Friday, December 31, 2010

Are you Swap/Trade Friendly?

We at My Texas Friends are ramping up the Promoting fun by starting our first Promo Swap. You will notice a poll on the left sidebar of this page and we hope that everyone will vote yes or no.


My Texas Friend Promo Swap Leader, Corkycrafts, is heading up this opportunity for everyone who participates in the My Texas Friends Forum Thread.


For those of you who have not read her post explaining the Promo Swap and how it works, here it is:



More information about swap/promo -
The promo swap is easy – people send a sample item you wish to help promote your shop. You can send coupons, fliers, for example if you make beads - small bag w/1 bead enclosed w/your business card, lots of ideas to help promote your shop. When I participated the cost was $7.00 for shipping. Everybody paid to 1 person via paypal (best promo than purchasing an Etsy showcase) These items will be put into packets and redistributed to those that contributed. When I participated I had a nice assortment of items that contained that had yarn samples, gift tags, pins, buttons, scrubbies, business card magnets, coupons, when I participated it was great exposure to my shop plus also promoted sales.

If anybody is interested in participating check out the poll.

CorkyBeth

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

My Texas Friends Wants to Feature You in 2011

Yes My Texas Friends, it's time to start scheduling our Meet and Greet Series again.

Those who have seen them before, every so often we'll feature someone who posts in the My Texas Friends forum threads located in the Etsy Forums. We do not want to leave Anybody out this year.

Here is how it works- We post your Etsy Mini here on the blog along with some information from your Etsy profile and anything else you would like for our readers to know.. like if you are having a sale during the time your feature is running, or if you do custom work, appearing at any craft shows, etc.

This will be a first come first served buffet line. Please either leave a comment here or in our monthly thread or as a third option, contact me via Etsy Conversation  aka "convo" so I can add you to the schedule.

2011 is going to be an outstanding year for My Texas Friends!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Happy Holidays: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Other Celebrations!

Wishing everyone the very happiest of whatever you celebrate this time of year! Lots of Love, light, peace and joy to and from My Texas Friends.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Poll is Closed

I would like to thank everyone who voted in our recent poll to decide if our humble group should become an official Etsy Team. The Results are:
8 for yes
0 for no
2 for Not Sure

In January, we'll start gathering the information necessary to make this group an official team.

Here is what we'll need to establish
http://www.etsy.com/teams/create
According to
http://www.etsy.com/policy/dosdonts#community_teams

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. I started the My Texas Friends as a Promo Thread and it has turned into so much more.
Contact me or visit our monthly Promo thread to discuss what you, My Texas Friends, want this group to be.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Should My Texas Friends become an Official Etsy Team?

Look on the left side of this page to answer that question, If you would like to share your thoughts on the matter then leave a comment.