It's like standing inline for concert tickets of your favorite band or waiting outside Joann's on black Friday for the doors to open...
And the great thing about open houses online... you don't have to shift back and forth watching the customers walk past as you wait and hope for that first sale.
Go grab you're self a cup of coffee or head over to you're favorite hang out spot for an hour or two, you deserve it.
You don't want to seem to anxious. After all, nobody can see you However, on the day you open shop/ open house to selling your craft online, you need to present in just a few ways.
A lot of time authors will go around to book stores to promote their new releases. Today, you'll find a lot of them also do a online blog tour. Yep, they arrange a serious of guest post on literary blogs where they know they can still reach readers. They hang out in their social networking sites and answer comments and posts just as if they were hosting a book signing.
During your open house, you can do that too.
Not only announce your grand opening in your shop announcement or blog, feature your products for the day. This is extremely helpful, especially on etsy and on your personal blog. Along with that shop announcement, invite those who stop by to your blog where you'll be giving away samples or hosting discussions. You may ask them to simply drop you a line through Facebook or Twitter and let you know what they think of the new shop.
Jump into some forums and introduce yourself. You'll find a lot of friendly crafters willing to say hello. Along the way you may find yourself joining a group or contributing to ideas and posts.
It's an Open House! Celebrate!
Invite me, I'll be more than happy to attend your online shop's open house.
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