Press Outlet – Get Your Craft Noticed on Blogs

Michele Gallagher, the Etsy seller behind the shop craftychick101 recently shared her tips for getting your handmade shop noticed online.

Michele has another tip for crafters – look to blogs for press!

“My Twitter following has helped me get a lot of advertising on blogs relevant to my Etsy shop,” she told HandmadeMarketing.org.  “By contacting blog owners and asking them to feature my shop/items on their blog in exchange for some tweets with their blog link, I have been able to get myself featured in several great blogs and have made some great connections for the future with these people.”

Nervous to contact bloggers?  Don’t be!

“The blog owners are happy with the results as well as their views/blog followers often sky rocket after I tweet their link a few times,” Michele says. “These are only a few examples of how to stay visible. I wish making quality, unique products was enough, but since it’s not, you might as well have fun with it!”

Check out the HandmadeMarketing.org “Blogging” section to learn more about how blogging can help you sell more handmade online.

Have you been featured on a blog?  What was the result?  Do you know of great blogs that handmade sellers should check out?