Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I recently wrote that I didn't think blogs were all that great for promotion. Maybe I was wrong about that.
Etsy just published its results from their January 2008 survey. 30,000 people responded -almost half were buyers only.
I took a look at the data. 26% of the buyers found out about Etsy on blogs, and 17% found handmade Etsy products through blogs! (Still, the most frequent way buyers find out about Etsy is through a friend - 33%).
With regard to MySpace or Facebook, almost three quarters of buyers have a profile on at least one of them! And a quarter of buyers use Flickr.
My conclusions:
- I may have been wrong about the impact blogging has on promoting. I had planned to continue to blog, but now I won't be so negative about its potential use for promotion.
- I am definitely going to work on my MySpace account, and possibly look into FaceBook.
Maybe I'm going to have to invest in this:
(Hey, it's deductable as a business expense!)
You can find more about the survey results on The Storque.
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That's a great suggestion. I'm going to check it out tonight.
Thanks!
but you can add etsy mini :)
good articles!!!
Yes, the first thing I'm definitely going to have to do is figure out how to add the Etsy Mini to MySpace.
Thanks! I did it! My Etsy Mini is now in my MySpace.
Keep posting away :)
Dang - that is whining. But I'm absolutely at wit's end trying to find a way to juggle stuff. Any suggestions? Thanks for all the great info - it's very much appreciated.