Facebook….do you use it?? I used to belong to forums and hang out in them…but so many people itch each other the wrong way and poke sticks…and that just wasn’t me. So I took up facebook years ago. I love facebook, you can favorite your small town business, find out specials and great deals. You can keep up with family, school friends and friends around the world…check in and let everyone know what is new and cool. One thing I have taken up doing is showing our new items or things I am working on in the glass and jewelry world on a seperate fan page. Here is my facebook business fan page for koregonbeads. I would love it if you would check it out and “like” us. I put all new listings for Etsy on there, along with all new things I am working on. It is a separate page than my personal facebook.
For years I had My Space…but that never took off for me because facebook came about. One other site I do adore and just love is Pinterest….I LOVE LOVE Pinterest, you find the coolest things, you can keep track of list, idea’s…well just about anything! Have you Pinterested lately?
Check it out if you haven’t. I keep track of things we put up on Etsy on Pinterest also….here is the link to my Pinterest boards…I have my beads blended in with jewelry ideas, home ideas, food, drink, travel…decorating. What a great way to make a Christmas list of things you like huh?
Anyway, back in the old days when I first started making beads and selling them on eBay, I just did that…put them up for a week on eBay and hoped for the best. It did well for years and years until eBay was bombarded with cheap knock off’s and the economy shifted to bad. We tried a www. website…and that really never took off. So I went to Etsy and Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. Yep, I twitter our new items to. I am not sure how much traffic I get from these places…but I figure it can’t hurt. Etsy puts buttons to make it easy. Etsy is a great site for selling your handcrafted items….they host your photo’s…and it only cost 20 cents for months of having your item up and available for sale, after the sale you do pay a percentage…ever so much easier than eBay.








