Hello my wonderful creative friends!
We took a few months off from craft shows (Brandy just HAD to have a baby!) BUT we are in the midst of setting up our next show for July 9th. This is an ALL INDOOR show at Los Prados Golf Course on Ann and Bradley. We will be advetising in TWO newspapers (The View for two different areas), craigslist, facebook, Handmade in Vegas, Ed Bozarth Chevrolet, Fox 5 News, 1,000+ flyers, and MORE! We will have 20+ signs (large, easy to read signs) posted in the area with the times and arrows directing shoppers to our show. We will be sending out an email to all of our friends but if you are unsure if you are on our email list then feel free to email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com.
Spaces will be 6 foot by 4 foot and available on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis. Once we receive your COMPLETED application and payment, we will forward you the room layout and you will then be required to email us your top 3 choices for location.
We are looking to fill this event with 50 vendors! We have room for approximately 60 but 50 will allow our vendors some breathing room.
Please allow us time to send out our intro email and application. This event is open to ALL Handmade in Vegas team members, handmade vendors, and approved home-based businesses. We ALWAYS try our best to ensure that our vendors are spread out and away from similar vendors which is why we need your top 3 booth picks.
If you have any further questions, feel free to email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com or call us at 702-523-8197.
<3 Brandy and Julie
P.S I will upload a picture of baby Logan soon!
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May 4, 2011
August 24, 2010
Deciphering the S.E.O code
Have you ever googled or binged your etsy product? (Go on, do it now, you know you want to). I’m not talking about your exact store title, I’m talking your product. Now if you are one of the lucky ones, who has wittingly mastered the art of the S.E.O, congratulations! You can go back to making your handcrafted goodies knowing that you have conquered one of the biggest Etsy selling hurdles. However, if you are sitting in front of the computer with your mouth hanging open and a heavy heart wondering “how can this be, why did this Etsy shop pop up and not mine?”; you are not alone.
Etsy wants it’s sellers to be successful. So much so, that they have teamed up with Search Engine Optimization experts, SEOmoz to help Etsy sellers decipher the S.E.O code. SEOmoz has put together an “Etsy guide to S.E.O”. This concept is very different from “Etsy Tagging”. This concept is about getting your store to be on page one of the Google search return when someone Googles the product you sell. Impossible? Maybe. Am I going to try…definitely!
Now, if you don’t understand the concept of computer interfaces and how they translate computer language (code) the SEO guide can be a little daunting. They do give offer a quick explanation on how it all works and why it’s so important to understand it. You will need to dedicate some serious time to read the guide and alter your shop accordingly.
Here is a bit of what I learned-
Title tag- The most important piece of info that the search engine reads. Be sure to fill the title tag full of “keywords” that will not only describe your item but keywords that are popular on the internet for searches. ie; handmade, chic, affordable. Google has a tool, Google Adwords that can help you sort out which keywords will work best for your description. You’ll want to choose words that have over 1,000 searches but very little competition.
Meta description- also known as your shop announcement is almost as important as the title tag. Again, fill it with those keywords that Google Adwords suggested that will help reinforce your title.
Pictures- (you’re going to see a pattern here) Name your pictures with a keyword filled description. The guide states that “Recently, we’ve found that the use of keyword rich image alt text correlates with higher rankings in the search engines.” Every little bit helps.
So what does this all mean? Hopefully, more sales. Both my stores are relatively new and I’m just not getting the traffic that I’d like. I really feel that this is one more step in the right direction. I implemented these afore mentioned changes to my site about a month ago. Thanks to Google Analytics, I found that most of my RoyalicingLV traffic comes from Google searches. I even got an order today for 3 dozen cookies. I asked how she found out about me and she said “google”.
Etsy wants it’s sellers to be successful. So much so, that they have teamed up with Search Engine Optimization experts, SEOmoz to help Etsy sellers decipher the S.E.O code. SEOmoz has put together an “Etsy guide to S.E.O”. This concept is very different from “Etsy Tagging”. This concept is about getting your store to be on page one of the Google search return when someone Googles the product you sell. Impossible? Maybe. Am I going to try…definitely!
Now, if you don’t understand the concept of computer interfaces and how they translate computer language (code) the SEO guide can be a little daunting. They do give offer a quick explanation on how it all works and why it’s so important to understand it. You will need to dedicate some serious time to read the guide and alter your shop accordingly.
Here is a bit of what I learned-
Title tag- The most important piece of info that the search engine reads. Be sure to fill the title tag full of “keywords” that will not only describe your item but keywords that are popular on the internet for searches. ie; handmade, chic, affordable. Google has a tool, Google Adwords that can help you sort out which keywords will work best for your description. You’ll want to choose words that have over 1,000 searches but very little competition.
Meta description- also known as your shop announcement is almost as important as the title tag. Again, fill it with those keywords that Google Adwords suggested that will help reinforce your title.
Pictures- (you’re going to see a pattern here) Name your pictures with a keyword filled description. The guide states that “Recently, we’ve found that the use of keyword rich image alt text correlates with higher rankings in the search engines.” Every little bit helps.
So what does this all mean? Hopefully, more sales. Both my stores are relatively new and I’m just not getting the traffic that I’d like. I really feel that this is one more step in the right direction. I implemented these afore mentioned changes to my site about a month ago. Thanks to Google Analytics, I found that most of my RoyalicingLV traffic comes from Google searches. I even got an order today for 3 dozen cookies. I asked how she found out about me and she said “google”.
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