Slow and steady

Well its been about 2 weeks since my last update so i thought it was time for another one!

At the minute i am very much still in the promotional phase of business development - of course promotion is ongoing with any business, but in my view the initial promotional phase is perhaps one of the most difficult to do.  It feels a bit like throwing a fishing line into the middle of a lake in the hopes of catching a passing fish.......

I am certainly not that experienced in these matters (though i do have some limited experience of promoting other pages on fb for example).  I am trying a few options at the same time which seems to be generating a bit of interest in the page.  I am running a few promotions such as a giveaway and a 1p auction, and am playing some games on the page as well.  I am offering a featured seller option to a different seller each day and i am posting the selling albums link to various selling groups.

So far there have been a few sales on the page, which is great :) I am also sharing the this item is sold pic each time there is a sale - hopefully this will encourage the sellers to keep using the page.

I do feel like i am struggling a little bit to get interaction on the page - i know i need to get the likers to comment or like pics to help spread the word, but its hard to know how frequently to post on the page.

So far i have managed to get up to 246 likes, which is not bad for a few weeks worth of promotion......I'm feeling a bit impatient to get to 300 likes, but i know slow and steady is a better way to build the page properly.

I have now also got my business cards - i am using these mostly to send to ebay customers with a purchase, but i will also be giving them out at car boot sales etc. I have designed a simple leaflet as well, but not printed these out yet - thats my next plan.

For now i think i keep doing what i am doing - i'm getting more sellers adding albums which is great - i think the variety of products will help to bring the customers in :)