Black Friday a few days early.......

Etsy just added a wonderful new feature for their sellers- coupon codes!  So, because I'm so excited about it, I decided to start my Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale today!  From now till November 30th, you can get an additional 10% off all of my paintings by entering the coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY2010 at check out. 
I'm also offering a BOGO special on all my altered books and journals- buy one and get the second half off!

Glorious Morning Altered Book with Original Painting and Morning Glory Seeds

Feminine Mystique- Altered Journal

Parrot Tulip Collaged Altered Book w/Bookmark

Moonflower Collaged Altered Journal

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Stephanie

Art Makes a Wonderful Holiday Gift- All of my Paintings Have Been Marked Down by 25% or more

O.K. so here I go......maybe it's a good ole Southern girl thing, but I HATE promoting myself. I was taught to not toot my own horn but wait for it to come from others- a "good old Southern value" indeed, but not so great for business purposes.......Even though I really believe in my work, tho' THAT took a long time to accomplish as well.   So here's the first in a series of postings sharing my holiday specials.

In addition to all paintings being marked down for the holidays I am also offering:
Free Shipping for all items in my Etsy Shop
Black Friday~ Cyber Monday Special
All Journals and Altered Books are BOGO- Buy One Item, get the Second at Half Price!

"Metamorphois 02- Becoming" Regularly $65.00 ~Holiday Special $55.20

"Interlude" Regularly $198.00 ~ Holiday Special for $165.00

"Klimtishness" Regularly $325.00 ~ Holiday Special for $187.00

"Parrot Tulips en Masse" Regularly $165.00 ~Holiday Special $125.00

"Metamorphosis- Through the Veil" Regularly $65.00 ~Holiday Special $55.20

"Moonlight Serenade Parrot Tulip in White" Regularly $87.00 ~Holiday Special $69.00

"Feminine Mystique" Regularly $300~ Holiday Special $175.00



"Apricot Beauty" Regularly $95.00~ Holiday Special $72.00

So, there you have it, my first attempt at self promotion via my blog!  I'll be doing another posting for my Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale........

Cheers,

Stephanie

Have you marked down your prices on Etsy for the Holiday Season?

"Feminine Mystique" 40% off until January!

You might notice that I did not use the word "sale" in my title.....it's because of this post I read yesterday in the Etsy forums:

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6685824
which starts with a quote from one of the admins,
"We're making these changes to make it easier for sellers to use Etsy On Sale. However, yes, it appears that even having the word "Sale" in an item title may negatively affect Google Shopping search results. So, sellers should choose their titles wisely."

I scheduled a holiday sale on Etsy On Sale and the first thing it did was rename all my listings to begin with "Holiday Sale". At the time, I thought that was a good thing until I read this post and all of the comments that followed. I would have thought having the word "sale" in your title would HELP you........so I Googled myself with the terms "stefny68 holiday sale" and the only relevant results I got were from blog posts- mostly from LAST Christmas!

SO, I used Craftopolis' handy little bulk editing tool to remove those pesky terms from all of my titles and now, when I Google myself, it does pull them! I DO still have all my items tagged with Holiday Sale and Free Shipping which evidently is not problematic! I'm quite confused, but SO glad I ran across this, because I would really like to have a nice Etsy season like I did last year!
And just to warn you guys, I probably will be doing a posting featuring my holiday specials- I hate self promotion it feels all "look at me, look at me...." but, evidently, a lot of people find Etsy stuff through Google searches and I want to make sure that they are linked!

Cheers and some Wednesday love to all bloggy friends,

Stephanie