if you aren't familiar with twitter: "Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length." (quote from wiki)

here is twitter: http://twitter.com/ here is help on how to use it: http://help.twitter.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=26

here is mine: http://twitter.com/kittyanydots --notice i have links to my shops in my twitter profile. :)

if you've ever used http://search.twitter.com, you might have noticed the "trending topics" and "nifty queries" boxes on the right. one of the "nifty queries" is #haiku. people write a haiku and add #haiku to the end. here is what you'll see when you search #haiku:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23haiku i have posted some haiku as they are fun and perhaps will get my twitter noticed, and thus my dawanda shop by non-crafters.

this got me to thinking, what about adding #dawanda to the end of each post we make about our shop products? if enough people used it and searched for it, perhaps it would turn up on "trending topics" and "nifty queries" and perhaps attract twitters who might not otherwise find us or our products.

i am thinking that a key marketing strategy is how to reach other people besides other dawanda sellers. i love being in a supportive community and being fans of each other's work, but anything we can do to appeal to buyers who are not fellow crafters or have not discovered dawanda may open up sales. :)

care to join me in my experiment? tweet something in your shop, another person's dawanda shop, a treasury and add #dawanda to the end of it! :)

note: i am also trying this in the other shop across the pond and there is a bit of confusion, but a twitter tool developer has contacted me about the use of the # hashtag; hopefully he can help and clear up any confusion.

in the meantime, if you haven't signed up on twitter, it's a fun, easy way to market your shop :) http://twitter.com/

i already heard about twitter, but actually haven't figured out yet how it works...
Sounds interesting, I really have to take a couple of hours to really understand how to use it as a promotion tool!

I absolutely love Twitter! I should use it to promote DaWanda more too. Thanks for reminding me Kitty! :)

Twitter seems to be really popular. I haven't tried it yet, but most blogs I come across seem to have it. I'll take a closer look at it as soon as I find the time!

I am going to join in with this experiment - it's just taking me a while to get used to Twitter. :-)

here is mine, joined a little over a week ago and try to post something a couple times a day.....
http://twitter.com/EZMOW

I'll join in to follow feloow DaWandans..........

thanks everyone! :)

more about using #dawanda:
it gives context to your post and can save characters too (since you are limited to 140 for each post). i notice some sellers promoting their items, like new knitted cap: [link]
but that doesn't give context as to where the shop is unless it's mentioned.

with the link, this example post might be a bit too long:
just listed cute grey cat plushie in my dawanda shop; perfect christmas gift! [link]

#dawanda can save you characters and give context in this example:
just listed cute grey cat plushie; perfect christmas gift! [link] #dawanda

Hello Kitty,
thank you so much for your post! I love Twitter! I should use it to promote DaWanda.
Greetings to Kentucky!
Lola

thank lola! greetings to you in germany! :)

if anyone wants to follow me, i'll follow you back on twitter :) http://twitter.com/kittyanydots

I love tweeting
http://twitter.com/glamasaurus

Ahh love twitter!
http://www.twitter.com/lecoccole

Have a wonderful Xmas!

I literally just signed up in twitter, and then came to the forum to search any topic on twitter and found this. I have heard more positive things about it, so I decided to sign up, although I don't fully understand it yet.
You can follow me http://twitter.com/kikidiloves

I love that idea :) So basically it would just be a Tweet with anything DaWanda related, and afterwards I type #DaWanda?

Like:

I just sold this brooch on DaWanda! #DaWanda

Or am I getting it completely wrong?

http://twitter.com/tizzalicious

mine http://twitter.com/catherinemarche
updated quite often...

i love twitter!

http://twitter.com/carolmaro

follow me! :)

I just got one :) https://twitter.com/trutdelamode

I have twitter:

http://twitter.com/bluewhitewear

http://www.twitter.com/zajanatural
http://www.twitter.com/beersoap

Twitter confuses the heck out of me. I just did a search for Dawanda and clicked on a link. You just get a load of random comments about stuff you don't understand. Like one half of several conversations. Nothing flows. I don't get the appeal.