Cart 0 items Login | Register | Help Buy Sell Alchemy Community Blog Your Etsy Handmade Items: tags, titles Handmade Items: tags, titles, descriptions Supplies: tags, titles Vintage: tags, titles All items: tags, titles Sellers: usernames Materials Home > Workshop > Minutes Workshop Minutes: Street Team Meeting 2007.09.05 Minutes Started Wed Sep 05 2007 18:01:36 GMT+0000 (UTC) stellaloella: m .3 stellaloella left the room wonderamy joined the room wonderamy left the room wonderamy joined the room wonderamy: la la laaaa...all by myself! wonderamy left the room wonderamy joined the room sarawearsskirts joined the room wonderamy: hi supersara! i think i reorganized the seating and now I cant get it back to how it was! sarawearsskirts: aawww~ sarawearsskirts: (this A is as hard to press as your U by the way wonderamy: and now we are upside down! wonderamy: i know. sarawearsskirts: i lik that! sarawearsskirts: oh man, i'm going to be typin' real fnny this meeting wonderamy: i know. i think that laptop might end up driving me insane. sarawearsskirts: it might inspire you to buy a new laptop? wonderamy: maybe. once i start getting paid! ha sarawearsskirts: i had to install flash to get in here (tht's hat took me soo long) wonderamy: oh jeez. sarawearsskirts: oh, they're going to pay you? nice! wonderamy: im dancing with your avatar wonderamy: how do you spin? sarawearsskirts: the little button in the bottom left sarawearsskirts: the circley one sarawearsskirts: you got it Webcams enabled. Webcams disabled. Webcams enabled. Webcams disabled. Webcams enabled. Webcams disabled. Minutes Stopped Wed Sep 05 2007 22:50:28 GMT+0000 (UTC) Minutes Started Wed Sep 05 2007 22:50:30 GMT+0000 (UTC) sarawearsskirts: i like your shiny new avatar Doors unlocked. KoolKookyKreatures joined the room KidzGemz joined the room wonderamy: what did i do? theres a whole new box with me in it floating around SweetyPrize joined the room KoolKookyKreatures: Hello! KidzGemz: Hello! sarawearsskirts: hi everyone! vickileigh joined the room GlassCat joined the room wonderamy: no GlassCat: Hello! sheilasthings joined the room loribeads joined the room GlassCat: Hi Vicki, new avatar? nice. JDWolfePottery joined the room KidzGemz: Hi! loribeads: Hello! wonderamy: Hi everyone! KoolKookyKreatures: hi Amy SweetyPrize: Hello! sheilasthings: Hi everyone!! Can't wait to see what we will get done! GlassCat: Hi Loei SweetyPrize: is there a post in the forums about this week's chat? GlassCat: Opps, Lori yummybodycandy joined the room KoolKookyKreatures: yes sweetie there is sarawearsskirts: yes, i posted one about ten minutes ago loribeads: I'll answer to anything, no worries. :) SweetyPrize: hey yummy yummybodycandy: Hey Sweety abitabite joined the room abitabite: The Storque is Frelling Awesome ! montezumamudd joined the room vickileigh: Hello EGA! abitabite: had to say that before you take the talky talky away haha willowglass joined the room loribeads: I need to check out the storque GlassCat: Hi Dee, Over here loribeads: Hi Dee willowglass: Hi Carol. Hi Lori. montezumamudd: Hello! sheilasthings: Hi Mudders! sarawearsskirts joined the room sarawearsskirts left the room loribeads: I love the spinny thing sarawearsskirts: am i here? sarawearsskirts: okay, whew GlassCat: Oviously this is'nt church, we'er all in the front sarawearsskirts: different windows on this browser = super confusing! liskidder joined the room willowglass: Carol, it was all the nun talk earlier :) willowglass: Hey Lis! sheilasthings: Ha, glass cat! We came for the goodies GlassCat: Hi Lis liskidder: Hi all :) loribeads: Hi montezumamudd: Hi GlassCat: There's goodies? sarawearsskirts: we'll start in just a moment GlassCat: Vicki, I'm getting dizzy abitabite: lol vicki i was trying to click you to view your shop and you kept moving haha yummybodycandy: brb loribeads: I think Vickie has ADD vickileigh: I had a little too much coffee today willowglass: Vicki had too many of my cookies vickileigh: or something sarawearsskirts: where is everyone tonight loribeads: Oops, I mean Vicki sarawearsskirts: :) loribeads: I am in my family room vickileigh: in my kitchen making green chili pork stew with cornbread KoolKookyKreatures: most of UK in in bed :) GlassCat: I'm missing the Cub Game liskidder: I'm in my bed. willowglass: I'm upstairs in the grandbabies room. Brilliant of me to have my computer there, isn't it? ArmstrongIndustry joined the room sarawearsskirts: i mean we seem a little less crowded than normal. maybe it's time? (yep, the next two weeks' chats are early for the UK folks) abitabite: sarawearsskirts please give iheartmoustaches a huge smooch for me for all her work on a categories KoolKookyKreatures: thanks sara :) SweetyPrize: i dont know sarawearsskirts: iheartmoustaches used to live a block away from me here in philly! yummybodycandy: Sounds delish vicki Please vote: did everyone have a nice long weekend? abitabite: see... you should have smooched her beofre she moved sarawearsskirts: who says i didn't? ;) Vote results: 12 yay, 3 nay, 1 abstain abitabite: ooooh sexy admin rumours ahoy! sarawearsskirts: okay, let's get started. Messaging reserved for room moderators and admin only. Messaging enabled. Messaging reserved for room moderators and admin only. Messaging enabled. Messaging reserved for room moderators and admin only. anda joined the room anda left the room sarawearsskirts: so, for tonight, i have a special announcement. we'll be announcing it in the next day or so in the storque and places, sarawearsskirts: but we have a special guest tonight - wonderamy! sarawearsskirts: wonderamy is a new admin, she'll be helping me manage all the etsy teams wonderamy: hi everyone! sarawearsskirts: so i thought for this workshop, we could do a Q+A. wonderamy: yay! i am so excited to work with you all on making the etsy teams stronger and stronger. sarawearsskirts: you all can ask us questions, and amy (and i) can ask you questions sarawearsskirts: to write a questions, type /ask then your question wonderamy: and of course, so delighted to be working with the lovely and talented sarawearsskirts! sarawearsskirts: yay! AnneDundas joined the room sarawearsskirts: wonderamy is supergreat, so i'm happy to have a partner in crime for working on team stuff sarawearsskirts: since teams has grown tremendously since the beginning of summer yummybodycandy asks, wonderamy what brings you to Etsy? wonderamy: I am also interested to hear, in general, anything and everything you think a new Teams admin should know as she learns the ropes. You can say it here, or convo me. bethbrown joined the room vuelodepapel joined the room sarawearsskirts: http://team.etsy.com/workshop-cheat-sheet.html liskidder left the room siansburys joined the room Messaging enabled. sarawearsskirts: amy's resume was amazing. sarawearsskirts: by the way/ sheilasthings: How can the teams effectively promote themselves? sarawearsskirts: and fuzzy, alo sarawearsskirts: *also wonderamy: WHat brings me to Etsy: I am a seller - my seller name is wondercabinet. I've been selling here since March. I fell so in love with ETsy I basically walked into the Etsy Labs and forced Etsy to hire me! I also knew sarawearsskirts from the Philly Etsy Street Team and we have been scheming... Bombus joined the room Bombus: Hello! pamglew joined the room Messaging reserved for room moderators and admin only. GerrysJewelBox joined the room debsmuddle joined the room sarawearsskirts: if youd like to ask a question, just type /ask before your question, and it'l get lined up in the queue liskidder joined the room GazedUponGlass joined the room wonderamy: Sheila, there are so many ways teams can promote themselves. Lots of good ideas on the etsy wiki, for starters...have you seen it? sarawearsskirts: http://www.etsywiki.com Messaging enabled. sarawearsskirts: you all are awfully quiet tonight. questions? abitabite: like trunkt shows siansburys: sorry its past my bedtime GerrysJewelBox left the room liskidder: I have a question. EGA has been looking into buying advertising. sarawearsskirts: okay, what kind of advertising liskidder: Magazine advertising - like a group ad buy where people would opt in sarawearsskirts: yep liskidder: and pay ~$300 or something each montezumamudd asks, Is it possible to have team dedicated, password protected chat rooms that never expire. liskidder: I know Matt said that Etsy would kick in $$ for advertising on a case by case basis liskidder: Is this the kind of case he was talking about (generally - I know you can't approve something specific here) wonderamy: montezuma.. montezumamudd: yes sarawearsskirts: mostly the policy is that the advertising should be in support of an event, pretty much, bt it is case by case, depending on circumstance and the amount wonderamy: that sounds like a great idea for the new community section which is being worked on... Bombus left the room montezumamudd: Great! sarawearsskirts: we're mostly talking about, for example, an ad in a weekly newspaper, for example, for a show that maybe 20 sellers are vending at or something sarawearsskirts: that kind of thing liskidder: Okay gotcha AnneDundas left the room AnneDundas joined the room sarawearsskirts: montezuma - yes, what amy said about the new community sectionwhich is in th works KoolKookyKreatures asks, when do the teams get their own areas on Etsy? montezumamudd: Sounds great! I'll watch for the new community section. SweetyPrize asks, what are some ideas for street teams to use surrounding holiday shopping season? sarawearsskirts: we don't have a quantitative ETA yet, but it's high on the priority list KoolKookyKreatures left the room debsmuddle left the room sarawearsskirts: because community is a super important aspect to the site SweetyPrize: thanks for posting my question sarawearsskirts: (not a dumb qustion!) sarawearsskirts: for the holidays, teams can do lots of things. wonderamy: how about doing some kind of campaigns in your towns/cities that encourage people to buy handmade items for the holiday season, instead of mass-produced gifts? wonderamy: what are other people's ideas? sarawearsskirts: they can promote the idea of buying only handmade gifts wonderamy: we're of the same mind, sara! sarawearsskirts: totally :) pamglew: studio sales? home etsy parties? montezumamudd asks, Home Etsy parties?? sarawearsskirts: maybe do a small charity event with other etsy events and try to get press coverage for it ArmstrongIndustry: I have a B and M shop and promote buying handmade , would love new artisans sarawearsskirts: home parties are a great idea abitabite: on cnn this morning the news reader was saying what will parents do for christmas with mattel thing because not many toys are USA made anymore... and i thought what a perfect op for the toy makers of etsy to barrage the morning crew with here are some safe USA made toys sarawearsskirts: like tupperware, only all handmade. like a trnk show in your house liskidder: abitabite that's a great idea vuelodepapel left the room sarawearsskirts: abitabite, i thought the same thing while watching the news this morning wonderamy: wow - i wanna do a home trunk show now! sarawearsskirts: it's a great opportunity for toy makers and children's makers to band together abitabite: robin meades stuff is really casual and it seems like they like viewer interaction sarawearsskirts: is anyone in here on etsykids or etsy moms abitabite: I am hardly the spokes person for it though haha wonderamy: i'm all for the slighly more contraversial guerilla actions in shopping malls - like comedy performances on the fly, pamglew: yep wonderamy: handing out little cards advocating for people to buy handmade with your team URL /etsy shop on the back, sarawearsskirts: pamphlets with the pro's of buying handmade and the cons of supporting mass production ArmstrongIndustry: we are having a round robin painting sessions on the street this weekend sarawearsskirts: that sounds super fun, armstrong willowglass: Where are you located, Armstrong? bethbrown: ooo pamphlets sounds like a good idea wonderamy: thats great armstrong! sarawearsskirts: teams are as much about creating and networking as they are about promoting pamglew: whats round robin? yummybodycandy: Just try to not come off as crazy as Mary Kay ladies. SweetyPrize: i wonder if etsy would make a tract that is easy to download wonderamy: also, everyone should keep in mind that if you have an event where you expect a bunch of people, you can request that we send you promo materials from etsy, and sara and i will send them to you. sarawearsskirts: right, yummybodycandy - make it more about the ideals of buying and supporting local art as a lifestyle than just buy buy now now ArmstrongIndustry: Artist paint on one canvas for a while then they all move on to the next painting. So each person gets to add to all paintings. willowglass: that sounds awesome, Armstrong! loribeads asks, Is there a national ad campaign in the works to get new buyers to Etsy. pamglew: ah! montezumamudd: A round robin with clay would be awesome!! liskidder: good question sarawearsskirts: this is where you all come in. currently, there are no plans to do anything like a big TV campaign sarawearsskirts: but you all, teams, are little arms and legs of etsy, getting press and taking out ads all over willowglass: any magazine plans, Sara? sarawearsskirts: spreading word about the site virally. sarawearsskirts: print ads aren't super effective for web stuff. sarawearsskirts: click throughs are way more effective wonderamy: the campaign is YOU...the etsy tams, all over the country and world, who are doing grassroots activities all over, spreading the word about etsy person to person. pamglew: so its mostly word of mouth- uk are really getting into etsy now sarawearsskirts: if every seller tells 1 person a week, and we have 50,000 sellers (give or take) right now sarawearsskirts: think of how powerful that is abitabite: wear your etsy shirts! sarawearsskirts: the UK does seem to be picking up, totally. pamglew: i want one! liskidder: I wonder if you'll hit all markets with that approach... especially the population segments who have money to buy things wonderamy: not just word of mouth - there are crafting events happening all over the place now, all the time...and they are always populated by a good number of etsy sellers. many are organized by etsy sellers. KidzGemz: me too! liskidder: especially high end things... loribeads: so it sounds like Etsy mgmt is really against central advertising and prefers to leave it to the stores to handle, is that a correct statement? sarawearsskirts: we've been working ome other types of shows lately, not just craft shows (specifically indie craft shows) to more effectively spred the word sarawearsskirts: don't forget we've gotten some high-end press - the new york times, dwell magazine, the philly inquirer, etc. sarawearsskirts: (and cutoverload twice this week!) bethbrown: and boing boing, all the time AnneDundas: If you're targeting craft shows, then wont that bring in more sellers rather than buyers? wonderamy: I think the ethos of ETSY is that it is grassroots, movement-style activism and business. And that with internet culture, decentralized and widespread marketing is better than going for big ad campaigns sarawearsskirts: it's a good thing to remember, for teams and in general, that a paid-for ad is usually less interesting than a feature about something in teresting in a blog or magazine liskidder: Those all seem like the same population segment to me. Mostly young, mostly liberal leaning.... abitabite: sellers are buyers too liskidder: sometimes sarawearsskirts: the philly inquirer, i assure you, is not young OR left leaning sarawearsskirts: :) bethbrown: at craft shows, you are targeting the people who come to the show to shop, as much as the other sellers sarawearsskirts: we want buyers, for sure wonderamy: yeah...while advertising may not be a huge priority for etsy, getting press IS for SURE. pamglew: sending press releases are free! going for local press features usually works if you send great photos 300 dpi ArmstrongIndustry: Promotion is much better than paid advertisement abitabite: people are more likely to read an article than an ad... unless itis a very good ad wonderamy: Thats something that is always being pursued by the folks at ETsy headquarters - the Labs - as well as by many of the street teams. come up with events that are unusual and interesting and invite the local press. wonderamy: the DIY and crafting movements are hot in the media right now, and we can all take advantage of it. liskidder: It would be great if we could find a way to attact the older male/female gift buying crowd and established professionals etc who probably don't visit boing boing sarawearsskirts: word of mouth is very, very super powerful. tell your dentist, your doctor, leave cards at your hair salon. pamglew: also local radio is good & usually happy to fill air time liskidder: maybe we could do press kits for those types of magazines/outlets yummybodycandy: Yes, the Charlotte Observer is doing a piece on Etsy this week sarawearsskirts: that kind of thing gets the word out to other population segments. KidzGemz: a press kit would be nice to have access to. abitabite: a lot of my buyers are older gift buying types abitabite: i dont think it is an etsy wide issue abitabite: that there is a lack of these peopel loribeads: kidlets (see my avatar) are BIG with the grandma crowd. :) wonderamy: liskidder, there are actually lots and lots of sellers on etsy who are not in the boingboing demographic - and many are on street teams. our philly etsy street team is really diverse in age and approach. sarawearsskirts: the philly team talked about this issue at our last meeting - how to attract people in the area with money liskidder: Neither do I. I'm not saying that there's a lack of those people - I'm saying that targetting craft shows isn't going to bring in MORE of those people. SweetyPrize: we made a standard press release for our team SweetyPrize: in it we left blank spots for the shop to tell the local press more about themselves AnneDundas: You'd need a more 'upmarket' style press kit to send to the higher end mags etc, so it looks more 'professional and established' SweetyPrize: the final step is helping the shop get the release to the right media people SweetyPrize: but i feel this is something easy a team could do wonderamy: targeting craft shows is not a major component of our strategy - it is just one of many approaches. sarawearsskirts: professional looking kits are key. etsy always keeps in mind its intended audience when sending kits and press releases, of corse. liskidder: That's a great way of doing it SweetyPrize SweetyPrize: but maybe its my journalism background showing wonderamy: i see what you are saying liskidder liskidder: Would Etsy help teams put something like that together? I don't know how to do that... pamglew: an online etsy mission statement would be great loribeads: I love the idea of a press kit where I can sort of 'fill in the blanks' and send it into the local media liskidder: I don't know what goes into something like that sarawearsskirts: yes, now that amy is aboard, she and i will be putting together kits on making press kits SweetyPrize: i would gladly help anyone who needs it sarawearsskirts: we want to give you all the resources you need to do that wonderamy: wheeee.i like doing stuff like that. liskidder: Awesome abitabite: I have the etsy mission statement on a 'kerchief sarawearsskirts: sweetyprize, we'll convo you about that - what a nice offer! loribeads: that would be greatly appreciated!!!! Awesome! willowglass: Thanks, SweetyPrize. EGA will be calling on you :) wonderamy: and we can use all of your best ideas about it too. remember, in the meantime, use the forums and your team meetings to come up with great ideas for it. SweetyPrize: just bake me some cookies or something loribeads: San Jose magazine, here we come! sarawearsskirts: the teams section of the site is going to become a great tool now that amy and i are working together, even before the new community section is up wonderamy: yes. its a bit clunky now but we'll keep adding really good resources to it while we wait for the overhaul, which is going to ROCK. SweetyPrize: i feel that writing letters to the editor is also easy wonderamy: definitely! SweetyPrize: especially if you write on a timely topic, if the paper just wrote an article about mass production you could respond abitabite: or to cnn ;) pamglew: yes short punchy letters! abitabite asks, what is the turn around on promo material right now? I know before sara started it was sometimes over a month sarawearsskirts: :) sarawearsskirts: amy and i are commandeering this now SweetyPrize: my team, etsy trashion, is good for that because our concept has a bit of activism associated with it/behind it wonderamy: good news on that, abitabite... KidzGemz left the room yummybodycandy: yes we've still not received ours wonderamy: we are just starting to take over being in charge of sending promo materials to teams...and we will work with mondo efficiency. which doesnt mean you shouldn't give us plenty of notice! AnneDundas: Will you send promo materials internationally? AnneDundas: I'm in Australia sarawearsskirts: if you've sent a request form in the past two weeks or so and haven't gotten a pack yet, email me at sara@etsy.com with promopack in the subject sarawearsskirts: we will send internationally, yes SweetyPrize: what are the promo materials? yummybodycandy: ok sarawearsskirts: they vary, but they're always awesome sarawearsskirts: we have lipbalms, bandanas, stickers sarawearsskirts: bumperstickers sarawearsskirts: posters abitabite: the lipbalms are TASTY sarawearsskirts: postcards... lots of great stuff pamglew: wow cool sarawearsskirts: the honey and grapefruit lip balms are to die tfor loribeads: mmmmm abitabite: I love the coconut one siansburys: doh i wish i'd known about those before last weekend, lol sarawearsskirts: but yeah, you can send me an email if you still have an event, and sent a form and need stuff to me sara@etsy. sarawearsskirts: otherwise you can fill out the form at http://team.etsy.com slavko joined the room SweetyPrize asks, can street team make their own items that say etsy on them? wonderamy left the room loribeads: Oooh good question SweetyPrize: i no speak with good english sarawearsskirts: sure! make stencils! use the downloadables at http://team.etsy.com! wonderamy joined the room sarawearsskirts: make banners for shows! wonderamy: whoops...i'm back SweetyPrize: can we sell them to our members? loribeads: slippery chairs SweetyPrize: or the world at large sarawearsskirts: no, don't sell them sarawearsskirts: don't profit from the etsy name. SweetyPrize: like a tee shirt? sarawearsskirts: use them as promos - free things to advertise and give away SweetyPrize: oh ok liskidder: What if we sell them at cost? (don't profit) sarawearsskirts: get creative about it though! sarawearsskirts: no, promos are really intended to be free sarawearsskirts: it's a fine line / slipper slope. GlassCat: I see shops selling Etsy items sarawearsskirts: we'll be publishing do's and don't s for this kind of thing very soon abitabite: thats a sarahsays subject sarawearsskirts: lawyer saraH is working on this with us SweetyPrize: what if its not a promo, something like an i love etsy trashion tee shirt sarawearsskirts: i'm not a lawyer, so i SweetyPrize: too specific i know pamglew: I'm not currently in the UK Street Team- how do i join? sarawearsskirts: , im going to refrain from answering more on this for now, but know more info is coming slavko left the room sarawearsskirts: were working with lawyer saraH on it very hard wonderamy: it was a good question sweetieprize! iwe'd like to know for sure too! liskidder: What about business cards? sarawearsskirts: no it's a very good qestion. sarawearsskirts: business cards are GREAT SweetyPrize: its a tough question sarawearsskirts: (just don't, you know, sell them) siansburys: pamglew: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5158577 liskidder: So we'd want to order them in bulk... because we'd get a better deal on them wonderamy: ha! selling your own business cards.. sarawearsskirts: definitely put your shop name on things - promote the heck out of yourself and your team liskidder: One person would have to order them and then get reimbursed by the other people pamglew: aha great thanks for the link! siansburys: yw :) liskidder: this isn't "selling" them is it? SweetyPrize: we try to have fundraisers and then allow that money to cover the promo item's cost abitabite: i like lollibombs new cards they say "proud member of etsy green and clean" ... something for team members to consider putting on thier cards loribeads: I think that is something that could be paid for with the member dues sarawearsskirts: no, splitting the cost of cards among your team is not selling them abitabite: or clean and green whichever way around that goes haah sarawearsskirts: it's splitting the cost - that's okay, it's like sharing the cost of a website for your team if that's something you're into sarawearsskirts: abita, that's awesome about lollibomb's cards! willowglass asks, Are you seeking promotional materials from teams to add to press kits? abitabite: its a good idea too sara liskidder: good question almapottery joined the room liskidder: that's a cool idea :) abitabite: if i had my coveted mature street team i'd but it on my cards sarawearsskirts: good question. i can ask the labs about this. they might be looking for specific things for certiain target receiptients wonderamy: we may, when we get to that point. sarawearsskirts: *recipients sarawearsskirts: (this keyboard is killing me) sheilasthings asks, Is it possible to add an interactive section where people can vote on "challenges" that we are hosting on our teams? wonderamy: i think team materials would be awesome in press kits. for example, etsy clean and green could have promo materials in a kit we send to environmental themed rags. abitabite: oohhh that would be cool... i love it when the uk team does challenges sarawearsskirts: the new community section will be as interactive as the rest of the site loribeads: Neat! siansburys: challenges are great :D sarawearsskirts: so it will be easier for teams to do these kinds of things, challenges and contests sheilasthings: So, could it have a voting capability? wonderamy: do you mean voting, like how we can do polls in the workshops? sarawearsskirts: i LOVE seeing teams do challenges and trivia and other things. sarawearsskirts: it's awesome liskidder: Sara will the press kits kit be something that comes out in time for us to use it pre-holidays (no pressure - I'm just wondering)? sarawearsskirts: i dont know if it will have voting, but teams will have way better ways of keeping in touch and promoting themselve wonderamy: I think we can do something at least basic in the next month or so. SOmething more advanced may take longer. sarawearsskirts: yes, liskidder - we want to give you those resources ASAP so you can promote re-holidays sheilasthings: It sure would be nice :} liskidder: Awesome thank you sarawearsskirts: resources are TOP for amy and i to work on these days wonderamy: yes! almapottery left the room GlassCat: Thats great sarawearsskirts: amy, do you have any questions for these team members? sarawearsskirts: :) siansburys: hurry up tho i have to go sleep wonderamy: :) way to put me on the spot! wonderamy: thinking...thinking... AnneDundas: So can we get an idea of what's actually coming up, say the next few months? Specifically for teams wonderamy: I know: teamsters: WHat should I be asking you? wonderamy: hee sarawearsskirts: ps. everyone - i love seeing you all each week - these workshops are really a valuable tool for me, i look forward to them weekly. willowglass: good question, Anne. sarawearsskirts: no pressure! :) siansburys: yeah can you make them any earlier? lol sarawearsskirts: anyone have questions for amy? sarawearsskirts: yep - we change the time each weel sarawearsskirts: *week liskidder: Do you have a shop on Etsy, Amy? sarawearsskirts: we made this one late for west coasters siansburys: i didnt actually catch who amy is or what she does sarawearsskirts: next week and the one after is earler wonderamy: I guess what I am interested in is what successes you've had, and whatthings have been most fun for you on a team. I realize this was a topic at another workshop, sarawearsskirts: for those who were late, amy is new admin! abitabite: amy how is your power of persuasion.... i really need to convince someone else to start a streetteam I want sarawearsskirts: she's working with me on teams! wonderamy: but I would love to even receive convos from you all about it. siansburys: ah ok, that makes sense wonderamy: my shop is wondercabinet. wonderamy: i am the new hire on the teams team - with sara. sarawearsskirts: here i the workshop schedule: http://team.etsy.com/workshopschedule.html sheilasthings: Thank you for your time and answers!!! siansburys: cool ty sara sheilasthings left the room sarawearsskirts: next week is tuesday, 11am NYC time AnneDundas: ugh that's like 2am for me lol wonderamy: abitabite - what team? SweetyPrize: the most fun stuff is when we all look around and realize we are friends who are selling lots sarawearsskirts: i'll post the topic for that in the team blog http://team.etsy.com and we'll have features and things in the storque abitabite: mature Amy loribeads: 8am for me. don't expect too much from me at that time. wonderamy: :0 wonderamy: hee abitabite: hehe montezumamudd left the room sarawearsskirts: ha. well, that's why we mix it up - to make some times good for everyone abitabite: <-- naughty abitabite: i'm a naughty girl sarawearsskirts: it's hard being global in real time! wonderamy: apparently! wonderamy: we need some naughty in etsy. sarawearsskirts: :) loribeads: It's tough not being a morning girl siansburys: :O sarawearsskirts: alright, well, i guess we're about done, more or less, unless you all have some questions willowglass: ha Lori, I think I'm the morning one in our group! loribeads: LOL! I thought you meant a street team for older persons. Gosh, I am dumb bethbrown: is anyone from the upstate ny team here? Please vote: who read the storque today? intothefire joined the room pamglew: Thanks to whoever put my treasury on the front page! wonderamy: thanks for welcoming me to my new job everyone - it was really fun hearing all your excellent questions and ideas! SweetyPrize: i actually read the storque yesterday sarawearsskirts: pamglew, it's so beautiful! SweetyPrize: i'm that damn good Vote results: 9 yay, 5 nay, 3 abstain siansburys: nice to meet you amy :) abitabite: i'm plenty naughty, but i'd like other naughty people to be naughty with me... mind you in that case i could just call the forums my street team GlassCat: First I heard of it, must be busy making product AnneDundas: No idea what it is Please vote: who thinks the storque is pretty great? GlassCat: Don't know what it is. sarawearsskirts: annedundas - see the banner on the front page? it's etsy's new e-zine abitabite: I THINK THE STORQUE IS FRELLING AWESOME not pretty good SweetyPrize: are you guys basically splitting duties or is there some sort of turf loribeads: I need to look up from the torch once in a while loribeads: apparently, I am missing everything sarawearsskirts: ha, thanks, abitabite wonderamy: we're basically spliiting duties. GlassCat: I hear ya, lori sarawearsskirts: sweetyprize, good question SweetyPrize: thanks Vote results: 8 yay, 2 nay, 8 abstain sarawearsskirts: amy and i thumb wrestle to decide everything sarawearsskirts: the loser buys gelato abitabite: (im really typing frelling btw, not that other word... i'm trying not tobe naughty) wonderamy: we may develop more specialized roles later, but for now we are a two-headed beastie sarawearsskirts: and has to do the dirty work SweetyPrize: kohrs frozen custard siansburys: why does my av only have on eye in here? xiane joined the room SweetyPrize: lol hi xiane siansburys: oh no i see the other one now xiane: hi! xiane: lookit, I'm late. abitabite: hey xiane of the funky tunes yummybodycandy: Hi Xiane wonderamy: i like kozy shak tapioca pudding...but we digress xiane: hello hello! sarawearsskirts: in all seriousness, amy and i are sharing responsibilities, and putting our heads together to give you guys great stuff GlassCat: Stone Cold Creamery loribeads: Mmmmm founder's favorite xiane: Yay! I'm excited that Amy is joining you, Sara! sarawearsskirts: so when you email teams@etsy, you can get either of us wonderamy: double the brains, double the brawn...we're a big crafty machine! GlassCat: Coffee Lover's sarawearsskirts: totally AnneDundas: to repeat from earlier... what can street teams expect within the next couple of months? loribeads: Dang you GlassCat! Now I gotta make a SCC run vickileigh left the room GlassCat: Ha Ha, Me too sarawearsskirts: in the next few months (vaguely) expect a new community section on the site wonderamy: more resources, like press kits... wonderamy: (even before the new community section) sarawearsskirts: (that's not a specific timeframe, but we're excited about it) xiane: that's exciting! wonderamy: faster shipment of promo materials, AnneDundas: cool sarawearsskirts: and yes, expect amy and i to give you everything we can in the meantime to hlp you sarawearsskirts: a better events calendar wonderamy: more workshops and opportunities to share experience and ideas sarawearsskirts: more posts from us on the etsy team forums sarawearsskirts: more interaction on our part in your off-etsy groups and sites wonderamy: OH! and updates on the STORQUE! sarawearsskirts: YES abitabite: more freatured teams in the storque *wink wink* sarawearsskirts: team spotlights and tips of the week in the storque! siansburys: cool wonderamy: we'll make sure lots of teams goodness ends up in the storque - we're contributors, and you can be too! sarawearsskirts: interviews with successful teams and ideas for what teams can do AnneDundas: What about promoting street teams more on the main page? pamglew: i like the storque lots! loribeads: yes, the link is quite tiny sarawearsskirts: the main page is chosen from treasuries, that's not changing anytime soon SweetyPrize: whew xiane: the storque is really awesome. I can see all the hard work that went into it. intothefire: promoting the teams contests and challenges? wonderamy: you mean with good team treasuries? sarawearsskirts: teams will be more visible on the site when the new community section is up abitabite: re the storque i would like to heard how teams who do trunkt shows at the labbed "got there" so to speak sarawearsskirts: yes, goood team treasuries is a way to get on the front page SweetyPrize: what? sarawearsskirts: (keep in mind amy and i are in philly, we don't have front-page making abilities down here) wonderamy: good idea artabite! (storing in my good idea folder) AnneDundas: street team treasuries, and possibly a small rotating banner or something like that loribeads: The teams link is in teeny tiny font AnneDundas: ahh ok sarawearsskirts: right now you can email michelle in the labs about trunk shows at the labs abitabite: but amy has goood demanding abilities RobWhite joined the room sarawearsskirts: she's the rockstar who does those sarawearsskirts: ha wonderamy: but yes, we can promite contests etc on the storque-perfect place for it. xiane: michelle is full of help for trunk shows! sarawearsskirts: hi, robwhite! RobWhite: Hello! Don't mind me! wonderamy: i do? SweetyPrize: lol robwhite intothefire: thanks - the mud team has monthly challenges and would love the etsy community to vote on them sarawearsskirts: you can send storque or blog worthy blurbs with a good image to teams@etsy and we'll try to get it published. loribeads: awesome sarawearsskirts: a good write-up and good image is key ;) intothefire: great sarawearsskirts: alright, my battery's dying here, so we should wrap up, we're at about an hour anyway intothefire: the mudders can handle it :-) xiane: awww. wonderamy: so great meeting you all...I'm so psyched. loribeads: Congrats on your new position, Amy. Thanks everyone xiane: Congrats, Amy! bethbrown: :) congrats, amy pamglew: thanks all xx AnneDundas: Congrats Amy sarawearsskirts: yay! welcome, amy! GazedUponGlass: Thanks, was very informative. Cya soon! Congrats Amy. intothefire: thank you siansburys: thx sara n amy wonderamy: thank you!! RobWhite: Congratulations and welcome, Amy! GlassCat left the room AnneDundas: Take care everyone wonderamy: hello, and thanks rob! willowglass: Welcome, Amy SweetyPrize: alright peace out everyone liskidder: thanks guys - see you next week! abitabite: thatnks Sra and Amy & Welcome !! liskidder left the room wonderamy: g'night peeps GazedUponGlass left the room AnneDundas left the room willowglass left the room sarawearsskirts: good night! xiane: heheee bethbrown: night guys! I've got to get back to work. loribeads left the room wonderamy: i saw that sara bethbrown left the room RobWhite: Aaaaaamyyyy, intothefire's touching me! SweetyPrize: bye xiane bethbrown and yummybodycandy sarawearsskirts: hi, xiane! xiane: byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee sweety! Webcams enabled. yummybodycandy: bye sweety! Webcams disabled. intothefire: you're so hard to resist rob ;-) wonderamy: intothefire, you are grounded! xiane: hi sara! :D yummybodycandy left the room RobWhite: =O Minutes Stopped Wed Sep 05 2007 23:57:05 GMT+0000 (UTC) About | Press | Contact | Teams | Jobs | Merch Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy © 2008 Etsy Inc.