I have been using
http://www.byhand.me to make "artisan spotlights" that feature ONLY iCraft artisans! It is fun!
These spotlights are like the Etsy treasury and feature artists other than yourself.
It was interesting to me when I started this. I put together a couple of themed artisan spotlights of iCraft artisans and they have 60-70 views already.
You can click the button for each of them to be "tweeted" and there is a button to keep retweeting. I think I have created about seven, but here is the list of spotlights just for iCraft - others have done a few too:
http://tinyurl.com/dyyp3sOpen them up and retweet.
If many of us retweeted spotlights ongoing, one or two a day, a lot of new people would become aware of iCraft.Creating a spotlight can be challenging sometimes because of the poor quality of a lot of photos (fabulous work though). Taking good, bright, unbusy, product photos for our shops is a challenge for ALL of us.
For the artisan spotlight, I pick only the brightest, clearest, most colorful, and interesting photos for items that I can find because I want to present iCraft as a premiere, classy and professional artisan venue.
If I cannot find enough good photos, then I don't do the theme I had in mind, which can be disappointing sometimes because the work is fabulous and I want to show it off.
We truly have so many awesome creators here that we need to bring them into the light!
Retweet these spotlights to your twitter world!
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