"What “online” marketing strategies are you currently using?

I have a couple online strategies going right now. The biggest one would be www.blockheadradio.com ads. Since I stated promoting with them my site traffic has doubled. I also found you have to have multiple shops (it is not a good idea to have all your eggs in one basket). I started off with one shop on Etsy. I found out about ArtFire not to long ago and set up a shop there as well. I soon found myself wanting to set up more shops including shops at DeviantArt and Fine Art America. I soon found out that blogging was an awesome way to promote not only myself but fellow artists. The more I help other artists the better my shop seems to do.  I started trading for items to giveaway on my blog to promote not only that artist but all the artists on my blog. I not only feature other artists on my blog I feature animal rescues and causes that I like. I use byhand.me to promote all of my shops in one place. I use that blog to promote by doing giveaway's....... "

"Networking is something we all know we need to do but often shy away from because it seems like such a dull, daunting and forced task. We envision a stuffy meeting hall full people in stiff neckties and too much grey. Thankfully, this doesn’t have to be the norm for networking anymore. Now networking can happen from your couch in your pajamas! Enter Twitter.

Most of us have heard of Twitter by now. If you haven’t, let me quickly fill you in. Twitter is a social networking phenomenon that has swept the Internet by storm. Everyone from the usual social networking gurus, to the high profile celebrities, to the old lady down the street is using it. But what does that matter to the average crafter who’s selling either creations on the World Wide Web? Everything!......."

Continue reading my article about "Why You Should Be Using Twitter" at the Marketing Department of HandmadeNews.org were it was first published.