How Often To Post
To Your Craft Fair Facebook Page?

Got a Facebook business page for your craft fair business? Selling handcrafted items online using Facebook?

I've noticed the more I post to The Extravaganza Craft Facebook business page the more my reach and talking about it insights increase. Consistency is also a key factor as when I don't post often enough or every day my reach drops significantly.

How often should I post on my handmade craft Facebook business page?

Sell Crafts Using LinkedIn Profiles

When my LinkedIn profile wasn't complete and was full of generic information everyone else had it did nothing for my Art and Craft Newsletter and Small Business Consulting. I bought a $47 product from Kristina Jaramillo and Eric Gruber of

Selling on Etsy
How To Sell Handmade Crafts on Etsy

Sue Mongeon of Etsy Members - Professional Shop Owners Group on LinkedIn shared this tip for posting photos of your handmade crafts on Etsy.

How to Display Art in Art Galleries

Thinking about displaying your art in galleries? Wondering what to do before meeting with art gallery directors?

Gary Boyler of Gary Boyler Fine Art shares 6 Important Things To Do Before You Approach an Art Gallery.

Create a Clear Artistic Vision

This is the big one.

Gallery directors are looking for mature artists and mature artists have a clear artistic vision.

Is Facebook and Social Media Selling Art?

Social media is working for my art business but...

I have gone to where my customers (artists and crafters) are on Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. and that is where I post.

Search keywords related to your product in the Facebook search box.

Want to know how many people like fine art? Type in fine art in the Facebook search box and go to fine arts-interests.

Check out your competitions pages from the search above.

Simple Inexpensive Ways to Collect Art Festival Customers Contact Information

Are you collecting contact information of people who buy your one of a kind works of art, why not?

Collecting customers contact information is simple and makes it easier to make sales increasing profits.

Here's how:

1. Use duplicate receipts.

How to Add Art and Craft Buyers
To Mailing Lists

First read Why Add Art and Craft Buyers to Mailing Lists.

Collect Art Buyers Contact Information

Decide what information you need to mail and email your customers useful information that will encourage them to buy your one of kind handcrafted art work. Information that is generally collected includes:

First Name Last Name Address City State Zip Code Phone Number Email Address Birth Date

Reasons Your Art or Craft Business
Needs Social Marketing

The idea behind a blog (and other social media) for your handcrafted arts and crafts is if someone comes to your craft show booth or online craft store but isn't ready to buy for any reason such as they don't have money right now, planning for a future purchase or occasion, love your product but don't need it right now, or are just looking...

They follow you and you can continue to market to them.

How to Sell Art Online
Take Better Pictures

When selling art online little is more important than quality of your pictures.

You won't get many sales if the quality of the pictures make it hard for the buyer to see the quality of your art or craft. Worse yet bad pictures can make the buyer imagine your art is poor quality because you didn't care if the photos were low quality.

Taking pictures of handcrafted art is something that overwhelms many artists and crafters.

Well today I was checking the polls and there have been a lot of you respond to them. So I will let you know what the results are as they currently stand.

What is the average price of your product?

• 1 person answered $20.01-$30
• 1 person said $100.01-$125

What are the 3 biggest obstacles your business faces?

• 1 person answered How to Market/Advertise My Business
• 1 answered Displays
• 2 said it was How to Make my Website Make More Money
• 1 said Cutting Costs
• 1 said How to Make More Sales at Shows

What seasons do you do shows?

• 1 said they do Fall Shows
• 2 said they do Winter Shows
• 2 of you do Spring Shows
• 2 do Summer Shows
• 1 only does Holiday Shows
• 2 or you do Shows All Year Long

When do you start selling Christmas and holiday merchandise?

• 1 said I sell holiday merchandise all year round
• 1 starts selling holiday merchandise right after Halloween
• 2 start selling holiday merchandise right after Thanksgiving

Do you change the look of your booth to coordinate with seasons, holidays, and other special occasions?

• 2 of you said Yes, I decorate my booth for the holidays and seasons
• 3 said No, my booth stays the same through out the year

What is your average income at craft shows per year?

• 4 answered Between $0 and $10,000
• 1 answered Between $30,000 and $40,000
• 1 answered Above $50,000

What do you sell at shows?

Note: I changed some of the answers to this poll so some of the answers are skewed just a bit.

How to Sell Crafts Online

Artists and crafters are learning to succeed at your hobby as a business you need to market your crafts well.

Marketing involves engaging your customers in a relationship building trust. The most cost efficient way is to use the resources the internet provides us. For instance online craft stores, web sites, e-mail marketing, and more. Click here to read Reasons to Stay In Touch With Art Fair Customers.