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3Jun/100

12 Great Things Every Handmade Artist Should Blog About

Do you blog? What do you blog about?

Blogging is a very inexpensive, effective method for marketing handmade online. It is also a great way to create an online following and increase your rankings in the search engines.

So to help you get going, here are 12 great things that you can keep blogging about over and over again.

If you are a handmade artist blog about…

1. Your shop’s grand opening or a new web site you started

2. Every time you make a sale blog about it. Share what you sold and who you sold it to and how excited you are that you made another sale.

3. Special discounts or sales, especially if they are holiday related.

4. Your newest handmade creation. Include what inspired you, techniques and materials you used. Try to always explain the why behind your choices.

5. A technique you just learned. Share your excitement of learning something new and make sure to include how your buyers can benefit from you learning your new technique. Perhaps your new technique increases the quality of your handmade creations, thus increasing the value.

6. A class or seminar you just attended. Even if it is something you attended online, share what you found most interesting about the class, instructor etc.

7. New materials you just purchased and how you planned to use them in an upcoming creation. 8. Your last craft show you participated in. Try to include pictures of your booth and how you displayed your items.

9. Your favorite place to create whether it is your studio or favorite chair, etc. Take your readers behind the scene as you create.

10. Where your handmade items can be found online or offline. Make sure to include a link.

11. Share your buyer’s feedback or testimonial.

12. Share your answers to common questions that people ask about your handmade.

Do you have more great ideas for blogging? If you blog about your handmade add your blog to our free online Must Read Craft Blogs Directory.

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3Jun/100

Shop Great Handmade Online

Shopping for handmade online is perhaps one of the easiest and best ways to shop for handmade. Thanks to virtual craft shows, like HandmadeCraftShow.com it just go a lot easier to shop great handmade. If you love to spend your weekends perusing traditional craft shows, then you are definitely going to love shopping for handmade on HandmadeCraftShow.com.

Because it is a virtual online craft show it is open 24/7 and it has tons and tons of handmade from all over. Nope when you shop for handmade in this virtual craft show you are not limited by your location. You can find handmade from all over including Canada. Yep you can easily shop Canadian handmade without ever having to leave your shop. If you love to shop handmade from the popular online marketplaces, like Etsy.com or Artfire.com, then you don't have to worry. Handmade artists from the most popular online market places are also featured.

Yes thanks to virtual craft shows like HandmadeCraftShow.com you can shop for fabulous handmade regardless of the weather and you don't have to worry about lugging around your handmade finds. Nope once you find the handmade you love you buy it directly from the handmade artists and have it shipped to your home. It is just that easy. But you don't have to take our word for it. Go ahead and check it out yourself.

You can shop one of a kind handmade fashion, including stunning handmade jewelry, unique handmade home décor, handmade gifts for mom, and super cute handmade items for children and then some! Sometimes you can even find tasty handmade eatables! Shopping for unique handmade has never been more enjoyable!

HandmadeCraftShow.com is an online virtual craft show. We understand that selling crafts online can be a very daunting task. That is why HandmadeCraftShow.com works very hard marketing our craft show and increasing the online exposure of our handmade craft artists.