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Please vote: is your website older than 3 months? springcartdesigns joined the room xiane: I am almost finished with the carolina etsy one sacredoak: yes it will be a blast! greenlupa: I've just gotten the blog thing down pat! sarawearsskirts: sorry! sarawearsskirts: i meant: lanisvintage joined the room baconsquarefarm joined the room Vote results: 4 yay, 3 nay, 3 abstain lanisvintage: Hello! alkdesigns: Hello! sacredoak: aww blogs are easy, we had to quit yahoo groups it was oo much for people so we got a message board now sarawearsskirts: (i meant etsy team, not website! sorry!) xiane: hello lanis Please vote: is your Team older than 6 months? sacredoak: its ok sara ;) alkdesigns: What team is this? jillhannah: my team is a fetus sarawearsskirts: whatever team you're on, alk sacredoak: hi lanis jillhannah: a very big fetus, but a fetus sarawearsskirts: this is a workshop for all teams xiane: itsy bitsy baby team sarawearsskirts: awww lanisvintage: I'm part of Cottage Style Street Team sarawearsskirts: i love how many new teams there are! xiane: jill, do you have a lot of people in your new team? Vote results: 4 yay, 4 nay, 5 abstain greenlupa: Oo, I'll have to look, I have a cottage alkdesigns: no team yet. sacredoak: we are about 2 weeks old and have about 31 members we average about 2 new members a day sarawearsskirts: great! xiane: sacred, that's great! lanisvintage: ;) sarawearsskirts: that's fantastic! you're talking about etsy's dark side, right? lookability joined the room sarawearsskirts: hello, everyone! montezumamudd: hi lookability: Hello! sarawearsskirts: daniellexo had the good idea of holding a meet and greet workshop for old and new team members sacredoak: yes we are growing fast lol, yes etsys dark side sarawearsskirts: to talk, share ideas and get to know each other greenlupa: Great idea! iheartthatdance joined the room sarawearsskirts asks, what teams are you all on? DaFlyingSquirrel joined the room montezumamudd: Etsy Mud Team sarawearsskirts: i'm on the philadelphia team! and i lead the teams program DaFlyingSquirrel: Hello! campviii: etsy hookers sacredoak: my partner should be here soon brb gotta mesage her again iheartthatdance: Hello! lanisvintage: hi iheartthatdance...glad you joined in greenlupa: MiniMakers, scale dollhouse collectibles iheartthatdance: Hi Lani! lookability: local Richmond (va) street team iheartthatdance: thanks for posting the link! CraftedFromTheHeart: Is it ok to be in more then one team? rikrak joined the room xiane: I co-manage Etsy Green and Clean, and I'm on the EarthPath artisans and NC Hornet's Nest jillhannah: EtsyChai leader, but I'm also on EtsyGreetings and Chicago Style Crafters iheartthatdance: Rikrak! lanisvintage: your welcome iheartthatdance sarawearsskirts: it's definitely okay to be on more than one team rikrak: hi nicies! sorry i'm late! Raquella joined the room sarawearsskirts: oooh, lookability, richmond is a great team! xiane: Richmond rocks! sarawearsskirts: it's nice to see new teams represented! lookability: :) iheartthatdance: I'm on Cottage Style (CSST), Trans-Canada (TCET) and a couple of others that are mostly about fun chit chat :) CraftedFromTheHeart: good.... etsyfast, etsyfriends, etsyhookers, & a yahoogroup of etsynewbies sarawearsskirts: i am seeing usernames that i recognize from the teams inbox! so good! alkdesigns left the room rikrak: i'm here for trashion (and as a transcanada extra!) lanisvintage: yeah CSST! iheartthatdance: \spin iheartthatdance: that's betta :) xiane: lots of different teams here, that's great! sacredoak: i am in the texas team, Fantasy artists team, Poest team and now running my own team wow i am busy daniellexo: wowow sarawearsskirts: great! DaFlyingSquirrel left the room sacredoak: hey everyone that came in :D iheartthatdance: I loves me my teams :D sarawearsskirts: does everyone know how to submit a question, if you have one? sarawearsskirts: you type /ask before your question sarawearsskirts: and it puts it in the queue rikrak: thanks1 sarawearsskirts: so i can post it for discussion iheartthatdance: thanks sarawearsskirts! greenlupa: Thanks! jillhannah: good to know! thank you! lanisvintage: sarawearsskirts...i checked out your flicker and I love your photo of your desk and office chair sacredoak: thanks sara lanisvintage: i want that retro chair :) sarawearsskirts: any new teams people have questions? however specifically or generally you'd like? campviii: ask/ how do you get team logos on to your listings/store? sarawearsskirts: (aww, thanks, lanis!) lanisvintage: yw springcartdesigns left the room daniellexo: hehe i asked a question sarawearsskirts: campvii - you mean an image the team has designed? campviii: yes sarawearsskirts: you might have to ask your team's leader about that sarawearsskirts: you can include it in your banner campviii: ok sarawearsskirts: or if you have an extra photo spot in your listings sarawearsskirts: that's a nice idea, to unify the team's member shops a bit sarawearsskirts: very cool daniellexo asks, Any teams in here working on doing a craft show together soon? lanisvintage: i need to include that in my listings lanisvintage: the team logo rikrak: in ecoetsy - we have a great little birdie pic we try to put in our last listing! sarawearsskirts: the mason dixon crafters and the philadelphia team are doing a joint show next month! iheartthatdance: No - we're not geographically situated for that :( greenlupa: I just posed that to my team lookability: A lot of the REST people are involved in Spring Bada Bing (richmond ) ... though I'm not directly involved. iheartthatdance: But we (CSST) did do TulipMania recently!! daniellexo: you can do one in the virtual labs if you are a global team :) iheartthatdance: It was like an internal craft show -- we all did tulip themed crafts :) sarawearsskirts: iheartthatdance, global teams can join up to do joint events, too sarawearsskirts: definitely sacredoak: daniellexo how would that work? iheartthatdance: how would you go about that? sarawearsskirts: danielle is the queen of the teams in the virtual labs sarawearsskirts: you can talk to her about those events - there are so many possibilities xiane: virtual trunk show! BrooklynFudge joined the room rikrak: oh i love the idea of a virtual trunk show xiane: EGCG did one and it was very successful iheartthatdance: how does that work? do we just "book" space here? sarawearsskirts: here's an article with all the details: http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/howTos/article/team-tips-using-the-virtual-labs/1428/ daniellexo: yep you can book a space sacredoak: hmm intreasting daniellexo: and then perhaps take turns showing your items iheartthatdance: TY sarawearsskirts and daniellexo! sarawearsskirts: you can find all the Etsy teams articles by clicking "etsy teams" in the featured columns link down the lefthand side of the storque sacredoak: *takes some notes* rikrak: thanks for the link! daniellexo: offering some kind of promo would be a great way to get people to come out to your show! sarawearsskirts: my pleasure! iheartthatdance: OK, bookmarked before it flies off the page :) sarawearsskirts: http://www.etsy.com/storque/author/EtsyTeams/ sarawearsskirts: is a link to all the Etsy teams articles iheartthatdance: \ask Is it possible to get our team events/sales published in the Storque? sarawearsskirts: or you can search "etsy teams" within the storque to get all the new news. daniellexo: whoa did someone just come in the room named "brooklynfudge" ? iheartthatdance: BAH! I always do that wrong :P daniellexo: hehe sarawearsskirts: iheartthatdance, yes, your team leader can submit a blurb for the storque teams digest BrooklynFudge: Yes sarawearsskirts: ha sarawearsskirts: you're danielle's new BFF daniellexo: do you do deliveries? daniellexo: hahaha sacredoak: We are geting ready to do a Photo book of our team and members its like a photo directory it will have the persons shop addy on the bottom of their page BrooklynFudge: Yes I sure do iheartthatdance: About how far in advance of the event should we do that? jillhannah asks, what sorts of "team jobs" are absolutely necessary to have people fill, and how do you convince people to fill them? rikrak: ;) good questions iheartthatdance: ;) sarawearsskirts: we have some people who have lots of team experience in here, maybe they have some advice? xiane: cry. pleade. sarawearsskirts: montezumamudd, xiane? sarawearsskirts: haha xiane: look cute. xiane: :D FishOnTheWall joined the room iheartthatdance: beg. offer cookies. daniellexo: "you seem really great at organizing... can you take over the blog?" daniellexo: compliment first. request second. xiane: Actually, I just flatter 'em daniellexo: :) iheartthatdance: Ha! That actually knid of worked on me :P xiane: if they suggest something, that's their project montezumamudd: All our position were filled voluntarily. rikrak: ha i heart! jillhannah: what jobs need filing? sarawearsskirts: jillhannah - a blog keeper xiane: I have a co-leader, because our team is intense :) jillhannah: I have my list, but I totally made it up/pulled it out of my ass iheartthatdance: jillhannah it depends on what your team is doing sarawearsskirts: someone in charge of accepting new members and getting them caught up? sacredoak: we dont have any jobs yet we are still setteling in ;) montezumamudd: Shopkeeper, if you have a team shop; Webmaster, if you have a website; Blogmaster if you have a blog. xiane: we have people who mentor new members iheartthatdance: at CSST we run a daily promo thread, so we needed people for that sarawearsskirts: it all depends on your team's goals daniellexo: its always good to have a snackmaster as well daniellexo: for meetings sarawearsskirts: xiane, that's a wonderful idea - mentors within teams xiane: and we have people who run promos Kae1Crafts joined the room daniellexo: haha xiane: it's a new thing we're doing rikrak: oh i love that mentoring idea! xiane: and it is popular :) sacredoak: mmm snacks lol greenlupa: So do I BrooklynFudge: I need that montezumamudd: Graphics person for all ads and promos. sacredoak: mentors are great ;) sarawearsskirts: good one, montezumamudd iheartthatdance: I vote BrooklynFudge for Universal Snackmaster BrooklynFudge: OK sarawearsskirts: for the philly team, i'm kind of their idea person at this point xiane: I do a lot of the work for EGCG, but I also do a lot of delegating sarawearsskirts: running a team means lots of delegation sarawearsskirts: for success sarawearsskirts: otherwise it's easy to get burned out xiane: that was a hard lesson for me ;) sarawearsskirts: me, too, xiane! Kae1Crafts left the room rikrak: indeed - delegating...tough! sacredoak: i know some State and regonal teams have people that take over certain areas of the state regonal leaders iheartthatdance: I can think of a couple of team leaders who are experiencing that right now :) rikrak: ;) sarawearsskirts: jillhannah - do you feel these are good answers for your very good question? jillhannah: yeah, I'm trying to delegate whatever people will friggin' take sarawearsskirts: are we ready for a new question? sarawearsskirts: haha, good call! xiane: regionally - the Carolinas have three teams jillhannah: does any team have a press person? lookability: \can a team invite/court someone or is that spammy? jillhannah: that's one I've been pushing for iheartthatdance: \msg daniellexo OK great -- we just don't want say, a sale announcment, to be too far in advance of the actual sale, kwim? iheartthatdance: DAMN! iheartthatdance: I suck at this lookability: me too sarawearsskirts: that would be a good one - maybe someone on the team with experience writing press releases xiane: Jill, my co-leader Di does a lot of our press stuff sacredoak: texas team has people who do east west soth central and north then the dalles team is seaperate sarawearsskirts: iheartthatdance, it's the other slash - / rikrak asks, ithnk there are always problems, *virtually* with autonomy - once a job is delegated - i always find myself worried about checking in with the leader - to make sure we're on track - anyone? (i.e. i over burden the leader! :) iheartthatdance: TY sarawearsskirts :) I do KNOW that, but somehow my fingers have acquired their own brain :P greenlupa: I'm basicallyt he press person for my team, was a newspaper ed for almost a decade sarawearsskirts: it's okay! iheartthatdance: hear hear rikrak! sarawearsskirts: very cool, greenlupa! greenlupa: I just need to figure out more ways to use the skills! sarawearsskirts: okay, there are a bunch of good questions, so we can move on, it's that's okay! sacredoak: I dont stress ver it becuse i plan to interview those wanting to do jobs once we get a list ready. sarawearsskirts: (that's what is awesome about teams - you can play into people's strengths and weaknesses and be awesome) greenlupa asks, How do you handle when a troublemaker shows up? xiane: people will often fall into positions, too. sacredoak: simple ask them to leave jillhannah: ooh, good question green! sarawearsskirts: this is a tough one (and let's all remember not to call out in anyway) xiane: that's a touchy one sometimes sarawearsskirts: ideas? daniellexo: I have an idea iheartthatdance: no, I don't think it's simple at all. greenlupa: Convo private? daniellexo: Give the troublemaker a task. daniellexo: Direct their energy. iheartthatdance: hmmmm, interesting.... sacredoak: if they cause you and the team greif ask them to leave then if they refuse ban them i greenlupa: What happens when the energy is negative and afflicting others? jillhannah: that totally worked in mine, danielle! mine wasn't so much a troublemaker as a person who just wanted to be in charge all the time, so I put her in charge of something. Two days later she said she couldn't handle it and pooped out! greenlupa: LOL! sacredoak: ilol xiane: I try to counsel them through the problem if possible... if it isn't working out, team counseling, then I guess I'd ask them privately to leave xiane: but most people like that have just left rikrak: ;) xiane: they end up bored :D iheartthatdance: i'd say troublemakers often have their own agenda RobWhite joined the room sarawearsskirts: and if they're really persistently terrible, unfortunately i'd give them no opportunities to interact with the group, ie, use private forums, etc. sarawearsskirts: hi, robwhite! xiane: hi RobWhite! iheartthatdance: if you refuse to play into that agenda, they'll probably disappear on their own jillhannah: speaking of troublemakers! RobWhite: Shhhh, there's a meeting! sarawearsskirts: that's true, iheartthatdance! greenlupa: Definitely. The problem with private is it's like we've left Etsy RobWhite: (P.S. hi) iheartthatdance: hi RobWhite! sarawearsskirts: yeah, it's a hard situation, greenlupa iheartthatdance: probably there's no cut and dried solution -- team drama can be VERY frustrating. xiane: I tell my team members when they join that they're still held to Etsy standards xiane: and if they call out or cause trouble, they won't be welcome sarawearsskirts: that's a good line, xiane sarawearsskirts: very true, too mainemade joined the room sarawearsskirts: the teams are a part of the Etsy community greenlupa: That is. Suggestions for wording they aren't welcome? greenlupa: Nicely of course. sarawearsskirts: :) xiane: "This isn't working out, and I think that this team isn't a good fit for you." IndieMoon joined the room greenlupa: Awesome, Xiane! sacredoak: i tell my members that their is no bad name calling, flamming or negitivity they know if they violte this they will be placed in a "time out" for a week if they show better behavior they are back if they keep it up its about soory we cant have you on the team anymore rikrak: good thinking sarawearsskirts: you could say something along the lines of This Team wants to concentrate on being productive and positive, and a pleasant experience, those wishing to cuase anytthing else are asked to leave. JetTeam joined the room sarawearsskirts: or something iheartthatdance: that is really good! sarawearsskirts: hello, jet and indiemoon and mainemade! xiane: always spin it positive if you can sarawearsskirts: welcome to the meet and greet! IndieMoon: Hello! iheartthatdance: BAH! which slash is it again? ArtifactBingo joined the room jillhannah: the one by the shift key iheartthatdance: TY :D sarawearsskirts: with the ? xiane: remember that often troublemakers don't realize what they're doing sarawearsskirts: it's / jillhannah: yes. the one on the ? xiane: they're in their own head and in their own agenda sarawearsskirts: conversation looks silly) greenlupa: Unfortunately sometimes they know exactly what they're doing. xiane: that's true, too - but it's always best to act like you're giving 'em the benefit of the doubt :D sacredoak: actually they do know what they are doing, some people strive at making things difficult ;) jillhannah asks, so are there any team rules and standards we newbie teams can place right away to help avoid trouble situations in the future? daniellexo: sometimes you just have to ignore - and use your energy to do positive thigns sarawearsskirts: i figured this was somewhat related greenlupa: Oooh, good sacredoak: yes daniellexo: ignoring troublemakers usually gets them the most sarawearsskirts: i'd say write a set of guidelines, expectations for team members mainemade: This is my first time in the team forum and this may have already been discussed, but are there any plans to change how team shops are set up? Our team is not comfortable asking a single team member to be individually responsible for the financial account set-up. Thanks. JewelsofLuxury joined the room xiane: oh man. I have a huge piece of text I give all new members sarawearsskirts: including being constructive and positive daniellexo: we'd like to do that in the future maine greenlupa: Oh, great idea Sara! daniellexo: but now right now daniellexo: unfortunately sarawearsskirts: mainemade, would you mind typing your excellent question with an /ask before it so it'll go into the queue? montezumamudd: I have a set of guidelines I send to new members. sacredoak: I have a huge file i hand out to my newbies, me and my partner sat down and wrote it out before we advertised about the group ElysianFields joined the room sarawearsskirts: so we can come back to it? rikrak: iyes sarawearsskirts: very good, sacredoakj sacredoak: We planned for every situation, plus i am in 3 other teams i observed on what to do and not what to do jillhannah: sacred & xiane - I'd love to see your files/text hunks sarawearsskirts: the arizona team has a line about how the group is something all the members voluntarily choose to be a part of, so it needs to be a pleasant experience for all greenlupa: Me, too! sarawearsskirts: i've always liked that sacredoak: jill no problem JewelsofLuxury: i would love to see it too! xiane: jill, I can send you our text! JetTeam: The JETs have worked on a new set of requirements that we are implemeting for our whole team, and it will be give to all me members when we start opening it again. mainemade: ask: how do current teams handle one person managing their team shop, especially returns? Thanks. ArtifactBingo left the room rikrak: i like the like "we're volunteers" line jillhannah: ooh, maybe post them to the teams forum thing sarawearsskirts: sacred + xiane and montezuma, would you mind sharing those documents in the google group for team leaders? sacredoak: convo me and i will get it to ya sometime today xiane: jewels, send me a convo and i'll send it sacredoak: Sure thing sara xiane: yes! xiane: I can do that! montezumamudd: Can do! jillhannah: brilliant! greenlupa: Super helpful!!! cooljewelrydesign joined the room sarawearsskirts: great! let's move on xiane: vroooom iheartthatdance: lol sarawearsskirts: thanks, everyone, for such great participation today! sacredoak: I run a non profit organazation as well so i know lots of things ;) iheartthatdance asks, how many teams have team shops? sarawearsskirts: a good bunch - a couple dozen sacredoak: not yet we dont montezumamudd: The Mud Team has a shop jillhannah: we voted against it sarawearsskirts: maybe 15-20% of all teams xiane: we have a team account, but not a shop JetTeam: We do. sarawearsskirts: it's a tricky, tricky thing jillhannah: (we=EtsyChai) iheartthatdance: are they mostly shops which are selling actual items? cooljewelrydesign: Hello! is there a bead team I can join?? I am in Atlanta xiane: we decided not to do a shop iheartthatdance: or shops which heart items only? sarawearsskirts: i actually advice new teams against it til they've been working together for a while montezumamudd: Yes, The Mud Shop sells ceramics. xiane: we use our team account to make a team mini and to promote sarawearsskirts: i wrote a more indepth guide to how to run a team shop here: http://team.etsy.com/teamshops.html rikrak: we have a shop at trashion - and a new transcanada shop JewelsofLuxury: my team and i are just doing craft shows together...i think a shop would be a bit much to handle for us sarawearsskirts: (it's on the guides page at http://team.etsy.com) sierracreations joined the room iheartthatdance: Oh I'd heard about the TCET one ;P sacredoak: yep we are waiting on doing a shop I am working on getting a non profit tax number becuse the money will be used for team stuff it would be under "Donations" sarawearsskirts: xiane, using a team account for minis is great! xiane: It's super for our website - we just paste that in sarawearsskirts: sacredoak, i'm curious about a team becoming a nonprofit iheartthatdance: that's a bit what I was thinking about -- no financial stuff, just to have everyone in one place. iheartthatdance: I think plushteam has one too? sarawearsskirts: can i pick your brain about that later? sarawearsskirts: i'm working on a list of all the teams with teamshops rikrak: i'm interested in that too, sacred. sarawearsskirts: it's important for any team considering opening one to read the guide for sure: JetTeam left the room sarawearsskirts: http://team.etsy.com/teamshops.html jillhannah left the room rikrak: yes - the guide was really helpful setting up the canada one! JetTeam joined the room greenlupa: MiniMakers doesn't have one and there are no plans for it in the immediate future. cooljewelrydesign: i don't know how you guys communicate so fast... sarawearsskirts: good, rikrak! JetTeam: oops sierracreations left the room sarawearsskirts asks, how do team shops handle one person managing, especially returns? ladramaqueen joined the room rikrak: now getting items -that's another thing! iheartthatdance: TY for the link! Bookmarked :) FishOnTheWall left the room sarawearsskirts: this varies by team, there is no right answer, the best i can do is say check the guide iheartthatdance: I promise something soon rikrak! LOL sarawearsskirts: when the new teams pages (the vastly improved ones) are launched, we may reconsider allowing teams to run shops, or change the process a bit sarawearsskirts: but in the meanwhile, the guide is the best resource on team shops sacredoak: sara it would be classified as a non profit group I wrote out what we would do for our communities how we would make a diffrence in them. Then we get the non profit status with the tax exempt number. Once we have this setting up a bank account and paypal will be easy. The money earned would go towar rikrak: we're just starting out with the canada shop,... so far so good - but i know trashion has had to deal with that - but sorry - i don't run that shop. FishOnTheWall joined the room jillhannah joined the room jillhannah asks, what kinds of events are good to get global teams started and solidified? greenlupa: For us it was just a shared passion for our art. sarawearsskirts: group sales, sarawearsskirts: events in the virtual labs xiane: team chats iheartthatdance: CSST did TulipMania a couple of weeks ago -- it was great to get everyone involved. sarawearsskirts: promoting each other on personal blogs, websites, word of mouth iheartthatdance: Here's the link to the concept: JetTeam: i agree chats are good for team building sarawearsskirts: using the fact that you all live in different areas to your advantage campviii left the room iheartthatdance: http://www.flickr.com/groups/cottagestyle/discuss/72157603899432935/ rikrak: yes - i think we could use team chats as a great builder for transcanada - thought iheart? iheartthatdance: I'd be in for that -- it's just good to get everyone communicating. ladramaqueen left the room sarawearsskirts: team chats are wonderful! rikrak: trashion has a fun cocktail party in the forums about 2 times a month on a sunday night - just drop in and share! iheartthatdance: CSST uses it's promo thread, basically. sarawearsskirts: very good, rikrak! xiane: promo threads are good, although they can be hard to keep up with iheartthatdance: that sounds fun! xiane: EAST has a fun thread, but wow does it get big! greenlupa: Yes it does!!! iheartthatdance: xiane I agree -- just pulling people together for chat is hard for us right now sacredoak: we do mostly outside advertisng we go to the dark regions of the net lol mainemade: ask: Are there upcoming plans to turn over content maintenance ownership to Team Leaders in the future? Our Maine team would like a page that we can add new members quickly and post upcoming workshops instantly. We have such enthusiasm from members but our team page is not current. Thanks. sarawearsskirts: i'm always amazedb y how big some team's threads get! sarawearsskirts: mainemade, yes iheartthatdance: we have a large number of people who are not super comfortable with the tech-y side of things sarawearsskirts: there is a plan to have a much more intregrated teams program built into the site greenlupa: Boy so do we. iheartthatdance: forums seem a little less scary than chat sarawearsskirts: but it won't be launched for a couple months or so JetTeam: We have to have a daily thread to keep up! sarawearsskirts: (we don't have a date) JewelsofLuxury: yes :) the threads get a little tiresome at times :) iheartthatdance: ooh sounds exciting sarawearsskirts! rikrak: im so glad about the turning over of the pages, sarawears! that'd be super! greenlupa: We post open-ended things in our daily chat so people can drop in, post and read what they want and go mainemade: That's great! I know it's got to be a huge undertaking with all the teams there are. xiane: another thing you can do to get your team together is to make a private forum or group Bachigs joined the room sarawearsskirts: mainemade - yes! we know it's a pain and not super efficient as it is xiane: both EGCG and EAST have one, and it's been crucial for getting us togethere greenlupa: Other than the google or Flikr is there another private option? sarawearsskirts: but when we have a new system of pages for the community and teams, we want it done right xiane: obviously today is "add an e to the end of words day" iheartthatdance: i didn't even realize private forum was an option? sarawearsskirts: so we're not hurrying it too much! iheartthatdance: lol xiane :) rakubuttons joined the room xiane: I made one at forumarena.com sarawearsskirts: i can't wait, though, it's going to be amazing greenlupa: Really Xiane? Can we chat later? iheartthatdance: oh I see what you mean -- yes, CSST has a Ning community. xiane: yes! :) JewelsofLuxury: what have you guys been using the most to communicate with your team? we have a googlegroup and a blog, but are having a hard time getting people to use them (2 months as a group so far) jillhannah: we had someone volunteer to make our forum on invision xiane: EGCG uses our forum greenlupa: Xiane - the EAST forum I'm on? rakubuttons left the room montezumamudd: We use the Etsy forum xiane: yep! lookability: We have a yahoo group it's not extremely active JetTeam: We have a google group, but there is also yahoo & several others. We also have a private off site chat room. Middleburg joined the room xiane: I set that up, green mainemade: Totally understandable. We just have so many new members that are jazzed to see frequently updated events and member names. rikrak: for canada we use the flickr threads in our group - for trashion - once in a while emails. greenlupa: You are amazing!!! sarawearsskirts: unfortunately for the time being, i think a google group or flickr group is best xiane: it was super easy ;) iheartthatdance: I think it's hard to get people to go to too many places -- like one plus Etsy is usually more than enough. lookability: & a blog jillhannah: but since only 18 of our 50+ members are on it so far, I'm still sending out mass emails for announcements and such rikrak: true, i heart! xiane: we tried a yahoo group, but a lot of people weren't using it. sacredoak: well guys i must dash my sons physical therapist and spech therapist will be here soon sarawearsskirts: some teams basically do all their membership through their groups xiane: sacred, good to see you! greenlupa: By Sacredoak! mainemade: We just started a flickr and are working on a google blogspot. By the way, google blogspot has a bizillion cool features . lookability: I don't understand how to use team coversations... is that just for the leader? sarawearsskirts: so everyone is in the loop, so to speak iheartthatdance: I like having a blog to publicize to OOE (out of Etsy LOL) folks ElysianFields: we use a Yahoo group and it's extremely busy rikrak: by sacred xiane: blogs are great sacredoak: if yall need help in paperork or whatever just convo me sarawearsskirts: team conversations aren't fucntioning right now sacredoak: bye guys :D lookability: well that explains it :) sarawearsskirts: bye! iheartthatdance: but keep team announcements kind of condensed in one place jillhannah: thanks sacred! sarawearsskirts: so, more questions? the queue is empty iheartthatdance: bye sacred! sarawearsskirts: this has been a great workshop, everyone! greenlupa: I've got so much info to take back my head is full! rikrak: no more here sarawearsskirts: thanks for coming in! iheartthatdance: I'm good! rikrak: thanks so much, sarawears! jillhannah: hang on, one of mine got lost when I got disconected! iheartthatdance: TY for running it! montezumamudd: thanks greenlupa: Thanks Sara -it's been super! sarawearsskirts: i feel like we covered a lot of stuff sacredoak left the room xiane: we did! sarawearsskirts: oh, jillhannah, what's up? rikrak: super-inspiring! rikrak: thanks JewelsofLuxury: yeah, it would be nice to have an etsy team blog connected through here in the future sarawearsskirts: wonderful! rikrak: by guys! IndieMoon: will you have the transcripts up for this one too? xiane: bye, rikrak! mainemade: ask: I heard there was an etsy blog of team blogs. Where is that located? iheartthatdance: bye rikrak! see ya on Flickr :D sarawearsskirts: jewelsofluxury, do you know about the teams blogring? sarawearsskirts: http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/howTos/article/etsy-team-tips-etsy-teams-blog-ring/1004/ xiane: I need to get on that. JewelsofLuxury: no? whats that? sarawearsskirts: it's a great resource iheartthatdance: OK gotta run --- remember that promo thread? My day to run it LOL greenlupa: I've not seen that either Bachigs left the room iheartthatdance: TY sarawearsskirts and everyone for a great discussion! JewelsofLuxury: hmmm... sarawearsskirts: okay, everyone: bookmark this page: http://www.etsy.com/storque/author/EtsyTeams/ sarawearsskirts: check it weekly! rikrak left the room sarawearsskirts: it's a link to all the articles i write for teams for the storque - news, tips, etc sarawearsskirts: :) xiane: I have the storque rss'd Middleburg: Hello! team blog ring ? Where can we find it? JetTeam: TY- gotta run JetTeam left the room iheartthatdance: bye y'all! montezumamudd left the room ElysianFields: great info sarawearsskirts: middleburg - it's linked in the article http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/howTos/article/etsy-team-tips-etsy-teams-blog-ring/1004/ cooljewelrydesign left the room FishOnTheWall left the room sarawearsskirts: great! thanks, everyone! greenlupa: Thank you! iheartthatdance left the room jillhannah asks, one of our members offered to be outside press person and wanted to get some sort of press kit together with questionaires from all the members jillhannah: before everybody splits, is anybody here in any of the other religion-based teams? ElysianFields: Thank you Sarah jillhannah asks, is that awesome or excessive? sarawearsskirts: i'd say... awesome! Middleburg: Thanks ! jillhannah: (sorry, I'm being the desperate questiony new kid) xiane: you can definitely use press releases like that ElysianFields left the room lookability: \ Is there a page listing technical tips for virtual labs, how to chat, etc use keyes, etc? sarawearsskirts: here's a link to writing an effective press release: http://team.etsy.com/pressreleaseguides.html lookability: cause as you can see i need it SmurfPop joined the room sarawearsskirts: (i guess it would depend on their experience, too, do they have good press experience?) sarawearsskirts: lookability, yes, let me give you a link jillhannah: it sounds like it, from what they say! jillhannah: I sarawearsskirts: http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/etsyNews/article/etsy-launches-the-virtual-labs/622/ sarawearsskirts: on how to use the labs jillhannah: I'm all for them doing the whole press kit thing, but I didn't want to unleash them upon the team if it was entirely nuts sarawearsskirts: ha. sarawearsskirts: well, ask them to do something basic and see how it goes, perhaps? mainemade: ask: wow this chat moves quick. Where can we find a transcript once it's complete? xiane: You can always use the questions to your team as blog posts, too sarawearsskirts: i mean, i wouldn't turn down someone offering to do that work, esp. if they have knowlledge, is what i'm saying. :) sarawearsskirts: yes, mainemade, transcripts are at http://team.etsy.com/workshops.html sarawearsskirts: i have a couple ready to go up from past week's sarawearsskirts: and this one will be up in a few days mainemade: cool, thanks. lookability: thanks... projectfelt joined the room sarawearsskirts: barring any unforeseen technical difficulty sarawearsskirts: hi, projectfelt! projectfelt: holy balls I just rememberd projectfelt: sorry projectfelt: im at work lol sarawearsskirts: i'm meeting zencreations (heather) this weekend to check out the location for the show! xiane: heheee projectfelt: yes she said she was going up there sarawearsskirts: i'm excited! projectfelt: im getting excited sarawearsskirts: awesome Middleburg: Bye all thanks for the info sarawearsskirts: okay, thanks, everyone, for coming! xiane: bye middleburg Middleburg left the room JewelsofLuxury: thanks for the great info! i will be back next week! lookability: The directions page may need some more details at some point sarawearsskirts: bye! lookability: like the back slash thing lookability: Thanks!! xiane: sara, danielle, great chat! sarawearsskirts: sorry you caught the tail end of things, projectfelt JewelsofLuxury left the room greenlupa: Bye guys! Thanks for a really great experience! sarawearsskirts: thanks, chris! projectfelt: thats fine I figured mainemade: thanks everyone! bye for now. sarawearsskirts: thanks, greenlupa! projectfelt: i was just popping in mainemade left the room sarawearsskirts: good luck with your tea! xiane: totally worth waking up for ;) sarawearsskirts: *team jillhannah: :) sarawearsskirts: aw, thansk! About | Press | Contact | Teams | Jobs | Merch Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy © 2008 Etsy Inc.