Wednesday, March 10, 2010

How and where to Advertise you're Zazzle stores for free

How to advertise your Zazzle Shop for free.
So you have a Zazzle store and been busy designing and creating many wonderful products. This is great but totally pointless if no one knows you’re out there. So how do we overcome this issue? How do we get the word out? Simple it’s time to step into the world of social networking.
Most companies these days are using social networking platforms to advance their visibility, combine their target viewers, and stay connected with their consumers and fans.
So let’s get started...

Facebook

Setting up a Facebook fan page these days is so easy to do that most people can do this without an issue, and the best part it’s free.

Step 1
Click on the Face book link http://www.facebook.com/ under sign up type in your First Name, Last Name, Your Email, New Password, Select you’re sex and add your birth date then click the green sign up button.

Step 2
Facebook profile – once you have created an account it is important to set up your profile. Some of you may already have a Facebook account and might be able to skip this step if you have already previously done this.

Step 3
Get an account with Buzzeo as this way you will be able to set up an App that will automatically add your goodies to Facebook like this. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sketchart26-Fine-Arts-Photos/281036355286?v=app_215804127362&ref=ts

Buzzeo http://www.getbuzzeo.com/edit_zazzle&fb_page_id=281036355286 you will want to set up a Zazzle Shopping Application, which will allow you to share all your designs automatically imported from your shop to Facebook and hopefully your sales will increase. See the Zazzle Shopping Application here http://www.getbuzzeo.com/app_gallery

Stumble Upon
Stumble Upon allows the user to share and discover websites. They deliver high quality pages which are matched to your very own personal interest.
They come recommended from your friends but also others using the web that have similar interest to yourself. You’re able to rate sites and discover other great sites.
To join up simply click on the following link http://www.stumbleupon.com/sign_up.php and fill in the Sign up to Discover the Best of the Web form.

Twitter

Twitter is a real-time information network which allows you to discover what’s happening right now all around the world.
Read more here http://twitter.com/about
To create an account click on the following link https://twitter.com/signup
Once you have signed up make your life easy by using twitter feed. Twitter feed is free and only takes a few minutes to set up, but will save you loads of time as it will automatically feed your new products straight from your shop to twitter saving you valuable hours. You will find Twitter Feed here http://twitterfeed.com/

FriendFeed

FriendFeed allows you to share your products with friends online. It also allows you to share and discuss information with your friends. You can also set up customised feeds.
To read more about it see here http://friendfeed.com/about/
To sign up click the following link https://friendfeed.com/account/create Fill in the form “Sign up with one click” and click “Create my account” Once you create your account you will receive and email to conform your account. Be sure to do this step.

Then import your contact as you may already have friends using FriendFeed. If friends show up Subscribe to them. Work through all of which you have accounts with. Be sure to grant access with Gmail.
Once you complete the set up process then set up your applications. First one you want is FriendFeed Bookmarklet which will allow you to share webpage’s on your FriendFeed. It will also allow you to add thumbnails of images from the page to share.
You can access the application here and see a video demo http://friendfeed.com/share/bookmarklet
Another good Application is “Embed FriendFeed on your website or blog” You can find this application here http://friendfeed.com/embed

Then simply start sharing.

MySpace

MySpace is simply an online community which allows you to meet new friend but more importantly is a great way to share your designs.
To learn more about what MySpace is click here http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.aboutus
To sign up click the following link http://signups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=signup then set up your profile and start blogging your products.

Photobucket

Photobucket enables you to upload photos and links for the public to view. It is also a great please to help in the setting up/designing of your store and products.
You can have your files private or public. To learn more about it see this link http://photobucket.com/about
It’s free to join. To join up click here http://photobucket.com/ Just fill in the “Join Now. It’s Free!” form.

Flickr

Flickr one of the greatest online photo management and sharing application. A great way to make your products available to people.
To learn more click the following link http://www.flickr.com/about/
To sign up click here and fill In your details http://www.flickr.com/

Digg

Digg is a place to share and view content from anywhere on the web. About Digg http://about.digg.com/
Digg is free to join.
To join click the following link and complete the “Become a member of Digg” form. http://digg.com/register/

YouTube

YouTube a great place to add videos to advertise your Zazzle shop. Again it’s free to join. And example of what is possible here at my site http://www.youtube.com/user/sketchart26?feature=mhw5

To create and account http://www.youtube.com/create_account?next=%2Ft%2Fabout and fill in the “Get started with your account” form.

Blogger

Blogger is another great way to advertise your products. You can set up a personal one or even one like this one your reading that covers other Zazzle shop owners.
To make an account click this link https://www.blogger.com/start then click the orange “CREATE A BLOG” tab on the right and start blogging.

Squidoo

Squidoo is a fashionable publishing stage and community that makes it effortless for you to generate “lenses” online. Lenses are pages, similar to that of flyers or signposts or summary articles that draw together everything you identify about your subject of interest – and pull it all into a focal point. Almost like a lens of a camera, displaying your own perspective on something

A helpful page on getting started on Squidoo http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo to sign up click the following link and feel in the details http://www.squidoo.com/member/registration

Submit your Zazzle store and websites to yahoo for free

Clink the link and then follow the instructions http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit

Submit your Zazzle store and websites to Google for free

Clink the link and then follow the instructions http://www.google.com/addurl/

Remember the best way to advertise is to help others and maybe they will help you.

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