prizes: dyzart, GloriaLynnGlass, and GetGlassy! ♥

http://www.cgge.org/contest-halloween.aspx

I just wanted to take a moment to feature one of my Etsy Street Team Teammates from the Creative Glass Guild of Etsy (CGGE) and express my appreciation for her!

Karen, of FireChickTick.etsy.com is such a talented artist and wonderful charismatic and endearing person. I have really been fortunate to get to know her as a result of our team chats and private forum.

Recently, I had the pleasure of purchasing a few of her gorgeous bubble fused glass jewelry pieces, pictured below (they are linked to her Etsy site, so click away!)

I really wanted to share with everybody how kind and generous Karen is. Her work is exceptional and I LOVE this set. I get so many compliments on them whenever I wear them (pic of me and my daughter to the left, I'm wearing my new bubble set!)

It is really great advertising! I get the chance to mention that they are handmade pieces I bought online from a friend of mine and that we are in a collective group of glass workers. I usually have a card or two on me, and write down the shop name of who I bought as well as our team site, and of course my site is on there too, so it's a triple bonus!

Thank you Karen! Please check her shop out, if you haven't already!

This article was written by Kristie, from creationsinglass.etsy.com

Creative Glass Guild of Etsy~ Trivia Contest: August 26th

The Creative Glass Guild of Etsy (CGGE) would like to announce our Sunday Street Team Trivia Challenge!  On August 26^th at 4pm PST (7pm EST, 10pm UK) , CGGE members will host our FIRST Sunday Street Team Trivia Contest.

This is a fun trivia contest featuring questions written by CGGE members about the CGGE team and members, it’s kind of a meet and greet, AND you will have the chance to win some AWESOME prizes!

We will be giving out a total of 3 glass prize packages! 

• The first place  winner will receive a fused glass slider pendant donated by lisahammer , a stained glass butterfly donated by creationsinglass , AND a fused glass bubble sushi dish donated by glassprimitif

WHOA!  If that is not enough,

• the second place winner will receive a stunning pendant donated by Smokeylady54 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6137282

• AND the third place winner will receive another stunning pendant donated by Aardvart http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6130707 .
  
  Here are the details for this contest:

1.     August 26^th, 4pm PST (7pm EST, 10pm UK) , in the Etsy P&C forums

2.     To play, you must be an Etsy member, signup here: http://www.etsy.com

3.     CGGE members are not allowed to participate, but we welcome you to join in and chat in the thread while the contestants are searching for the answers!

1. Trivia Game Instructions: It’s easy! I will be posing a series of questions to the thread every few minutes. The first person to respond with a correct answer to the thread will receive 4 points, the second person will receive 3 points, the third person will receive 2 points and any other people responding with a correct answer will receive 1 point. At the end of the game, I will tally up the points and announce the top three winners. PLEASE REMEMBER TO POST YOUR ANSWERS IN THE THREAD TO GET YOUR POINTS COUNTED. J

**IMPORTANT:  Following our first Sunday Street Team Trivia contest, we would like to invite ANY other Street Team to continue this contest each recurring Sunday.  Each team, will be responsible for coming up with their own prizes, questions, and administrators of the thread.  If you are interested please convo creationsinglass to be put on the schedule!  WE plan on working with Sara of EtsyTeams to promote this NEW recurring TEAM EVENT!  It’s a great chance to get some additional exposure for your team and make a lot of new friends in the community!

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♥A special “Thanks” to lisahammer for helping to organize this contest, blissbyheather for allowing us to modify her original contest, and our talented glass artisans who donated the gorgeous prizes, lisahammer, creationsinglass, glassprimitif, Smokeylady54, and Aardvart. ♥