Free-For-All – ArtFire Lifts Seller Fees If you have doubts about how the holidays will pan out for your handmade shop this year, selling platform ArtFire.com aims to help.  Sara Moore, Head of the Content Department for ArtFire.com, informed our team at HandmadeMarketing.org that the site recently...

Etsy SEO – Tools to Optimize When the Etsy’s SEO Guide was released in September of 2009, Etsy seller Amy Vander Vorste published her own SEO tips with tools to help sellers on her website.  Amy sells handmade at Etsy’s Avlor’s Imprints and has shared her marketing and business tips...

From Etsy to ArtFire – A Seller’s Experience Melissa Hamel-Smith, handmade seller from the ArtFire studio KaoticEkkosCuriosities, recently shared her thoughts on what it’s like selling on ArtFire.com, what features she likes most, and her tips for marketing handmade online. Melissa...

Global Product Editor – New ArtFire Tools Sara Moore, Head of the Content Department at ArtFire.com, recently told HandmadeMarketing.org that the just launched their Global Product Editor.        

Photography Backgrounds – Choosing a Background for Crafts Many artisans selling online will acknowledge item photography is one of the biggest challenges they face. “Great photographs are extremely important to both the buyer and seller of jewelry that is sold online,” photographer Jim...

Meet Crafters – A Key For New Sellers April Stanley Njari, seller behind the Etsy shop AprilMist, tells HandmadeMarketing.org that networking with bloggers and other crafters is vital to increasing sales online. “I’m a huge Etsy fan and had thought about opening a shop for some time,” April...

Google Docs – Create a Form Technology guru Amy Vander Vorste, from Etsy’s Avlor’s Imprints, is back with a time-saving and easy-to-learn tip for online handmade sellers. In the past, Amy has shown HandmadeMarketing.org readers how to create a Tweetable link, steps to creating a Facebook...

Avoid Spamming – Networking on Social Media Is the prospect of constant spam keeping you away from taking your handmade business to the social media world?  Already using social media to connect with buyers and finding out much of your time is spent filtering out unwanted spam messages?        

Effective Blogging – 3 Blog Tips Do you have a blog?  Need some advice from a pro? We recently looked to Laura Bray, marketing guru for artists and crafters, for blogging tips and tricks.  Laura shared some excellent blogging advice with the HandmadeMarketing.org team!        

Email Blast – Advertise to Family and Friends Recently opened shop online and stuck on how to advertise your new venture?  Megan Lewis, from Etsy shop Eiriel, recently told HandmadeMarketing.org her tip for advertising to those you know. “When you’re starting out, send an email around...