To Bring You Up to Speed...

December 2010: "Here's a thought: I have no job so can finally dedicate time to sell my crafts on Etsy!"

January 2011: "Hey, Becca! Let's work together and make some things to sell on Etsy!" -Heather "Okay, Heather! Let's do it!" -Becca

February 4th: My Etsy shop called Things to Make you Squeal with Delight was created, but I had no products to list yet.

March 10th: The first products (Knit Earring Displays) were put up for sale!

As of today:

• Number of Knit Earring Displays listed for sale: 6.
• Number of sales: 0.
• Shop Hearts: 5 (most of them friends tho).
• Highest amount of views on an item: 87.
• Lowest amount of views on an item: 23.
• Level of ambivalence: 100%.

I just so happened to be exploring Etsy and I stumbled into an online information chat session for beginners. Score! Here is the list of things I need to do to help my store which I gleaned from that session:

Read:

• The Etsy Seller Handbook: All Our How-To's About Selling
• Etsy Success for Beginner Sellers
• Etsy's Guide to Custom Work

Learn About Shipping:

• Seller How-to: Shipping
• Research on USPS

Get Involved in the Etsy Community:

• Teams
• Treasury Lists

Learn about Search Engine Optimization:

• Read SEO for Dummies
• Learn what is being searched for using Google Adwords Keywords Tool.
• Learn about Google Alerts.
• Try out Craftopolis.
•  See if people are talking about me at Social Mention.

And last but not least: LEARN ABOUT BLOGGING!

• Read: Etsy's Guide to Blogging.
• Join: Etsy's Blog Team.
• Get the Pocket Shop for my blog.
• Maybe read this book: 52 Weeks of Blogging.
• An example of an Etsy blog.