[digtheearth]

Firstly a big big thank you to everyone who has promoted my work over the last few days. I really appreciate the amount of work put in and am really happy with the results. I think that this is a really great start for everyone to take ideas from and build on.

Since Sunday night I have sold 19 cards through Coriandr (this is including multi-packs) so from my point of view it is a massive success 

I have been quite anal and logged the number of views every morning, so only read on if you are interested in the amount of clicks!

Some figures obviously drop when an item had been sold and relisted. I have no way of knowing what methods work best for promo, but know that when I twittered a new listing (Together -monkey card) last night it had 17 views within a few minutes. The individual items that have been twittered seemed to have fared better with views than the ones not twittered, again I have no idea how many people have viewed my shop and not clicked any further...

	MON	TUES	WEDS	THURS
5 card multi	4	34	43	59
3 card multi	17	23	48	53
Pop!	17	20	21	21
Carousel 2	35	47	58	39
Triangles	31	35	56	68
Rainbows	57	60	64	65
Movers & Shakers	75	80	81	83
Carousel 1	112	117	119	147
Concentricity Rubine	33	36	44	48
Pop! Bespoke	93	104	113	128
Together	98	138	177	25
Concentricity Mono	66	69	73	74
Concentricity II Mirror	51	57	59	60
Concentricity Mirror	89	98	108	115
Hello Gorgeous	112	181	232	238
Spiral Doodle	122	138	148	154

[Kitty Ballistic]

Wow, that's a great result! And it's good to see that the views increased from Monday onwards. So you reckon Twitter is the way to go then?

[PiratePixieCrew]

Great! Thanks for information Kevin. I'm glad you got so many sales.

The issue of which type of promotion works best is very hard to compare. Twittering may increase immediate views to a particular item, but links on various websites can increase long term views as it can help with search engine rankings such as Google, so it's kind of like comparing sausages with hosepipe. They both might be round, but they have very different uses. I think a combination of all types of promotion will increase exposure all around.

I have had favourable comments about your cards from people I told about you via email and on Facebook. They may not have purchased straight away but they are at least now aware of your shop and that they like goods within it. So when they do need cards in the future there is some chance that they will purchase some from you.

Let's hope that this works well for everyone on board. I, as someone that sells higher priced goods, probably won't gain as many sales as you did Kevin, but I'll be happy just to know a whole lot more people know my shop even exists here on Coriandr. Upping the profile of my shop here is my goal and any sales will be a great bonus

[nicsknots]

Wow, that's really good Kevin. I agree with PPC, I have been thinking that maybe adding a few lower priced items to my shop for when I am the VIP might aid sales. I think people will fav or make a note of higher priced goods and come back when they want to buy them though; that is what seems to happen for me after I have been to a show; I expect immediate sales but its generally a few weeks later that I get more sales.

[digtheearth]

haha sausages and hosepipe! You're absolutely right 

Twitter was good for getting immediate views, but it's all about the long term awareness and getting customers into Coriandr which will benefit us all, so any promo work is beneficial. Right I'm off to blog about Blue Fish Handmade! Onwards and upwards!

[mookle]

That's fantastic news Kev! I've just put up a small blog post about the whole Coriandr Express promotion that links to this thread, so I've fixed your table up; hope you don't mind! 

[myfuroshiki]

Well done, Kev    So good to have got this train rolling!