I have been invited to the Etsy Captain's Summit in Berlin which is being held on the 14-15th March.
Thirty European Team Captain's will be there and I have been asked to write a presentation on how I run the Brighton Etsy Team! Eeeekk!
Jacques and I will be extending our stay so that we can see a bit of Berlin (we've never been) so if you have any suggestions of where we should go or what we should do please do let us know!
Hopefully some new designs will come from our trip too, we always come back from a holiday refreshed and overflowing with ideas!
Last year we visited AT Open House (you can read all about it here) but this year we have been invited to show there!
We are very excited to be part of the Open Houses this year and especially pleased to be in AT Open House.
The house will be open every weekend in May, I know it is a few months yet so I will make sure I remind you all! Last year there was amazing cake and the sun was shining, we are hoping for the same this year.
There are so many awesome artists and designers packed into this awesome house, here are some links and a snapshot of some of their work.
This time last week we were at The Old Market setting up for the first ever BtnEtsy Talks, it was a brilliant night with an amazing turn out.
Emma from Bets and Bobs gave us an outline of what PR is and how to achieve it, followed by Lyndsey talking about how she applied that to her small business What You Sow.
It was a really interesting evening that not only informed, but also inspired us to get back out there and start shouting about our products again.
The next talk we hope will be in April but I'll keep you posted.
Inspired by Lyndsey I am now creating a Press page for designosaur. Hopefully you'll be able to find this on the blog soon.
If you came, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, if you didn't make it this time, make sure you come to the next one. If you want more information check out the Brighton Etsy Team Blog.
The Brighton Etsy Team has added another string to their bow. We are now doing Talks! The first one is tomorrow at The Old Market. It is a FREE event, and although it is run by the Brighton Etsy Team if you aren't an Etsy seller or aren't a member of the team we would STILL love you to come along.
Our first speakers are Emma from Bets and Bobs who will talk about PR and Marketing your brand followed by Lyndsey from What You Sow who will explain what PR and Marketing she has done in her first year of business!
Facebook is my favourite of all the social media sites. I never used Myspace and I grew out of MSN messenger, so I have grown up with Facebook. Seven years of my life and ALL of my adult life so far is on Facebook. It's easy to message my friends in far away places, but also great for boasting and stalking (don't pretend you don't use Facebook for that, I know you're lying).
Jacques is quite concerned with my Facebook intake but it is so helpful for designosaur and keeping in touch that he can't legitimately stop me facebooking. Now I've explained my dependency and love of Facebook, I'm blogging about this because Facebook are "hiding" posts. This comes up all the time between small business owners and is definitely a Hot Topic!
This video explains all that. Watch it, then continue to read my opinions on it. If you want to that is. It's an informative clear video and I'm a ramble-y writer so the video wins...
So you watched the video and you either agree or disagree, except there isn't much to disagree about because it is mainly fact.
The one thing that the video doesn't mention so much is that IF users continue to interact with your page then they will continue to see your posts. Yes, I understand that Facebook is blocking content because they think you only want to see weddings and babies (something that drives me insane) but they are also trying to make your 30 mins facebooking* time easier!
I think that I am the Facebook generation. I find that 18 yr olds now have a Facebook page but don't use it like I used to. They prefer twitter. Those a bit older than me used Myspace and never really coped with the change and our parents didn't have social media until they had Friends Reunited which they loved but I don't think anybody uses anymore. So the next bit, I know only applies to a few...
In veritasium's video he mentions that sometimes you don't have to click 'like' if you like something or comment on it if you have something to say, sometimes you can interact with it and keep on scrolling. Well I think he's kind of wrong about this. I NEED to like things. I go on Instagram and think, oh I wish I could 'like' that comment (which you can't) I read magazines and think "LIKE" in my head. I'm indoctrinated and insane (I know, don't worry about me) but it's just the way my brain thinks now, which I imagine if you use something by habit for seven years would happen to anybody?! (maybe, hopefully it's not just me)
I hope I'm not alone in my thoughts, but maybe I am. All I wanted to make clear is that although you need people to interact with your posts, IF you post good content, they will, they're designed to, and that's why although it's bad, Facebook is a terrible company and is using you, and making you pay - for the moment, I don't mind.
I love Facebook, and maybe in the future I will consider Facebook anonymous.
* not a "real" verb but I'm sure, like selfie, it will be added to the dictionary eventually.
PS I'm not sure how I feel about this post, I don't normally write my opinions on the internet for the fear of crazy backlash. I probably won't do this again and I might delete this post in a week when I feel it's #awkward.
I've failed my new year's resolution already, hahah oops. Well I thought it would be best that I tried to regain some credibility by blogging one day late. So here it is. I thought just let you know that our SALE is still on and we still have a few awesome bargains! Everything in the Sale is up to 50% off! YAY! You can check it out in full here.
Apparently you guys want style posts from me :S lets see if I can make that happen in a week!
My New Year's Resolution is to blog once a week, every week. Without fail. I CAN do this. I am putting this here so that I can't pretend this isn't my resolution. Well I now have until next Sunday to blog again, please remind me, I don't want to fail! ROAR!
