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 2008.1.24 Minutes Started Thu Jan 24 2008 17:00:31 GMT+0000 (UTC) hisss: dammit sarawearsskirts: hi everyone! createdwithfire4U joined the room sarawearsskirts: thanks for coming in! sarawearsskirts: the topic of today's workshop is "ten minute marketing". FishOnTheWall joined the room sarawearsskirts: for those who don't know, we've been posting a series in the storque for etsy teams called "team tips" - http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/howTos/article/etsy-team-tips-promote-another-team/1004/ - gigglinggoldfish joined the room sarawearsskirts: i'd like to solicit some ideas and opinions on this from you guys, so i'll open the floor to comments soon sarawearsskirts: the idea behind this series is that if each team takes a little bit of time each week to perform some small marketing, networking or team building effort, it will make the teams an even stronger presence at etsy and on the web than they already are. noradora joined the room Please vote: did anyone here do any of the ten minute marketing tips in december? hiljohn joined the room Vote results: 6 yay, sarawearsskirts: great! about 25%! not tooo shabby littlebrownbird joined the room littlebrownbird left the room sarawearsskirts: team tips are posted in the storque, but also logged on the teams pages here: http://team.etsy.com/teamtips.html, so you can go back and do tips for any weeks your team might have missed Bondie23266 joined the room sarawearsskirts: http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/howTos/article/etsy-team-tips-promote-another-team/1004/ - SugarLoveHoney joined the room sarawearsskirts: you can refer to the page for ideas whenever your team needs a little inspiration or motivation. LTCreatesJewelry left the room sarawearsskirts: occasionally, like before a holiday or other big event, we'll do a little series of ten minute marketing ideas for shops and teams. these are tasks to promote your shop and your team that don't take much time individually, and by the end of the week, ideally the sum of what you've done adds up to a littlebrownbird joined the room sarawearsskirts: we did ten minute marketing before the holidays this year, in the month of december. you can find those tips here: http://team.etsy.com/tenminutemarketing.html createdwithfire4U left the room SugarLoveHoney left the room LTCreatesJewelry joined the room jnoriginals joined the room sarawearsskirts: so, i'm going to open up the floor to comments in just a moment bluepebbledesigns joined the room SarahsSky joined the room LTCreatesJewelry left the room sarawearsskirts asks, what are your simple, useful, efficient and effective ideas for marketing that could be done in ten minutes? sarawearsskirts: go! Duet: take the time to add a line about your street team in your shop announcement castleman: add a link to the bottom of your signature of your email to include your etsy store brettsarahtops joined the room sarawearsskirts: (you can see the ones we posted in december here: http://team.etsy.com/tenminutemarketing.html castleman: or the etsy team page TheFleeciestBaby joined the room sarawearsskirts: these are great ideas! sarawearsskirts: keep them coming! contraptions left the room castleman: join some yahoo groups that might be interested and join in conversations Duet: even if you can't participate in your teams sale of the week (or whatever) add a line about it in your announcement castleman: your link in your sig will get some clicks rubyfaz left the room Duet: hook up some team members that way bluepebbledesigns left the room zJayne: If you don't have a myspace, make one, just use it for your Etsy shop, it gets hits. susarto: flickr works too ;) castleman: flickr too sarawearsskirts: myspace is great for promoting! Duet: spend 15 minutes a day learning your photo editing program so your pics will shine emmylouhelmuth: use the mini in your social networks like facebook - since most those folks already know you castleman: blog handmade joined the room sarawearsskirts: flickr is also great! teams should have flickr pools! jnoriginals: Include announcements in your shop about featured fellow artists that you (or others on your team) have blogged about. PoPkO joined the room midnightrabbits: Link blogs castleman: look for message boards that your merchandise would appeal to PoPkO: Hello! castleman: and post there with a signature mylittleaura: do some contest juliebcreative: make a myspace accoutn for the team? Duet: ask customers to swap promotional support with you.."for awesome handspun fabric, please visit so and so's shop at" estasketch: lots of people post in promotions & crafting/business looking for specific items. steer them towards teammember's shops when you can.. sarawearsskirts asks, what could we do to make ten minute marketing tips more useful to you? castleman: like mom's groups or some such juliebcreative: do it fo rme lakeeriebeachglass joined the room juliebcreative: jk thecraftboutique: lol julie =P castleman: heehehhehehehe julie Andie7a joined the room PoPkO: make them new ideas and really relevant perhaps? Duet: survery what people are posting in the fora and steer the tops towards those issues Duet: survey, even midnightrabbits: somehow have team meetings Duet: and tips PoPkO: make a checklist jnoriginals: Make sure transcripts of discussions like this are posted in the Community section. Duet: sheesh PoPkO: make a checklist of 400 things and choose say, five of them each day sarawearsskirts: popko, i'll be posting brand new spiffy ten minute marketing tips next week sarawearsskirts: as next week's team tips juliebcreative: cool castleman: ooo i like that idea popko sarawearsskirts: but i am soliciting input from you all now :) sarawearsskirts: oooh, that's a good one, popko! jnoriginals: Give us a preview via email. sarawearsskirts: via the big mass teams email? sarawearsskirts: i could do that... castleman: i'd like to get it in my inbox jnoriginals: Yes, that's what I meant. PoPkO: i feel like the 10 min marketing tips that ive seen (only once, sorry) were really basic, so maybe you could introduce differnet levels of marketing tips. beginner, advanced, etc handmade: checklists are good! sarawearsskirts: excellent! sarawearsskirts: i could certainly do that thecraftboutique: I never follow lists. hisss: beginner would be good for me, i'm not even on a team yet thecraftboutique: even the ones I make for myself. LoL sarawearsskirts: (i love getting feedback from you all. this is great!) susarto: checklists are good for me too :D castleman: i think maybe a tip for beginners, but also tips for those of us who have been around a bit sarawearsskirts: i love lists. jnoriginals: Include links to examples of good marketing. susarto: and beginner, etc... sarawearsskirts: i can do that sarawearsskirts: perfect. executeme joined the room sarawearsskirts: keep going, you all are so full of good ideas! littlebrownbird: great idea jnoriginals juliebcreative: checklists are good castleman: what about some internet sites that offer inexpensive advertising? juliebcreative: good idea midnightrabbits: that'd be good executeme: Modish gave me a lot of traffic sarawearsskirts: okay sarawearsskirts: modish is nice! brepettis joined the room littlebrownbird: modish? estasketch: not that i can think of many... but some quick, easy ideas for promoting outside etsy specifically would be great too.. bring in new customers and get your team a bit more active outside the site.. PoPkO: see, personally i have a list of things i try to do in a week. add to flick, join a flickr group, add a new thing to trunkt, apply to one website, create a linesheet in case a wholesaler calls. theres a lot to be done, and sometimes i dotn know where to begin or end or whats more important etc. executeme: And that was just me being featured Duet: tag your flickr photos sarawearsskirts: for those who are joining us mid-conversation, we did ten minute marketing before the holidays this year, in the month of december. you can find those tips here: http://team.etsy.com/tenminutemarketing.html PoPkO: so maybe having a importance factor in there too? sarawearsskirts: we're brainstorming new ideas on this concept sarawearsskirts: good points, popko Duet: gets awesome customers like executeme who do fabulous things with your creations;) PoPkO: thanks, you can hire me now zJayne: When you post places that ask for tag words, post your Etsy tag name. Ex. zJayne - works for searches susarto: i have just tagged all my flickr photos recently too...and my etsy stuff... sarawearsskirts: we liked the ten minute marketing idea because even on a really busy day, executeme: Teehee, Duet sarawearsskirts: you can find ten minutes to do some small thing Duet: mention something awesome you saw on etsy to anyone who calls you handmade: some small thing besides just relisting. har har thecraftboutique: lol castleman: groups/messaage boards to join on line that are fairly generic interest? sarawearsskirts: these are great! keep them coming! castleman: that allow a signature line ad? estasketch: buy something from a team member! and wear it everywhere or give it to a friend or anything as an excuse to pass on their store url too PoPkO: are we naming ways to market ourselves now or are we suggetsing how to better the whole 10 minmarketing thing? Duet: hand your mom, dad, bro, sis, friend, partner a short stack of your cards and ask them to pass them out castleman: i promoted etsy today cuz i had a picture of something i bought here in a picture of something else susarto: lol i do that estasketch ;) castleman: and people wanted to know where i got it estasketch: :D sarawearsskirts: well, ten minute marketing is posted as a team tip, but ideally it's something individuals can do singly to promote their team (and themselves, really) handmade left the room emmylouhelmuth: that's what I was thinking executeme: I have had buttons made, that I put on the advertising boards in artsy cafes sarawearsskirts: duet, that's a great idea , esp. if your team has team cards made Duet: nodsnods sarawearsskirts: team business cards are fabulous jnoriginals: Would love to see a place for Team Showcases. juliebcreative: 10 mins kind fo limits you to doing things online juliebcreative: i would like some more in depth ideas/plans Duet: ask your team for a dollar or so each to get team cards made if need be juliebcreative: that may take more than mins sarawearsskirts: jnorginals, the teams are going to get an expanded presence on etsy this year. brettsarahtops: moo.com makes cool little cards castleman: research is what takes me the longest littlebrownbird: I have business cards for my "real" job. I put a sticker on the back with my etsy shop. I'll have to make new ones and add my team. castleman: finding places to go and do stuff sarawearsskirts: duet - true! or this can be what team shops proceeds go to susarto: i just got moos today in the mail :D castleman: if some of that research was done jnoriginals: I hadn't heard about expanded team presence, Sara...I'm not even 2 months old on Etsy. Great news! castleman: and a set of links to places to consider joining for example was sent out castleman: i'd be morelikely to do that sarawearsskirts: (info on team shops: http://team.etsy.com/teamshops.html) michon joined the room vintagebroochco joined the room zJayne: Team Cards and Bus. Cards are helpful when they say SEARCH a Specific Word on ETSY sarawearsskirts: (this link might work better: http://team.etsy.com/teamshops.html Duet: good point castleman: i meant like generic yahoo groups, message boards, advertisign possibilities sarawearsskirts: good points! castleman: etc. sarawearsskirts: this is fabulous, everyone. Duet: offer a mailing list for the team Girlontherocks asks, what teams are represented here today? jnoriginals: BBEST castleman: Yetsy zJayne: CLEVELANDHANDMADE montezumamudd: Mud Team CrystalImpressions joined the room thecraftboutique: ESST midnightrabbits: get to know team mates better littlebrownbird: Jewelry on Etsy Team sarawearsskirts: philly! FishOnTheWall: JETTEAM CharmingLee: ARTery Duet: I belong to ESST via my other shop juliebcreative: Arts In Rhode Island castleman: (i'm in EtsyFAST but not a leader) thecraftboutique: I know Duet =P susarto: plush team and irish rogue artisans (new team) brepettis left the room executeme: Off The Wall thecraftboutique: I've seen ya =P midnightrabbits: EtsyforAnimals castleman: and EtsyMOMs zJayne: TRASHION Duet: heehee noradora: etsyhookers vintagebroochco left the room FishOnTheWall: WHAT??? thecraftboutique: I think I'm a member of EtsyScrap too thecraftboutique: but I'm not sure. LoL Duet: crochet, Fish, lol brettsarahtops: I don't even knw what a team is castleman: i'm guessing crochet sarawearsskirts: brettsarah: http://team.etsy.com for info on teams! FishOnTheWall: no, someone said Off THe Wall brettsarahtops: thanks! executeme: That was me littlebrownbird: Wow, duet. Thought it was a whole different "handmade" team FishOnTheWall: is that a team? brettsarahtops: I'm obviously new, posted my first item today Duet: lmao executeme: http://offthewall.etsy.com nanouk joined the room juliebcreative: welcome brett brettsarahtops: thanks executeme: Sure is jnoriginals: I think teams can be incredibly supportive. Is there a way for newbies to complete a self-questionnaire to help them locate a team(s) that might work well for them? sarawearsskirts: ps. if anyone has questions, you can type /ask then your question, and i'll post it here Duet: grab treasuries for your team, make team minis for you blog, myspace, etc castleman: i think really huge groups tend to get less and less helpful tho midnightrabbits: or maybe etsy to suggest to them to check out teams lakeeriebeachglass: Treasuries are GREAT for Teams! midnightrabbits: what do you call really huge CraftyMamaMia joined the room castleman: several hundred midnightrabbits: EFA has about 300 and we're a very supportive group hiljohn left the room castleman: team challenges juliebcreative: arts in RI has like 15 members' jnoriginals: I think each team has its own personality; the degree to which it is helpful, regardless of the size, depends on the commitment of group members. sarawearsskirts: malcolm gladwell talks about how groups over 150 people are less effective in his book "blink" castleman: it probably depends ont he group i imagine juliebcreative: but we're all very active TheBrassHussy joined the room sarawearsskirts: but it's different for all teams, of course. montezumamudd: The Mud Team is 125 members and we are very active and supportive. Duet: ESST is rather new, but I see good things for it's future castleman: i'm on one team that is so big and diverse that it is much more a social outlet than anything else castleman: which is fine sarawearsskirts: if no one has more questions (type /ask then the question) we can wrap up for today midnightrabbits: being members of more than one team can be helpful jnoriginals: So, if Malcolm is correct, groups of 150 people might need to be divided into subinterest groups, working on different projects. I see a little of that on my own team. sarawearsskirts: yes, jn, exactly! sarawearsskirts: when the group nears 150, he says it should splinter off to work more effectively zJayne: thank you CombustionGlassworks joined the room lakeeriebeachglass left the room sarawearsskirts: but that's probably enough to have a whole other discussion on jnoriginals: Will a transcript of this discussion be available somewhere? emmylouhelmuth: I find it hard to communicate with the team I'm on - there is an awkward message board and that's about it and the only notification for things in through a thread in teams zJayne left the room littlebrownbird: We have over 300 members but only about twenty who are really active sarawearsskirts: yes! sarawearsskirts: transcripts are posted at http://team.etsy.com/workshops.html jnoriginals: Thank you, Sara! sarawearsskirts: my pleasure! Duet: thank you sara susarto: thanks sara :D littlebrownbird: thanks CombustionGlassworks: hi guys! brettsarahtops: yeah, thanks! sarawearsskirts: i try to post transcripts within a week! castleman: thanks sara noradora: TYVM castleman: it was super! CharmingLee: thanks sara! :) juliebcreative: ty executeme: Thank you Sara midnightrabbits: thankyou Sara montezumamudd: thanks juliebcreative left the room castleman left the room Please vote: who loves the new community tab on the nav bar at the top of etsy? michon left the room kimbuktu: Hello! this was fun TheBrassHussy: I will watch for the transcripts, thanks! midnightrabbits left the room artopiary joined the room CombustionGlassworks: i cant grasp the whole eastern time zone ;) sarawearsskirts: it's no secret that i love it because it makes teams more visible! susarto left the room sarawearsskirts: aww, combustion TheBrassHussy left the room CombustionGlassworks: ;) beadifuldesigns joined the room Duet left the room PoPkO: thanks, sorry i just had to pop out and missed it all after my last queastion Vote results: 16 yay, 4 nay, 11 abstain sarawearsskirts: at the top right of the virtual labs main page, doesn't it have a clock that shows how different your time is than etsy;s? PoPkO left the room CombustionGlassworks: thanks TCB! estasketch: or you can just check the timestamp on recent posts in the forum too thecraftboutique: =D thecraftboutique: any time! thecraftboutique: lol SarahsSky left the room nanouk left the room CrystalImpressions left the room executeme left the room CombustionGlassworks: i just moved from Arizona andwe didnt change times at all, now im all confuseD! kimbuktu left the room montezumamudd left the room jnoriginals left the room JesPlayin joined the room estasketch left the room JesPlayin: Hello! nanouk joined the room CombustionGlassworks: hahah LBB! CharmingLee left the room CombustionGlassworks: such a jetster@ artopiary left the room nanouk left the room sarawearsskirts: thanks for coming everyone! luxrisa joined the room mylittleaura: yes thanks for the great ideas Minutes Stopped Thu Jan 24 2008 17:28:56 GMT+0000 (UTC) About | Press | Contact | Teams | Jobs | Merch Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy © 2008 Etsy Inc.