Help I'm An Art Vendor.
I Can't Find Your Fair, Festival, or Show

Help I'm An Art Vendor. I Can't Find Your Fair, Festival, or Show.

Okay, I am not an artist looking to reserve a booth for your show but...

I do have a newsletter for artists and craft vendors and search the Internet for shows often.

Many times I find show listings online for shows that happened in the past. There is no contact information for the show promoter, applications for next year, or information on next year's dates.

Facebook Giveaway Guidelines

Facebook has its own guidelines when it comes to giveaways. This is very important because if you do not follow their rules your Facebook page could be deleted. To put it simply, Facebook does not want to have anything to do with your giveaway.

When to hold A Giveaway
On Your Facebook Page

When you own a small business the best way to attract customers and keep them involved is to keep them entertained. This should not be done on your shop website as that is for the sole purpose of displaying your items. Most of us (online vendors) have turned to Facebook, Twitter or Google+.

I prefer to use Facebook to engage with my customers since it is very user friendly. You can share new items, link back to your shop (most important), share sales, coupon codes, etc.

Are You Using Pinterest
To Sell Your Arts And Crafts?

Who Are Pinterest Users?

Pinterest users are generally young females busily pinning and repinning images of hand crafted works of art to their favorite boards. Females are known for being purchasers for their families making this the perfect place to meet your target market.

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Are Photographs Keeping People from Buying Your Handmade Crafts

People buying art in a brick and mortar store can pick up and inspect an item for quality of construction, details, etc. They can pick it up, try it on and see how it looks on them etc.

When buying crafts online your pictures are all they have to see the pieces and imagine themselves in or using it.

How to Sell More Jewelry Directly from Your Blog

copyright by Rena Klingenberg

Your blog is an excellent tool for selling your jewelry online. In fact, many jewelry artists sell their work exclusively from their blogs.

You can stir up your readers' interest in your work by blogging about how your jewelry is created, what's unique about a particular piece or component, what the piece signifies to you, what happened while you were creating it, etc.

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.

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.

Holly Sennott creator of  Kooky Critters had this great idea.

"I have a large FB fan following and it brings loads of traffic to my Etsy shop and my website. I have not tried Payvment yet, but will certainly check that out.

Facebook Page Helps Your Art or Craft
Business Know Who Your Customers Are

Have you ever wondered exactly who your craft show customers are? Who to target in your advertising? How to find out if your target market is male or female, what age they are, or where they are located? Ever wondered who was most likely to walk into your craft show booth?

Your art and craft based Facebook business page can help.

First of all if you don't have a Facebook business page I suggest getting one.

Difference Between Creating Interest in Your Arts and Crafts
and Getting People To Buy Your Crafts

To have a successful full time business selling arts and crafts (defined as making enough income to support yourself or your family without having a part time job) two things must happen.

1. There must be enough people interested in buying your arts and crafts.
2. You must be able to persuade people interested in your art to buy.

Dear Readers,

I’m working to build the best list of art and craft shows in the US that Twitter has ever seen.

I’ve already started a list of artists and crafters that show promoters could visit looking for vendors of handcrafted items.

Help me get the two groups together if you are an artist or crafter on Twitter follow me at http://twitter.com/#!/TheExtravaganza and message me to that affect.

Message me your favorite art and craft shows that tweet and I will follow and list them for all to see.