Though in many ways (okay, totally) unrelated to the usual content of this blog, I wanted to take a moment today to offer this information to those who may not otherwise know about it.
Last Fall, I created a catalog to help connect Etsy shop owners, crafters, photographers, authors, and other artisans to one another and to a new audience of possible customers. The inaugural issue of the Creative Connections Catalog was, to the glory of God, a success.
It wouldn’t leave my mind, however, that I started the catalog to help others—not to make money from it or from them. Therefore, to help the catalog more broadly reach its original goal of “connecting” products to people who need and want them (some of the shops or items you might not ever hear about otherwise), I decided that, at least for the remainder of 2014, the catalogs—and the ads in them—will be FREE!
The deadline for new ads is coming soon. We still have FREE ad space available in the all-new, FREE Creative Connections Catalog for Etsy shops, products, and website stores. Please use the link below if you are interested in participating as an advertiser (serious, appropriate entries only, please; we reserve the right to refuse any ad based on its appropriateness).
This is not a gimmick; there is no spam, no pressure—this catalog is truly just my gesture of kindness and a way of “paying it forward” to help shop owners (both large, well-established shops and brand new shops with only a few customers) to “connect” to new customer opportunities and to connect customers to new items.
Ads are due Tuesday, April 1 (no fooling!), so submit yours SOON!