Not long after I joined the A Promotion Commotion team on Etsy last Spring, Sandra Engebose made me a team leader. I had already been keeping count for her Hundred Heart’s threads. She asked me to keep it up, and to set up new threads as they were needed. Since then I’ve done it 20 times.
I noticed early on that a lot of people didn’t bother to heart the listings I put in the threads. When one of the regulars started to convo me about all the people who weren’t favoring her listings, I thought I better do something.
First I started deleting the listings of anyone who clearly broke the rules – the ones who posted multiple listings or who never ever hearted anyone. It didn’t really fix the problem, but it sure made me feel better.
Then I got the great idea of offering to do a special promotion for those who actually followed all the rules. What a difference positive thinking makes! Suddenly I had much, much better activity from everyone!
These things can take time. From when I suggested the treasury to Sandra until I could get it made and launched was about a month. The treasury has been out for 9 days now. It’s done better than any other treasury I or Kate made. I’ll be promoting it for a full 16 days. Then I’ll be making another. Only this time, I think I can make it even better.
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