Cosy & Cuddly + Tell Your Sellers Story: Treasury Tuesday & Twitter Hour Reminders

Hello lovelies! I'm down to crunch time with this reminder but, in case you haven't been onto Etsy or any of the other social media platforms it never hurts to have another reminder of today's themes for Treasury Tuesday and the Twitter Chat!

If you still haven't posted a treasury, don't worry, Tuesday isn't over and there's still time to curate a lovely treasury. Today's theme is Cosy & Cuddly. Let's see your many cosy and cuddle worthy favourite items from the team!

Twitter Chat tonight is all about telling your seller story, what inspired you to start selling and how are you expanding this via social media platforms.

Twitter chat starts at 7:30pm and lasts for an hour. Please remember to use the hashtag #dorsetteam and be following @DorsetTeam on twitter for a lovely chat with other team members!

Have a beautiful rest of your week!

Afternoon Tea and Tweets

Good afternoon lovely Dorset Teamsters! In case you haven't already taken notice of this via the team forum or any of the Facebook pages-groups, today's Treasury Tuesday theme is 'Afternoon Tea'! Still time to get a nice treasury in if you want to participate or go peruse some of the treasuries created by wonderful team members!

In other news, our Twitter Hour this week is a social chat, a chance to get to know other team members, their likes, dislikes, habits and more! Please do join us at 7:30 on Twitter and don't forget to use the hashtag #dorsetteam when replying to the questions/chat prompts.

I was away until late yesterday evening so apologies for posting a bit later than I had hoped. Trying to get back into the swing of things is always a bit tough when one has been away, isn't it?

Last week's twitter chat theme was all about Social Media. It seems, from the discussion, that people are mainly using Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to connect with customers on a regular basis. Are these platforms you use regularly?

Building reach on social media should also help translate into more sales and it seems that those taking part in the discussion last week came to the conclusion that the most effective platforms to do this on seem to be Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. Posting product photos as well as work in progress ones are always a good idea as well.

All in all, it seems that we are all learning by trial and error what works best and what doesn't when it comes to social media. This is why it is great to have these twitter chats as it gives us a chance to talk things out and bounce ideas off each other. Please do join in tonight to get to know each other a little better.

Next week's Treasury Tuesday theme is: Gorgeous Greens!

Next week's Twitter Hour Chat theme is: Selling at Events, I am sure this will be a great chat especially for those of us who are a bit newer to this kind of selling.

Look forward to tweeting with you all later!


Afternoon Tea photo courtesy of Pixabay.com

Twitter Hour & Treasury Tuesday: Recap from Last Week and Theme Announcements

Hello all! Sorry for not posting this yesterday. I was feeling a bit under the weather and was a little busy so thought I would get it up today before it was too late!

As you all know, last week's Twitter Hour was a general Q&A sort so I will basically just recap a bit of what members who participated talked about so those of us who weren't able to attend or don't have twitter can see what was discussed and hopefully get some great tips from the discussion!

The questions asked and discussed last week were the following:

Q: Is there anything you are struggling with?
Q: What do you think your strengths are in your business?
Q: What do you wish you could get help with?
Q: Anything you're not sure about on Etsy? This is your chance to ask your friendly team!
Q: What do you wish you'd known when you started your Etsy shop?

Sadly, it seems there was not much of a response or participation in last weeks twitter hour so hopefully tonight's will be better attended. In general, responses of wanting help with making more attractive listings and wishing one had known how much hard work Etsy shops are before starting one I think are probably things we can all relate to or have been able to relate to in the past. What are your thoughts on the questions asked? Comments are encouraged and welcome. This blog is here to help us all learn, get to know one another and support each other as we all grow our businesses. Participation is key and helpful to get the word out about each one of our shops.

This week's Twitter Hour theme is Social Media for Your Etsy Shop. If you aren't already on twitter, please do sign up and create an account. When used efficiently twitter can be a great boost to sales and this week's topic is one that you will not want to miss if you feel that you aren't as social media savvy as you'd like to be. Don't forget, the team's twitter handle is @DorsetTeam, tweet all replies with the hashtag #dorsetteam and the Twitter Hour starts at 7:30pm!

Another great way to participate in weekly team events online is by creating a treasury on Etsy for Treasury Tuesday. This week's theme is The Great Outdoors which is why I have featured a photo I took of Langdon Wood right here in Dorset as a title photo for this post. What items in your Etsy shop feature the great outdoors? Why not create a treasury to discover items by team members that feature this? Find the info on how to create a treasury list in the Etsy team forum or ask our lovely Lynn Davy for some pointers!

Hope to see you all tweeting tonight!

Cheers!

Twitter Hour and Treasury TuesdayThemes August 2nd

Hello everyone! Happy August! From this week on we will be making announcements about Twitter Hour and Treasury Tuesday themes on the blog on a weekly basis so definitely stay tuned to this space in the future. Though it is a bit later in the day for Treasury Tuesday you can still join in with a treasury based around the theme Jurassic Coast. Would be interesting to see what you all come up with! I chose to head this blog post with a photo I took from Stonebarrow of part of our beautiful coast to inspire you in case you still want to participate.

In just over and hour we will be having our Twitter Hour discussion. Twitter Hour is a great way to keep up with the latest Etsy information as well as get to know other sellers from the team. Discussions are always friendly and are in the format of Questions and Answers. Tonight's theme is General Q & A with a starting question of-- Is there anything you are struggling with? Please join in and use the hashtag #dorsetteam when replying to any of the questions. This is the best time to get help from each other by joining in.

Tomorrow I will write up a summary of what was discussed and post it on the blog for those who missed the discussion or are not on Twitter. Remember, Twitter Hour starts at 7:30pm. See you there!


Twitter Hour is every Tuesday from 7:30pm, weekly.
Treasury Tuesday is every week during Tuesday, Refer to the group forum on Etsy for instructions on how to join in.

Next week's Treasury Tuesday theme will be: The Great Outdoors
Next week's Twitter Hour theme: Social Media for Your Etsy Shop