Etsy in the Press: All About Alliteration
I present you with a plethora of press (I heart alliteration, and I apologize in advance). In all seriousness, let's talk shop(ping). You may be familiar with Nina Garcia, former editor at ELLE Magazine and a judge on Project Runway. No slouch when it comes to style, Nina has recently written a book called The Style …
Talking Marketing: Onward and Upward Into Fall
Hi all, While September is under way, here at Etsy we’re well into preparations for the coming holiday season. Before we look ahead, we wanted to share some good news from the past two months. If you’ve read the latest Etsy Weather Report, you know that Etsy drew record traffic in August. And the best part is, the …
Etsy in the Press: Dog Days
The dog days of summer are upon us once again. What exactly is a dog day? I am always interested by the origins of such terms, and luckily, Wikipedia is there to help: The term "Dog Days" was used by the Greeks, as well as the ancient Romans (who called these days caniculares dies [days of the dogs]) after Sirius (the "Dog …
Talking Marketing: Planting the Seed
Hello Etsy, My name is Nizzi Renaud, a.k.a. missniz, and I recently joined the Etsy team as the new director of marketing.* There are some new faces and some familiar ones who currently make up our marketing team. Together, we wanted to say hello and share with you some of the marketing activities underway at Etsy …
Etsy in the Press: Summer Reading
It's time to hit the beach, and accordingly, there's a need for some light reading. Personally, I prefer nonfiction for most of the year, but as things heat up, I like to find myself a nice page-turner. With that in mind, I'll be dishing up some quick reads from the interwebs and beyond, and maybe even some celebrity …
Etsy in the Press: Chipper
The tail end of spring is here, I just attended a fabulous free concert in the park, and Etsy got some great press mentions recently. All of this has got me feeling chipper. So where to begin? How about with the big guns, a.k.a. television. On May 22, 2009 Etsy fan Tory Johnson, founder of Women For Hire and author of …
Etsy in the Press: Signs of the Times
What times? Spring time? These rough economic times? Time to buy your mom a gift? All of the above. You may be familiar with Tory Johnson, television personality, founder of Women For Hire, author of Will Work from Home: Earn the Cash — Without the Commute, and fan of Etsy. Tory has been a busy bee this spring, first …
Etsy in the Press: Mo' Better Sweater
Ok, technically it was a sweatshirt, but why split hairs? This past weekend, Etsy was featured prominently on CBS Sunday Morning, presented by the entertaining and insightful Mo Rocca. Mo paid us a visit and spoke with Rob about Etsy, Davos, and the benefits of handmade items. He then set out to make a …
Etsy in the Press: It's Not the Same Old Show...
... on your radio! Not lately, anyway. The recent developments with the CPSIA have been a hot topic as of late, and there has been some great coverage on public radio in the last few weeks. Starting about two weeks ago, with Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman aired a story about the CPSIA and mentioned Etsy. You can …
Etsy in the Press: Forecast Calls for Handmade
It's brrrisk out there! The forecast calls for cold nights and snow showers, tempered by handmade warmth. In the final run up to the holidays, temperatures were trending toward handmade. That's according to The New York Times, at least. The big story in late December was that current economic woes were …
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