Promo123 Love

Friday, June 22, 2012

Summer of 2012

Online Get together's

Although School was a big time consumer. My summer's are focused on Social Media and Networking. For most that have been with the team from the beginning knows why I created this team.

For those that have just joined us I would love to give a brief over view. Located on this blog you can see where we started. We have grown in my eyes hugely. My goal for this team was to create a small close networking team.

To give a little back ground of myself, I am a full time double degree in Business. I own a Deli Located on the Peninsula of Washington. Where we successfully opened on a 1000 loan from a friend. We are fully up and running of the last 2 years and growing and learning day by day.

I have been in the Jewelry and Accessories business for over 5 years now. I have never done whole sale although it is in the future of prospect deals. I have sold in 3 states and in 5 different shops. Art fairs, and Markets. OF course family and friends have been a HUGE support.

I first hand seen Social Media work and as we have grown I have not been able to keep up with School. But it is Summer and I would like to pick up the pace and grow what we have stronger. But I can't do it alone.

So I going to be on alot during summer .... here is my plans... so I hope you all will follow along and grow with me.

As some of you know some main seller points include photos and Descriptions. I have been working so hard on changing those very things. Example I was using photo box during winter I am taking full advantage of the natural sun this summer.

Before & after examples of my descriptions and new photos. Big improvement I am still continuing on working on these. And will continue to do so as I grow.

Social Media plays a huge part. I have 5 bookings for weddings by using Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Please make sure you stop on in the threads in our discussions and link up with our fellow teammates.

Pinterest is becoming a huge hit so I highly suggest working on growing there if you were wanting to grow your followers.

Here are a few boards may be worth looking into. With Facebook now charging for extreme Promotion Pinning has taking a leap over the past month.

http://pinterest.com/lorna146/let-s-be-social-pinterest/ <~~ MY BOARD
http://pinterest.com/yoursocialmedia/everyone-s-social-media-resource/ <~~ a COMMUNITY i BELONG TOO

Our Board :
http://pinterest.com/lorna146/promo123love/

We may look into having our own page will look into this. ** future plans **

BLOGGING...

I will be doing blogs again. As well as my own .. How to with Lornajane you can find that here :

http://howtowithlornajane.blogspot.com/

This is my main focus though is this team. With little team effort we can grow this summer stronger. I am so looking forward to it.

I will be reviewing applications and updating the team a bit you may see numbers decrease and increase threw out the summer. We have little rules but need team efforts to make a team happen.

Cant wait to see you all this summer here and there. Let's have some fun and help each other out.

Last BUT not LEAST Very IMPORTANT!! here is a Directory Thread please use as a road map to our threads as new ones open I will maintain. EXCEPT our weekly challenges. The social media links and monthly threads will be updated.

http://www.etsy.com/teams/11461/promo123-love/discuss/10310989/

Much Luv,
Lornajane

Monday, May 7, 2012

Spring and Summer time!

Spring and Summer time is a great time to be stocked up in your shops!! Spring and Summer normally bring in more sales do to the weather being nicer and this feeds in to our economies.

Some tips on store presentation for spring and summer. Photos there is always improvement for photos if your item is a little on the dark side. Try to avoid distractions including props with lots of writing, large props than your item. Show details of your item. Close ups of details is important.

Describe your item in best detail as you can.

Research your shipping fees. Paypal is 1.64 for 3 ozs you can ship up to 13 ozs and still be first class mail 2 -5 days shipping. That 1.64 includes a conformation code. Beware of shipping costs. I have had to fix several times but think I am on the perfect track now. Thanks to Pam our leader I have learned alot from.

Pricing research your pricing, by researching similar items near you or online. Find your price point. Stick to it.

Offer coupon codes to returning customers. Have a summer sale. There alot of ways to get your items out there. Please feel free to use the threads! I wish all of you lots of spring success!

Much Luv,

Lornajane

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

New Happenings

We're comping up on 4 months old. I am so proud of everyone, There has been so much good feed back about the positive atmosphere of the group. About how much traffic everyone is seeing around them. I am hoping that this can remain this way as were are getting Larger.

We just Hit our 100 member shop. Congrats! over all things have been going great. Lots of new items have been listed. Threads are being used. I see alot of people promoting. I am hoping your store views have increased and keep increasing. AND SALES!! Our objective !!

Wanted to touch base on some of the new highlights of Promo123love. ~

Leaders~ Some may be aware that we have some new leaders. Tina and Chris have been around sense the Start of Promo123love. With each having selling experience. We thought they would be good for addition to add to leadership of Promo123love. You can find their shops
http://www.etsy.com/shop/allbuttonedupbytina
http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoorCountyBlues

Threads~ We have several new threads located in the Discussions. Some are getting buried and it may be hard to find them. If wanting to find a thread you think may be located among the pages. Click on Discussions and than go up to the top and type in key words. Example : "Social Sites" you will find this thread
http://www.etsy.com/teams/11461/promo123-love/discuss/9596500/

You will find the introduction thread here, Because its a private thread with information about our shops you cant find it with out looking for it. You may find it here if your a member.
http://www.etsy.com/teams/11461/promo123-love/discuss/9577628/

Promotional threads have been growing with a few new and fun creative ideas. Such as themed weeks. Where you will see Tina posting threw out the month. Past 2 themes have been, Your Favorite Childhood Memory , and Your Favorite Song. Here are a few of the Made Treasuries our team created

allbuttonedupbytina's Treasury for Favorite Childhood Memory

DiscoveryBay 's Treasury for favorite Song week.

Meet and Greet ( Long over due)
I had started Meet and Greets to help bring the new members to get to know their teammates. A chance to favor and circle some new shops. Feel free to take a peek at the past few weeks new members are.

Recent Meet and Greet March 24th 2012

Welcoming new Shops including:

NAFStudio

One thing I wanted to address about Pinterest for all those pinners out there. A few of us have been keeping up on the Pinterest gossip and hot blogs, where they are discussing the terms to have been to confusing to people that have Pinterest accounts. It seems that Pinterest is going to be changing their terms and condition's which you may have seen when you log into your Pinterest. If you have been worried about pinning I think its worth looking over. .
Pinterest board has over 230 followers, 200 pins. http://pinterest.com/lorna146/promo123-love/

Thank you everyone for everything this has been a great learning experience for me and many. Keep up the good work and happy sales to all.

Much luv,

Lornajane

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Two Blooms Designs Studio

I have always been fascinated by soap and candle making. A few weeks ago I did a coverage on Vedge Candle, well just so happens Vedge Candle invited a friend to join Promo123 Love, and that friend, or should I say friends (sisters of ) Two Blooms Designs Studio, they just so happen to make soap and other variety of items. So we're lucky to get the inside scoop on another one of my favorites.

This talented duo are located in British Columbia, Canada. Which personally I believe is a fabulous place to visit, if you haven't attach that to your bucket list. IF you do and are near some markets you might just happen to run into these ladies. You never know.

While learning about these sister’s I noticed these ladies have been in the business sense 2002. Congratulations for a full decade of doing what you love to do. That is a huge accomplishment to be recognized for. I spent a great deal looking at the social sites of Two Blooms Design Studios, well organized and worth the time to browse threw. Below is a list of sites you may find these ladies.

Etsy: www.etsy.com/2bloomsdesignstudio
Website: www.twoblooms.webs.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TwoBlooms
Blog: www.twobloomsdesignstudio.blogspot.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/twoblooms
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/twoblooms
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/97262223@N00
Wanelo: www.wanelo.com/twoblooms
WeHeartIt: www.weheartit.com/twoblooms

Lets take a closer look at their outstanding products.

You May click on any photo for a closer look at these delicious products.

Closer look behind the scenes of Two Blooms Design Studio

What are your favorite ingredients to work with?

We love working with fragrances, specifically essential oils. It’s fun to come up with new original one of a kind blends. We also enjoy working with colors and making soy wax candles.

How long have you been making soap? And how did this venture in life start?

This is our 10th year of making bath/beauty, knitwear and soy candles. We got started after receiving a gift certificate for a bar of soap that cost $10.00 and we thought to ourselves, ‘hey, we can make this better and less expensive’ and we did!

After taking a look at your shop I see you are sisters, what are your age differences and what is it like to work with each other?

There is enough of an age gap that we both feel like only children yet we really enjoy working together. Each of us has our strengths and weaknesses so it makes for a great partnership.

We know you sell on Etsy but where was your product before?

We’ve been selling our products at local farmers markets and craft shows. We also have a website, blog, twitter and are involved in several social media sites.

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Along with soap you make other products, care to share with us what is your favorite?

Soap is our favorite medium to work with as the possibilites are endless. You can’t always predict how your soap will turn out but it allows you to be so creative. Our knit-ware line is really starting to take off and again, with color and texture the possibilities are endless.

Example of other items besides soap and candles.

What is it that you would like us to know about your products, that we don’t and would like to share?

We eat, sleep and breathe our products and the creative process never stops. We go above and beyond regarding the quality of our products and source out the best possible ingredients we can find. We shop locally whenever possible and support other local artisans in our area. We listen to our customers and come up with products to suit their needs. A majority of our customers are vegan and we contact our suppliers to make sure the ingredients we use are vegan. We stay on top of trends and adapt our products accordingly. We have integrity and deliver a product that is superior.

I want to take a minute to thank Two Blooms Designs Studio for letting us take a closer look into their beautiful shop!! A personal thank you for joining Promo123 Love. Helping it grow and being such a supportive teammate! I really enjoyed learning more about your history of your products. AND a BIG Congrats on that 10 year anniversary!

~ Lornajane ~