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Recent Facebook Changes and Impact for Shop Owners
Facebook: Do you 😍 or 😡 it? As a craft business, you may love Facebook because many of your current (and future) customers spend lots of time there. Facebook is free to use and is constantly working to connect users to content they will like. Facebook also gives you the tools ...
2023 Craft Retailer Research Results Part 2
Welcome to the second post where we share information from the 2023 Craft Retailer Research Study. (Our first post on the study is here.) What is the Craft Retailer Research Study? If this is the first time you’re reading about the study, a bit of background may be helpful. Through April-May 2023, ...
2023 Craft Retailer Research Results Part 1
What is the Craft Retailer Research Study? Earlier this spring, you may have seen an invitation to participate in a survey of craft retailers. Stitchcraft Marketing, along with BERNINA, The National Needlearts Association, and Creative Retailer, partnered with Audience Audit, a third-party research company specializing in attitudinal segmentation for agencies, to ...
Best Practices in Quilt Retailing
ByAnnie.com, creator of bag-making products that are easy to use, made of exceptional quality, and bring vibrant color options to the creative process, holds an annual local quilt shop (LQS) contest. In conjunction with a special partnership to support the LQS contest, we’ve put together this compilation of best practices ...
Facebook Professional Mode: Pros + Cons
Companies have long relied on the Pages profile format to manage their brand presence on Facebook. However, craft businesses have recently experienced a noticeable decline in their organic reach and engagement via Facebook Pages and Groups. The rates of organic engagement vary depending on the type of post (video, link, ...
Are You Prepared for Google Analytics 4?
Google Analytics 4 Replaces Universal Analytics Soon! Overview of GA4 Do you use Google Analytics to track your customer activity? If so, are you using Google’s Universal Analytics (UA) or Google Analytics 4 (GA4)? If you’re on UA, it’s time to pay attention. On July 1, 2023, Universal Analytics will stop collecting data and GA4 ...
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