Day 11 Friday May 29
PROMOTION
Urgent action required … Please get this done ASAP… hopefully before Monday morning.
A while back I was able to negotiate with Indie Smiles some free advertising for Bootcampers and promotion for icraftgifts.com The ads are for those sellers offering some sort of discount and will be advertised on this with a discount coupon. So you as a seller needs to decide how much you will discount. I reecived this email from EL which I would like you to read and get on it ASAP as they wanted us to be up and running June 1. Here is what she wrote…
The duration is 14 days. The earliest we could start is June 1, since the current coupon ends May 31. You should give them enough time to sign up and prepare their shop (we provide graphics that can be used to help advertise) before the coupon starts.
The coupon directory will be located here:
http://www.indiesmiles.com/directory/ Please remind them to read the directions (especially part 4, which includes the smiles pledge), which are located here:
http://www.indiesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/oiopub-diect/purchase.php?do=link&zone=0 Also, please remind them to include the promotion they are offering in their description with a coupon code that the customer needs to redeem it. You can see the examples already in place.
At the end it will ask for payment and to login to paypal. Remind them not to do that part (since this is a free offer). We just need them to fill out the form so that we have the info to put on the directory.
We will pick one lucky person to feature (with a full writeup) and one person as a "store feature" which we will need a 125x125 image from them to post at the top of the directory.
Also, if you get 20 people to sign up from bootcamp we will highlight icraftgifts.com and your bootcamp in the coupon directory.
I hope that brings incentive to all your participants and thanks so much for helping all these crafters out!
El
SHOPKEEPING
1) Go to the list of bootcampers and pick the shop that is 5 shops before you. Scan through their shop and identify their best listing and their worst listing. Give honest critiques about their PRESENTATION of their product. Be kind and be helpful. Check for things like photography (lighting and angle), staging of the item, written description, spelling, tags, etc. anything else that could be constructive criticism. Private message your comments to the seller on the “worst” listing and the “best listing” brag about it in the What Happened thread. I know that some of my good pictures don’t even come close to some of the bad pictures. If the shop that you have to critique has nothing in their shop go on to the next one to the left.
I have kept the list short today because it is very important that today’s assignment get done right away so you don’t miss the free ad two week ad.
Have a really good weekend
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