Marketing Monday: Present Yourself to the Press

Last year, I had bookmarked an Etsy blog post Seller Tip: Present Yourself to the Press.
Since I'm also posting the Feature Me Friday posts, I thought it would be a great topic.

As a crafter and seller, you want to get your story out there - summer fairs, gallery exposure, wholesale orders, and don't forget the holidays (yes, time to start thinking about it now!).
Your story should include a few basic photographs, according to Vanessa and Danielle.

a nice head shot


slyraccoon

a photo of your studio or workspace


alexkeller

a photo of you in the creative process


rikrak

your items in context


eyepopart

your items against a plain background


ecokaren

You'll want to keep high resolution photos on file and you can always resize those later.
What else can you use these for?

• About Me or Contact Me page of your business website
• Your blog
• Facebook Fan page
• Your Flickr stream
• One of the images in your Etsy listings
• A blog, magazine, or newspaper interview
• Applications for a grant, artist in residency, gallery show or craft show
• If you're picked for Featured Seller on Etsy
• Etsy Open Studios Tour series on The Storque and its Flickr group
• For another example, check out ShareSomeCandy's Workspaces series
• Other Storque posts

goodgirlsstudio

after holiday sales!!!

Here are a few Trashion sales to check out!

anyonesguess has bottle cap jewelry for 20% off!



ecokaren is having a clearance sale to make way for a new line in 2010!



alexkeller and vintagebyalexkeller has sales in both shops!