Hello!! I'm super excited to bring you this weeks Crafty Connections! I think you'll find this weeks links especially helpful...

Each and every week I scour the interwebs and gather the best tutorials, tips, and informative links to help with your handmade craft business. In addition, I’ll post links to cool crafty DIY projects, and blogs I think are worth following. Enjoy!

How To Market Your Etsy Shop with MailChimp
Creating your own email newsletters is totally DIY marketing. Plus, it is actually really effective.

 

Playing Big: 7 must have tools for getting what you want

It’s no use to talk about building bigger if you don’t have a real set of tools.

Is Your Site Hot or Not?
Here are a couple ways to check whether your blog is hot or not.

What Happens After the Facebook Like? 20 Tips To Engage Your Audience After the Like
A “Like” is not the end, it’s not a check mark on your list of social media accomplishments. A like is the beginning. It is the first step the visitor has made in engaging with your brand. It’s up to you what happens next.

How to Price Your Handmade Goods


You can choose to be one of the “crafters” who go along their merry way, inadvertently undercutting their competition and never making a livable wage, or you can educate yourself and become a genuine artisan with respect for your competition and for yourself.

 

Feather Butterfly Wreath DIY
Oh, I am so making this!

If you know of any good handmade craft marketing resources I should include in the next Crafty Connections post please don’t hesitate to email me, or leave the link(s) in the comments section! I would love to be able to share these great resources with everyone! Also, are these links helpful to you? Let me know! I appreciate the feedback!!!! Thank you so much!

-April
http://www.creativeapples.etsy.com