New Workshop Series - Grow Your Shop

Hi guys!  I'd like to start out by introducing myself.  My name is Kristi and I'm a 30-something stay-at-homer from Greenville.  I'm a blogger and an Etsian (speckleddog).

I joined this team a few weeks ago and I'm really excited to have the chance to help build our team and help build members' individual sales.  My contribution to our team blog will be tips and tricks on how to maximize your listings to help you get your items sold. I'm calling this series, "Grow Your Shop".

My first series of posts will focus on photos.  Your photos are probably the most important part of your listing.  Your photos will be what gets you noticed, what gets you into treasuries and what gets you featured on Etsy. 

If you take a look at the treasuries that have made it to the front page, you'll see that not only are the bright and clear, but they have an artsy feel to them.

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When you're taking your photos, your goal shouldn't just be to just show someone what you're selling.  Your goal should be to get your photo into a treasury and ultimately onto the front page or Etsy or into one of their newsletters.  I'm going to show you how to take photos that will get you noticed and that will have people wanting to include your items in their treasuries.

I'm not a professional, but I've had 106 sales in just under 5 months.  I've gained 557 shop hearts in this time period and have been included in 99 treasuries.  I've also had an item featured in an Etsy newsletter, which brought thousands of views to my shop.  I truly believe that it is my photos that have done all of this for me and I want YOUR photos to do the same for you. 

My photo series will cover the following topics, plus additional tips.

• Lighting
• Photo Styling
• Shooting
• Editing

I hope that you'll stop back by next week for the first workshop post on photos.