How to promote my Etsy store?

The best way I have found to do these things without spending too much money is being creative and unique. Try to seek out other blogs that write about the subjects you deal with and comment/write about them in your blog. By starting a relationship with other bloggers you can get them to write or refer to you. The key in promoting without spending money on advertising is gaining a community following. You could also try checking out groups in social networks. Mind you, this only works if you avoid using spam messages or comments and actually have something useful and relevant to offer the people that you engage with. Here is a blog I like about thes subjects: http://www.doshdosh.com/ (take a look at categories and browse the archives).

By the way, the stuff you make looks really nice, I like the ipod cover  :-) 

Hi,

It seems as if you've done all to promote your website - including listing your company in search engines, using blogs, and flickr.  Below, I am suggesting a few off-the-web promotional ideas:

For name recognition and goodwill and to direct people to your website, give away a product(s) to a charity organization whom will benefit from you gift.  Write a news release about it and submit it to radio stations and newspapers.  I'm sure that after people hear the news as to what you've done, they will be interested to find other products your site offers.  Consider also the use of postcards.  It's a great tool to use for attracting out-of-state customers if you have a mailing list or the white pages.  Coupons and door-hangers are other options.

Also, you may also want to offer a fax-on-demand service which helps to target people whom do not have or use a computer.  I would suggest preparing a catalog, if not done already, using items from you internet site to create a 81/2 x 11 page(s) catalog, instead of a stapled, high glossy, and colored book/magazine.  Once you provide a fax-on-demand phone number, the potential customer can then order any time, day or night.  You may want to sample a fax-on-demand number.  Try 800 Fax-2sel.  Hopefully the service is still a working number.  I recommend Freedom Voice, but I've provided other sites for you to explore the idea.

Good luck Lilly! 

http://www.freedomvoice.com/ 

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Article and press release was also a big help to promote your site... but make sure its well informative and relative to your site.

I say, build backlinks through link exchanges. This will increase your chance of being found at the top search engines, because, what you'll be doing is Search Engine Optimization.

I have found the We love Etsy blog to be a big help in promoting

http://etsylove.ning.com