Comments | seiryu_16: A FREAKIN' CASTLE?!

seiryu_16

A FREAKIN' CASTLE?!

Apr 08, 2009 16:26

Apparently Nicholas Cage has to sell his castle in Germany, to which I of course said

"WHAT THE SHIT THAT MOTHERFUCKER HAD A GODDAMN CASTLE?!"

I totally hate him extra now. FUCK YOU FOR FUCKING UP GHOST RIDER AND MAKING THAT HORRIBLE REMAKE OF THE WICKER MAN AND THEN DEDICATING IT TO JOEY RAMONE ( Read more... )

rant

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nemoren April 9 2009, 00:48:52 UTC

Have you thought about targeting the "geekery" section of the site? I feel like you'd be a natural in there.

seiryu_16 April 9 2009, 01:20:33 UTC

Been thinking about it, but aside from my dice pendants and earrings, I don't have all that much "geeky" stuff. I've still been pondering reopening my Project Wonderful account and doing some advertising on gaming webcomics, but on the whole... it's kind of a tangle. My mom suggested I specialize in something, but I actually prefer doing a bit of everything.

What's your call, though? What do you think is my strongest suit?

nemoren April 9 2009, 18:15:40 UTC

I think there's lots of people on there with multiple specialties. Some people set up separate storefronts for different areas, but I'm not convinced that's all that necessary.

There's a ton of writing out there on Etsy marketing strategy, and on doing audience research, that might be worth Googling. I think you have to know the Etsy audience(s), what they like, and make your product work for them.

I suspect most of Etsy traffic comes internal to the site. It's a browse-happy medium, people go there to poke around, and there's a hundred ways to do that (treasuries, color-browser, geolocator). Pieces with a strong (positive) flavor develop a following. What makes your pieces different, worth clicking on in a search? Browse around the site - what catches your eye, and why? Do they seem to be having success with it, and why?

handyman5 April 9 2009, 01:27:00 UTC

I was so sad that Knowing was so good. Alex Proyas > Nicholas Cage, I suppose.

Plus the ending of the movie was cathartic in that sense. ;-)

handyman5 April 9 2009, 01:27:35 UTC

Also.

inktea April 9 2009, 15:23:33 UTC

I would throw a "some" in front of "actors, musicians, and sports figures", knowing some actors and musicians who are struggling, and that most of them are.

nemoren April 9 2009, 18:06:49 UTC

But that's part of the "fucked up".

On the same topic, I learned today that the highest-paid state employee in most states is a football or basketball coach (e.g., Tubby Smith in MN).