April Showers....

Bring May flowers....or so the saying goes!  Maybe an eternal optimist made this up!  Still it does seem that with the evenings being lighter and the temperature gradually rising that Spring is upon us!

We have had a busy season at British Crafters since January, with a hectic Valentine's & Mother's Day, closely followed by the Easter build up!  Our reach on FB has continued to defy the FB gloom merchants and on a few occasions we have almost achieved a post reach of 50K which is amazing!

Twitter continues to bring customers our way too and with almost 27K followers now, it really is a fabulous way to get your work seen far & wide!

We are going to take a break for Easter now and for a bit of recovery before reopening for the Summer stretch.  We will reopen for business on Monday 27th April with renewed vigour and enthusiasm to help you sell your wonderful creations!

We have a little surprise Easter Gift for 10 of you you too!  The first 10 Twitter promotions booked over the Easter Weekend - so from now on Good Friday until 2359 on Easter Monday will come with free traditional promo too!  Everyone likes a BOGOF! *So if you book a one day Twitter Boost you will receive Traditional promo on that day free. If you book a week of Twitter promo you get free Traditional promo in that week from Mon - Fri!* Once it's sold out I will add a note right here to let you know!


Here is a resume of the services available to you.

Twitter Boost

This is available to book on a daily basis and over a 24 hour period you will receive a total of 20 tweets with up to 4 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your choice of date and your 4 links.

Twitter 140²

This is available to book on a weekly basis.  Over 7 consecutive days (Mon - Sun) you will get 140 Tweets - 20 a day in each 24 hour period. You get to choose 10 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets a day will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used in some of the tweets so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your 10 links by at the very latest 6pm on the day before your promotion starts.

Traditional Promotion

What you get for this is

a. A Featured Spot on Facebook with a shop link to your item and an uploaded photo plus a link to your fb page. (Bringing you new likes to your fb page too!)

b. 3 tweets to your featured item using #britcraft

c. Pinned to the Featured Shops Pinterest Board for that month. (promoted all month)

d. A Stumbleupon Review for your item.

For people that haven't yet booked with us here is a guide for you!



1.  Have a look at the upcoming themes on the drop down menus to see which of your items fit into which themed category.


2.  Decide on whether you want to book a single day or book for 5 days which saves you 20%.


3.  Purchase your chosen day or block of days from the drop down menu. The price is £2.50 for a day or £10 for 5 days.


4.  Email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your item link/links for promotion. If you have booked for 5 days then you need to send 5 links.


5.  Links must be received by 6pm please on the day before you wish to be shared.


6.  Shop links work better than FB links as you can't Pin to Pinterest from FB.  If however you only sell from a Facebook page then we will work extra hard to promote your facebook page on both Facebook and Twitter.

7.  As soon as your shop link is received you will be pinned to the Featured Shops Pin board and your promotion starts.


8.  Sit back and let us do the hard work for you!

 Below are the links to book slots.

  

If you want to book additional boosting Twitter promotion - select from the promotion options available.  Use this independently as promotion or in conjunction with our Traditional promotion.

Wishing you and your families a relaxing and restful Easter time and I look forward to working with you all again as we charge into the Summer months!

Happy Easter!

Dottie x

Twitter Boost - One Day Promotion

Twitter Boost - One Day Promotion £3.00 GBP

Twitter 140 Promo - 7 days Promo - 7 days

18/5 - 22/5 £15.00 GBP

Mix and Match Traditional Promo - Any 5 days from any week 20% d

Mix and Match Traditional Promo - Any 5 days from any week 20% d £10.00 GBP

 

Traditional Promotion 18/5 - 22/5

18/5 New in £2.50 GBP 19/5 Red or Turquoise £2.50 GBP 20/5 Hearts or Stars £2.50 GBP 21/5 Nature Inspired £2.50 GBP 22/5 Open Day £2.50 GBP All Week 20% discount £10.00 GBP

Spring is on the Horizon!

It's hard to believe how fast this year is flying by!  Valentine's done, Mother Day upon us and Easter just around the corner!  It's been an amazing start to the year for us with our FB page almost getting to a Post Reach of 70K, our Twitter following charging towards 30K and sales from our paid promotion and our free fb shares at an all time high!

If you are thinking of booking promotion and have any questions please just ask.  In the meantime

I thought that I would share with your the thoughts of 

Maggie Gee Needlework Studio
Margaret has been very happy that she started promoting with us last year and is now a valued regular! She shared with me...


"Dottie, the day I saw you on Folksy advertising your service you said  'It's the best 2.50 you could ever invest...'....Well it has been. For someone like me who can really only pay as I go, it has been an absolute God Send and has turned my business around. Words just can't thank you enough for all your work on my (other businesses) behalf."

Here is a resume of the services available to you.

Twitter Boost

This is available to book on a daily basis and over a 24 hour period you will receive a total of 20 tweets with up to 4 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your choice of date and your 4 links.

Twitter 140²

This is available to book on a weekly basis.  Over 7 consecutive days (Mon - Sun) you will get 140 Tweets - 20 a day in each 24 hour period. You get to choose 10 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets a day will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used in some of the tweets so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your 10 links by at the very latest 6pm on the day before your promotion starts.

Traditional Promotion

What you get for this is

a. A Featured Spot on Facebook with a shop link to your item and an uploaded photo plus a link to your fb page. (Bringing you new likes to your fb page too!)

b. 3 tweets to your featured item using #britcraft

c. Pinned to the Featured Shops Pinterest Board for that month. (promoted all month)

d. A Stumbleupon Review for your item.

For people that haven't yet booked with us here is a guide for you!



1.  Have a look at the upcoming themes on the drop down menus to see which of your items fit into which themed category.


2.  Decide on whether you want to book a single day or book for 5 days which saves you 20%.


3.  Purchase your chosen day or block of days from the drop down menu. The price is £2.50 for a day or £10 for 5 days.


4.  Email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your item link/links for promotion. If you have booked for 5 days then you need to send 5 links.


5.  Links must be received by 6pm please on the day before you wish to be shared.


6.  Shop links work better than FB links as you can't Pin to Pinterest from FB.  If however you only sell from a Facebook page then we will work extra hard to promote your facebook page on both Facebook and Twitter.

7.  As soon as your shop link is received you will be pinned to the Featured Shops Pin board and your promotion starts.


8.  Sit back and let us do the hard work for you!

 Below are the links to book slots.

  

If you want to book additional boosting Twitter promotion - select from the promotion options available.  Use this independently as promotion or in conjunction with our Traditional promotion.

I am looking forward to working with you to have a fabulous run up to Easter and beyond into the glorious months of Summer!

Dottie x

 

Twitter 140 Promotion - 7 days

Fully Booked

Twitter Boost - One Day Promotion

Twitter Boost - One Day Promotion £3.00 GBP

Traditional Promotion 30/3 - 3/4

31/3 New In £2.50 GBP 1/4 Sunshine Colours £2.50 GBP 2/4 Open Day £2.50 GBP 3/4 Easter Party £2.50 GBP All week - 20& discount £10.00 GBP

Traditional Promotion - 5 days - Mix and Match days & weeks 20%

Option 1Traditional Promotion - 5 days - Mix and Match days & we £10.00 GBP

Happy Birthday to us.....

Happy Birthday to us.......Happy Birthday to us!  We are 2 today! Can you believe it! Thank you for all your support, shares, likes, comments, wit, and of course your amazing creations over the last 2 years! Who would have thought that 2 years on we would have grown as we have done! Much more exciting developments to come in the future - we hope that you will be onboard for the ride! Promotions have been amazing during January and the start to February - lots of sales indicating that perhaps this is the year that people will start opening their purses to buy your amazing creations!  Twitter has been incredibly successful which is very exciting and as we head towards the 25K follower mark the potential to get your work seen continues to expand.  I have had to increase the price of the Twitter promo to reflect the amount of work that is done after the tweet has gone out.  Often a single tweet will generate 4 or 5 questions or remarks that need following up to convert the casual commenter into a customer.  Of course this takes time and the price increase reflect the amount of time which is dedicated to this promotion. Twitter Boost This is available to book on a daily basis and over a 24 hour period you will receive a total of 20 tweets with up to 4 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your choice of date and your 4 links. Twitter 1402 This is available to book on a weekly basis.  Over 7 consecutive days (Mon - Sun) you will get 140 Tweets - 20 a day in each 24 hour period. You get to choose 10 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets a day will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used in some of the tweets so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your 10 links by at the very latest 6pm on the day before your promotion starts. Traditional Promotion What you get for this is a. A Featured Spot on Facebook with a shop link to your item and an uploaded photo plus a link to your fb page. (Bringing you new likes to your fb page too!) b. 3 tweets to your featured item using #britcraft c. Pinned to the Featured Shops Pinterest Board for that month. (promoted all month) d. A Stumbleupon Review for your item. For people that haven't yet booked with us here is a guide for you! 1.  Have a look at the upcoming themes on the drop down menus to see which of your items fit into which themed category. 2.  Decide on whether you want to book a single day or book for 5 days which saves you 20%. 3.  Purchase your chosen day or block of days from the drop down menu. The price is £2.50 for a day or £10 for 5 days. 4.  Email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your item link/links for promotion. If you have booked for 5 days then you need to send 5 links. 5.  Links must be received by 6pm please on the day before you wish to be shared. 6.  Shop links work better than FB links as you can't Pin to Pinterest from FB.  If however you only sell from a Facebook page then we will work extra hard to promote your facebook page on both Facebook and Twitter. 7.  As soon as your shop link is received you will be pinned to the Featured Shops Pin board and your promotion starts. 8.  Sit back and let us do the hard work for you! Below are the links to book slots.    If you want to book additional boosting Twitter promotion - select from the promotion options available.  Use this independently as promotion or in conjunction with our Traditional promotion. As a Special Birthday Offer to you all we would like to offer everyone that books a Full Week of Traditional Promo between now and the end of February a FREE Twitter Boost day on a day during their promotional week.  It really does work and we want you to see that for yourselves! Let's work together for a fabulous Spring! Dottie x Twitter Boost - One Day Promotion

Twitter Boost - One Day Promotion £3.00 GBP

Twitter 140 Promotion - 7 days

16/3 - 22/3 £15.00 GBP 23/3 - 29/3 £15.00 GBP

  

Traditional Promotion 16/3 - 20/3

16/3 Purple or yellow £2.50 GBP 17/3 Open Day £2.50 GBP 18/3 Flowers and Nature £2.50 GBP 19/3 Green or black £2.50 GBP 20/3 Buttons, bows and ribbon £2.50 GBP All week - 5 days 20% discount £10.00 GBP

Traditional Promotion 23/3 - 27/3

23/3 Green or Cream £2.50 GBP 24/3 Open Day £2.50 GBP 25/3 Easter Gifts £2.50 GBP 26/3 Anything that flies £2.50 GBP 27/3 Rainbow £2.50 GBP All week. 5 days 20% discount £10.00 GBP

Traditional Promotion 30/3 - 3/4

30/3 Chocolate or Cherries £2.50 GBP 31/3 New In £2.50 GBP 1/4 Sunshine Colours £2.50 GBP 2/4 Open Day £2.50 GBP 3/4 Easter Party £2.50 GBP All week - 20& discount £10.00 GBP

Traditional Promotion - 5 days - Mix and Match days & weeks 20%

Option 1Traditional Promotion - 5 days - Mix and Match days & we £10.00 GBP

Winter Fun!

Happy New Year!  Hoping that you had a wonderful Christmas and that like us you are looking ahead into 2015, excited at where it will take you!

January and February can be quite dark so we have some lovely themed days planned in for Facebook to chase away those Winter Blues!  From Nature Inspired, Winter Weddings to Fireside Colours we should have something to suit everyone!

Here is a quick breakdown of the different Promotions you can book!

Twitter Boost

This is available to book on a daily basis and over a 24 hour period you will receive a total of 20 tweets with up to 4 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your choice of date and your 4 links.

Twitter 140²

This is available to book on a weekly basis.  Over 7 consecutive days (Mon - Sun) you will get 140 Tweets - 20 a day in each 24 hour period. You get to choose 10 unique links of your choice.  These can be to your shop, a particular item, your fb page or your blog. 5 of these tweets a day will have photos attached to them for greater exposure on Twitter. In addition your @twittername will be used in some of the tweets so that your account will gain exposure leading to more followers for you. After booking you must email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your 10 links by at the very latest 6pm on the day before your promotion starts.

Traditional Promotion

What you get for this is

a. A Featured Spot on Facebook with a shop link to your item and an uploaded photo plus a link to your fb page. (Bringing you new likes to your fb page too!)

b. 3 tweets to your featured item using #britcraft

c. Pinned to the Featured Shops Pinterest Board for that month. (promoted all month)

d. A Stumbleupon Review for your item.

For people that haven't yet booked with us here is a guide for you!



1.  Have a look at the upcoming themes on the drop down menus to see which of your items fit into which themed category.


2.  Decide on whether you want to book a single day or book for 5 days which saves you 20%.


3.  Purchase your chosen day or block of days from the drop down menu. The price is £2.50 for a day or £10 for 5 days.


4.  Email britishcrafters@gmail.com with your item link/links for promotion. If you have booked for 5 days then you need to send 5 links.


5.  Links must be received by 6pm please on the day before you wish to be shared.


6.  Shop links work better than FB links as you can't Pin to Pinterest from FB.  If however you only sell from a Facebook page then we will work extra hard to promote your facebook page on both Facebook and Twitter.

7.  As soon as your shop link is received you will be pinned to the Featured Shops Pin board and your promotion starts.


8.  Sit back and let us do the hard work for you!

 Below are the links to book slots.

  

If you want to book additional boosting Twitter promotion - select from the promotion options available.  Use this independently as promotion or in conjunction with our Traditional promotion.

Let's work together to make 2015 our most successful year yet!

Dottie x

Twitter Boost - One Day Promotion

Option 1 £2.50 GBP

Twitter 140

9/2 - 15/2 £10.00 GBP

 

Traditional Promotion 2/2 - 6/2

4/2 - Hearts, Love & red £2.50 GBP 5/2 - Open Day £2.50 GBP 6/2 - Birds, butterflies or bees £2.50 GBP All week 20% discount £10.00 GBP

Traditional Promotion 9/2 -13/2

9/2 - Blues or Greens £2.50 GBP 10/2 - Open Day £2.50 GBP 11/2 - Spots, Stripes, Patterns £2.50 GBP 12/2 - Coffee or Cream £2.50 GBP 13/2 - Flowers and plants £2.50 GBP All week - 20% discount £10.00 GBP

5 days any week any day 20% discount

5 days any week any day 20% discount £10.00 GBP