Tips & techniques on how to sell your handmade crafts easily, confidently & successfully : 1 surprising reason your blog, social media or website content may not be shared

You write great articles, create fabulous products, offer a valuable service but somehow they never get shared, passed on, referred or recommended by your readers, followers, likers or fans.

Sure they like, comment and support your work but wouldn't it be even better if they'd +1, pin, share, tweet?

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The #1 reason they may not is astoundingly simple - do you actually ask them to share, refer, recommend or pass on at the end of your post?

#48 Include a call to action in your content - ask people to share, refer & recommend!

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Praise & feedback

You really have become my guiding light and I've shared your page several times with my fellow Etsians. Sound and smart advice and guidance! Know you are appreciated.

- Paula Wasiluck Doan, BeDotted

Just popping over to say a huge thank you for all your tips recently. I've picked up loads of things that have been very handy. Big, big, thank you.

- Kate Moore, The Literate Stitch

A couple of months ago I asked you about increasing interaction on my page & you gave me advice around engagement and asking questions to my customers building up trust. Since doing this I have noticed that my interaction talked about figures have gone up people are engaging more in my posts and we are building up trust which had resulted in a few more sales!

- Vaishali Mcmillan, The Little Treehouse Children's Boutique

I started to make jewellery as a hobby in 2010 since then i have gathered various skills, which has caused customers at work, friends and family to say "oooh you should sell your creations". I fumbled around with advertising, a single fair and a couple of car boots. I found i wasn't doing very well and started to get frustrated and looked for help. I immediately found Marketing Creatively and since then everything has changed for my business and I! Using the 50 "cardinal rules" (as i call them) and every single piece of information i can suck from your blog, I am starting to expand my reach ten fold, i am finding networking much easier and much more focused, I am now blogging, which to my surprise is a big hit, and i am also planning to do tutorial videos and contact my local newspapers and such to get a bit of coverage. All in all I can't thank you enough. You have been such a great inspiration and help and I know I couldn't have done it without your support, and the support.

- Freya Lucy Elizabeth, Serendipity Jewelery

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1 surprising reason your blog, social media or website content may not be shared