Kelsey's Page

It's been awhile since I've updated my Indiepublic page, I've been clicking away needles for custom orders and new spring products.
I posted new photos, knitting isn't just for cold weather anymore. :) Lots of spring colors and great accessories for any occasion!

Basically I'm trying to go down a list of advertising techniques one by one, to see which one works. Recently I learned about Cafe Handmade through this site, does anyone have any experience advertising with them? They're on my list.

But the next step is The Little Black Boxes sampler. I emailed the woman in charge and I'll be able to send out my coffee cozies in a few weeks, so this attempt will take a little bit longer. So far I have 17 cozies made, I'm aiming for at least 25.… Continue

Yesterday I started doing a featured artist on my blog. I would like to keep doing this every Tuesday. As an effort to get my featured artist seen more, this is how I will choose next week's artist: Visit my blog, take a look at the featured artist's shop. Comment on the post, either about a specific item or the shop in general. From whoever comments, I will pick next week's feature.
http://caffeinatedfrenzy.blogspot.com

Thanks all those who participate!

. . . were not that great. I got a few more views, a couple hearts, which may or may not be because of the showcase. Hearts are good because someone may be bookmarking it to come back and order something later, but no immediate sales. I was a bit disappointed.

I've heard the showcases worth paying for are the main ones, but with their cost, it almost takes away my entire profit of a sale. Seems not worth it.

Last night I joined Plumdrop, Divapreneur and American Craft Guide. I don't know if ne… Continue

Since I already have a blog to promote my Etsy shop ( http://caffeinatedfrenzy.blogspot.com in case your interested ^_^), I thought I'd use this one to help out my fellow indie sellers.

I currently have 2 sales, kind of expected, since I just opened up my shop in mid December. But now that I have a better stocked shop I would really like to get my feet off the ground and make more sales, get more views, etc. I'll share what works for me and promotions that haven't worked very well.

For today,… Continue