Team Tips are a weekly series of tips and ideas from the Etsy Teams.  You can find more Teams Guides and Resources at team.etsy.com.

Have you explored the Virtual Labs yet?  Give it a try!  The Virtual Labs are an asset to the Etsy Community because they're a place where Etsy sellers and shoppers can get together. In the Virtual Labs, you can post polls, discuss specific questions and interact in a little virtual room. The Virtual Labs are a tool that both Global and local Etsy Teams can use to meet to plan or hold events.  There are many fun things to use in the Virtual Labs — throwing fun little icons, posting listing cards and submitting questions to the queue.  To reserve a room in the Virtual Labs for your Team, simply fill out this form about a week in advance. You can read this Storque post to find out more about the Virtual Labs and how the interface works.

Need some ideas on ways your Team can use the Virtual Labs?  Teams can meet and chat, exchange information, give demonstrations, show off a new product line, hold a Question and Answer session, give shop critiques or interact via webcam.  Ideas for events include scheduling a guest speaker, running a virtual trunk show using listing cards and interacting with potential shoppers through messaging, giving a skill share or demonstration to share information about your Team's medium, and holding Team meetings with the ability to review a transcript afterward. 

Please join us in our Weekly Team Workshop, held in the Teams room of the Virtual Labs, at noon (EST) Thursdays! 

For more team tips, please check back each week! We'll be posting tips here in the Storque, as well as on the Teams Resource page.  You can also keep up with Team Tips, news and ideas by signing up for the Etsy Teams email list! Keep up the great work, Etsy Teams!