Vendors Wanted: Florida Artists, Artisans, Crafters for Online Art Fair - Positions Available for National and International

We are all curious about "want ads" - right?  Especially those for artists!

I want to update you on the online art fair and selling venue that is quickly coming into its own, Zibbet. I have had a Premium shop on Zibbet for a little over three months and have settled in nicely. The look of Zibbet is white, clean, and uncluttered, which is an important criteria for my shops. And if you have a Premium membership, you can customize your shop to fit your artistic look - right down to the Zibbet logo color in your shop!

What amazes me is that I can have widgets for my other venues on the shops pages, such as an Etsy mini, artfire cart, iCraft window, Facebook, Twitter, and anything with code.

So, really, you can make your Zibbet page to be YOUR "Grand Central Station" that points off to all your selling directions for all of your promotions. I have three twitter widgets for all my twitter accounts and then a widget for my GalleriaLinda Facebook page too! I have gotten followers from these.

In my Zibbet GalleriaLindaLoft vintage jewelry shop - I have almost half of my iCraft.ca shop in a widget window at the bottom of my vintage items. Take a look at my GalleriaLindaLoft Vintage Jewelry shop here! (Scroll down to bottom).

Zibbet has a fabulous short-term promotion running right now.

One month FREE with a premium Pro Membership until July 20.

After your free month, the fees are still reduced to $9 a month until 119 (at this writing) shops are taken. Once you start your free month, you will be so excited to see the seller features available. Click here to get started and hope to see you there!

Product Video Captures Attention!

There are all kinds of video sharing and photo slide show utilities online for small businesses to use for their marketing.

One interesting online video utility I recently found is Animoto.

With photos, you can produce a 30-second video for free! When you become proficient at your video productions, you may want to make a full, unlimited video for only $3 each or get an annual pass for $30 per year.

I uploaded basic jewelry product photos just to see what the free plan would do. After doing this test video, I am now ready to figure out how to make it engaging. Some thoughts are to make it a "story," starting maybe with a photo or two of your location and photos of you working on your craft that are intermixed with the product photos. Title pages are good too.

There are easy ways to share your free video with MySpace, Facebook, and twitter, as well as upload to YouTube.

You can check out the GalleriaLinda.com Handcrafted Jewelery 30-second test video here. Remember, it has music that will start up and it is just a quick try. I see good potential and a great start to making this a useful marketing tool! Online video utilities make expanding your marketing toolbox to video easy.

If you have had success with other video production online utilities, please post here to share your experiences!

GalleriaLinda on ByHandmade.me

ByHandmade.me is new on the scene and making splashes for handmade sellers and buyers! It is a community, but more than a social network, it provides ways to promote your products through showcases, blog entries, forums, chats, and more to buyers!

See GalleriaLinda's Latest ByHandmade.me spotlight!

Actively seeking buyers, as well as sellers, this is likened to a trade market that brings both together. Look to the future for great things on this site.

Visit GalleriaLinda on ByHandmade.me!

Make it Easy On Yourself! Blog Writer Software-Free!

Do you have the same problem that I do?

Artists and crafty people often don't tend to their marketing strategies because the tasks are time consuming and often frustrating to do (such as using online templates). We as a group just want to create.

I find that writing posts for my blog is often pushed aside and I never "get to it." One of the road blocks is the process of having to go on the Internet to my blog site, sign in, and use the template. The template sometimes goes goofy on me and I have to redo my work, then once posted I have to edit again and again to get it tweaked. It gets frustrating!

Maybe this will help me and perhaps you!! I discovered Windows Live Writer. You can write your posts offline and use it like any other software on your own computer. No glitches and no slow Internet connections. The choice to publish immediately or to schedule your post is very useful.

This is my first post offline and to be published through Windows Live Writer! Tell me how it looks!