Amor De Plata featured in Etsy in Spanish Blog

Amor De Plata has been featured in blog Etsy in Spanish. The article is in english and spanish with photos of my latest work. A special thanks to Lolo who helped me with my photos and made them into a nice collage.

Check out blog Etsy in Spanish

Marketing Your Jewelry

Sometimes I think marketing your jewelry or products is the hardest part of the job. Do you find that some days you spend most of your day trying to market your product? I go to my Amor De Plata Etsy site and spend time in the forums, bounce into Twitter and leave a few twits, go to Facebook and catch up. I haven't had time to log onto Myspace forever. I try to add friends on Scoutle and then go to my Artfire and check out forums. Do you have any special tips for marketing?

Need Twitter Followers!

Hi everyone, it's been awhile but I will start to post a little more regularly now. I am using a borrowed computer which makes it difficult to use during off hours. Anyway on to what I wanted to post about, twitter. I need twitter followers so I can follow more of you. I think twitter cuts you off from following people until you get 2000 followers. So even if I have 1,425 followers, I am only allowed to follow 1,000. So I have over 400 that I want to follow but can't.

I know I can count on you! Here is my twitter and I will follow you as soon as I can.
Thanks a bunch.

http://twitter.com/amordeplata

Do you Scoutle?

I just joined Scoutle! A new networking blog traffic site you can use to promote your blog, or website. It was superfast and easy to join. It automatically hooked me up on blogspot when I chose which icon I wanted. See my little icon at the top right of my page? A big thanks to TimothyAdamDesigns.etsy.com for hooking us up to Scoutle.

Please Be Courteous and Don't Jump To Conclusions

Yes, the title is harsh but true in all types of business. I have seen many Etsy shop owners who cancel an online sale because they didn't receive the product in a few days. The buyer was in another country! Anyone who has been doing any amount of online business knows it takes a couple weeks (or more) to receive something from an international address. The seller jumps to conclusions and thinks the buyer is a loser and posts about it in forums!

Another example is what happened to me and this is why I'm a little upset. I was recently down and out with surgery hassles and really didn't want to broadcast it. I was dropped from an Etsy team for non-participation and because they didn't see me around the forums. So fine, I took all the team stuff down and feel like maybe someone should have e-mailed me first to ask if something was wrong. No, I am not going to explain to them or beg to be back on the team because I don't want to be on it anymore.

Why do they jump to conclusions and assume I don't WANT to participate? What if I had a tragic death in the family? Do they really expect you to be on the forums while you are at a wake, funeral, in mourning, etc?

This is the reason I am asking everyone to please be courteous in all of your business transactions because it's not nice to jump to conclusions.

Mexican Sun Drawing Inspired Pendant

Here is one of my latest creations. A pendant inspired by ancient mexican sun drawings. My sketch was used to hand carve a mold and make this metal clay beauty of a pendant. All handcrafted and made by me! The pendant is oxidized with a bronze background and shiny sun.

I'm Healthy and Back in Business!

It seems like I've been "out" of contact with others and my Etsy shop, blog, silkfair etc. forever. Without getting into the ugly details, I had health issues that have been resolved. I feel good now, I'm healthy, and I'm ready to get back to business.

Thanks to all who have commented, convo'd or e-mailed me with happy thoughts and prayers.

Treasuries Rock

I recently joined the flickr group Treasuries Rock. It's a group of Etsy shop owners who grab Etsy treasuries and list our group members in the treasury. It's a great way for us to band together and promote our shops. I was able to grab a treasury on my second day.

Check us out at:

http://flickr.com/groups/treasuriesrock/

New Etsy Hawaii Banner

Well, I'm finally finished with the banner for our Etsy Hawaii Street Team. Hope you like it!

A First! - Fine Silver Dot Ring

Look at this lovely dotted and lined silver ring. I love it! I will be listing another ring tomorrow.

Check out my Guestbook!

Etsy Poster Contest

Etsy is having a poster contest until the end of July. Here is my poster submission entitled "Lush Nature."

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=4161

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Amor De Plata Domain Name is Mine!

I'm so happy I just purchased my domain name. Since I really don't have any computer skills and don't want to stress, I'm having all my amordeplata.com searchers forwarded to my Etsy shop at amordeplata.etsy.com automatically. Oh my gosh, it took all of 2 minutes to sign up, entered my Etsy site name and done. If I had known it was this easy, I would have done it years ago.

A special thanks to Blissbyheather.etsy.com for all of her helpful tips and information on promoting your site in the Etsy forum. Yahoo domain names for $1.99 a year at yahoo business site! You can't beat that. Regular price is $10.00 per year, which is not bad. I LOVE Etsy, they help you so much in all aspects of promoting and success in your business. Remember to buy handmade at Etsy.com everyone.

My Etsy Site is now on Crafts Galore

I've listed my Etsy site on Crafts Galore. It's a new website to promote our Etsy shops. Click here to check it out and to vote for me at the same time!



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Our Etsy Hawaii Street Team

Come to our Etsy Hawaii Street Team page and check out other Hawaii Etsy sellers!
http://hi808etsy.blogspot.com

My Hubbys Shop

visit my hubbys shop hawaiirayray.etsy.com

He sells watercolors, art and ACEO's. The artwork is done by both of us and I wanted the art to be separate from the jewelry site. Check it out.

New Photo Stamps

Hi,

Just wanted to show you my new photo stamps. They are adorable and have my logo with Etsy.com address.