How to get traffic to your Folksy shop

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Hi Joy
Yes there you are and I have also searched for some of my items and folksy is high on the listing . I also only sell on this site
Well spoken
Mel

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Thatā€™s nice to hear, Joy, but youā€™re in the minority, sadly.

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My folksy shop also does well on google, so feel really pleased.

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Is it bad that I have never checked Google to find my shop.
Might give it ago. Eek

I googled my shop name and that is 7th from the top. But I canā€™t find any of the items I have tried to find.
I might be doing something wrong

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Yes my Folksy shop comes high on google search too, I have a shop on Eā€¦ but always sell much more here on Folksy.

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Thanks Camilla,

Thatā€™s reassuring that my products can be found through more specific searches, maybe I need to add some more general tags to my products to help them get found within the Folksy website as I guess most people shopping donā€™t know exactly what they are looking for until they see it.

I think approaching bloggers and magazines is a great idea and Iā€™m in the process of photographing some of the processes I use to make my pieces to emphasise the work thatā€™s invloved making each piece as this is almost as interesting as the jewellery itself!

Could you recommend any bloggers to contact or how I would go about finding the right people? Is twitter a good place to start?

Thanks again for your help and support, Hollie x

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Thanks Julia. Just had a try and nearly got there but the link doesnā€™t seem to work when I click on it so will have another go tomorrow!!! Thanks for taking the time to write this all out!! xx

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Hi,

Trying to do these things came really eat up the time canā€™t they?

If you sign into Woodbox.com ā€¦ I sign in using my Facebook account and edit your ā€˜static tabsā€™ youā€™ll see the one you were working on and make sure that the code is in the HTML part. I found that using the ā€˜URLā€™, or the Redirect parts of setting up the tab didnā€™t work for me either. The code needs to go into the HTML part and then it worked.

I also found that if you use this piece of code ā€œFolksy Shopā€ (without the speech marks and with your shop name ) it actually opens a new screen which is probably better as your Facebook page remains on your prospective customers desk top.

Good luck with it.

Julia

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I think I did put the code in the wrong section!! I will give it another go, Iā€™ve reached the point where I have tried to do this so many times I canā€™t admit defeat anymore!!! Even if it takes me to the next millennium!!! I donā€™t suppose anyone will ever use the button but I just HAVE to do it now!!:grimacing:

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We sound alike ā€¦ I canā€™t bear not being able to make something work when someone else has done itā€¦

:slight_smile:

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I am delighted to see that others are also able to easily find their shops via Google. Excellent news, we are obviously doing our Folksy thing right :slight_smile:
@TheRibbonQuarter @bluebellwoodturning @dawnsneesbyjewellery @hobbitgirlie1880

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More Tea, Vicar? and More Tea, Vicar? Knitwear both show my Folksy shop on page 1 of Google :relaxed:

x

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If I Google Pocketful Creations, my Folksy shop comes top of the search. However, I struggle a lot more to be seen when it comes to my items. If I search ā€œowl tote bagā€, the dark side and some very well-known selling platforms top the list and, after trawling through 8 pages, I gave up trying to find anything relating to my shop. If I search ā€œowl appliqued tote bagā€, I appear 7th on the list but, realistically, how many buyers are likely to use that search term? Iā€™m not sure whether Iā€™m just not very good at getting the right key words into my titles and descriptions or whether thereā€™s just so much competition in the textiles arena that itā€™s virtually impossible to be seen. Any advice from those of you that have cracked this problem would be very much appreciated.

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The best way to get yourself findable on Google is to post the links to your Folksy listing onto Craftjuice and join the Craftjuice thread on here.
I did it with everything I posted on here for about 2 years and my shop and glass is now very easy to find. I donā€™t often do it now as I no longer need to but it is an excellent promotion tool, freely available.

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Just joined craftjuice - fingers crossed it spreads the word :slight_smile:

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Thanks Joy. Iā€™ll have to look into Craftjuice. I really struggle finding time to promote as I work full time and have to cram all my making and promoting into my spare time. Itā€™s hard to get the balance right. If only I could give up my job! :smile:

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Youā€™ve just reminded me to start using Craftjuice again Joy, I joined not long after setting up shop but tend to have phases of using it religiously then I get a period of being short on time so forget to add new listings on there must try to do better as my views (on here and facebook) are getting fewer :worried:

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