Using Pinterest For Your Business

Have you considered using Pinterest for your business?

Pinterest specifically asks that you not use Pinterest only for promoting your business and to follow etiquette, you probably shouldn’t post a majority of pins from your own things. But I believe it’s acceptable to post a few things from your shop–perhaps on a board devoted to your business. That way people aren’t stuck following your business pins if they are not interested in them.

I have an account on Pinterest that I use so I can find all my bookmarks and remember why I actually bookmarked them in the 1st place. I also “pin” things that I think are pretty or funny just because I feel like it. I doubt that I’ll ever do a majority of the things I pin, but I like looking for ideas now and then.

I created a board for my Etsy shop which you can see here. A great tip is to type the price in the description. If you do so, a banner appears across the photo advertising the price.

So, have you considered using Pinterest as a way to share your business?

Do you have Pinterest boards? Share a link in the comments.

This Week’s Weekly Woo Hoo~A Twist

This week, let’s shake up the weekly woo on Friday.

Instead of listing something great you sold–share a link to the most interesting, funny, weird, beautiful, crazy (you pick) item in your store.

I’m telling you today to give you time to think about which item you’d like to add.

1. Limit 1 link per person.

2. Must be family friendly.

3. Share a description of it–where you found it or what you like about it.

Look What I Found

I’m SUPER excited about this find…….some of you may remember awhile back we had the King of Converse stop by and share some info about selling vintage Converse shoes.  The vintage ones are easy to spot because they’re made in the USA!

Since my conversation with him last spring, I’ve been looking everywhere for Converse made in the USA.  I’ve found a lot of Converse shoes, but all made in China…….last week, I was at VV (One of my faves!) and I spotted a pair of women’s pink Converse.  I don’t know why, but even after striking out so many times, I still get a little bit excited when I see a pair……maybe this will be the one I’m looking for!

I took a peek inside………

Sure enough!!!!  I had to double check…..I’m so used to seeing “Made in China” that I could hardly believe my eyes!

They’re in such fantastic condition, I wasn’t even sure they were authentic, they almost look brand new!

Fingers crossed, we’ll see how they do!

This Week on eBay

Things have been hopping around here, sales have slowed down since Christmas, but it hasn’t been too bad…..I’ve sold a few  higher prices things that I was hoping would sell during Christmas, so that’s always a plus.  Sales on other venues have slowed down  too, but I still had a sale on addoway.com this week, so I was excited about that…..every little bit helps.

I’ve been doing a LOT of listing on eBay.  It took longer for me to get all settled in our house than I expected, (of course putting the holidays right in the middle of it all didn’t help any either) and I’m just now starting to feel like I’m back to normal life.  I actually had time a couple of days this week to work on some listings in the evening.  Usually I do the majority of my listings on Fridays since I don’t teach piano lessons on Fridays.  This week, I was able to get almost 70 items listed……made me feel great!  I haven’t listed that many items in a week for a LONG time.

I’m also in the process of cleaning out my store inventory and putting some of it in  the yard sale pile.  Cleaning things up a bit is always a great feeling to me too.

Hope your week is going great!

Business Blogs I Read

Smaller Box

Everything Etsy

Meylah

Blogging with Amy

Blog Guidebook

Of course The Selling Sisters (goes without mentioning…)
What about you? What blogs do you read about/for business?

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