Hello everyone!
First I’d like to say sorry if I posted this in the wrong area or if this is not an appropriate thing to post, as I’m extremely new to this. I would be more than happy to move this or delete it if necessary, just let me know.
I wanted to see if anyone had any marketing ideas or marketing resources for my products that they might want to try out with them.
My website can be found at http://www.zazzle.com/zipperedflags
Essentially what I did was make custom versions of world flags, which creates 297 niche product markets. Obviously I work with zazzle.com to showcase products, so as well as naturally having a high volume of designs; all of the images are available on hundreds of products. You can choose anything from t shirts, hoodies, phone cases, laptop skins, pillows, napkins and tons of other things. Additionally, you can promote a specific product, a whole section, or the whole store.
As most of you know, Zazzle has an associates program. You can add your associate ID to the link for my products and make a whopping 15% commission on the sales. Additionally, if the customer chooses to buy anything from Zazzle at all you still make the commission, and the referral cookie lasts for 45 days! Zazzle also offers volume bonuses of up to 17%!
(More about the associates program here http://www.zazzle.com/sell/affiliates)
I’m working on marketing myself but currently my situation is becoming pretty dire. My mother and I were victims of the unemployment surge; the classic story you hear consistently on the news of professionals losing their jobs and being unable to re-employ themselves. I am a former electronics engineer, and she is a former contract administrator for international laboratories. As of last week she has lost her unemployment, and I am dangerously close to losing mine. Being the self-motivated individuals we are, we have decided just to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps and get back on track on our own.
However, if we don’t drum up some serious sales in the next month all the dominoes are going to fall.
So it would be great if anyone reading this can help with any of the following:
1. Advertise our products with their affiliate link. This is really the best option, as both parties will benefit from it. I know some of you have massive twitter and facebook accounts, so it would be really easy to just pick something you like (product, section, or the whole store) and share/tweet it with your associate ID.
2. Mention us on your website with your affiliate link.
3. Work your magic in any way you can and net yourself a couple of extra bucks by advertising our products. I’m sure you guys know some super cool stuff that I don’t.
4. I would be more than willing to fill any requests for custom products any of you would want to advertise for. I am an expert designer and I can manifest any idea you have.
5. Like my facebook page or follow me on twitter. http://www.facebook.com/artampersand https://twitter.com/#!/kirbyartand
I assure you we will make it on our own, but as I said we are reaching a thresh hold we can’t recover from. We need some sales to avoid foreclosure and eviction, and we are pretty desperate at the moment.
I am far from a marketing expert, and you guys are the internet marketing gods so I thought I might present you with an opportunity. I appreciate everyone’s time and thank you for reading this, and big thanks for any help you might be able to offer.
Kirby Thurston
Art&
First I’d like to say sorry if I posted this in the wrong area or if this is not an appropriate thing to post, as I’m extremely new to this. I would be more than happy to move this or delete it if necessary, just let me know.
I wanted to see if anyone had any marketing ideas or marketing resources for my products that they might want to try out with them.
My website can be found at http://www.zazzle.com/zipperedflags
Essentially what I did was make custom versions of world flags, which creates 297 niche product markets. Obviously I work with zazzle.com to showcase products, so as well as naturally having a high volume of designs; all of the images are available on hundreds of products. You can choose anything from t shirts, hoodies, phone cases, laptop skins, pillows, napkins and tons of other things. Additionally, you can promote a specific product, a whole section, or the whole store.
As most of you know, Zazzle has an associates program. You can add your associate ID to the link for my products and make a whopping 15% commission on the sales. Additionally, if the customer chooses to buy anything from Zazzle at all you still make the commission, and the referral cookie lasts for 45 days! Zazzle also offers volume bonuses of up to 17%!
(More about the associates program here http://www.zazzle.com/sell/affiliates)
I’m working on marketing myself but currently my situation is becoming pretty dire. My mother and I were victims of the unemployment surge; the classic story you hear consistently on the news of professionals losing their jobs and being unable to re-employ themselves. I am a former electronics engineer, and she is a former contract administrator for international laboratories. As of last week she has lost her unemployment, and I am dangerously close to losing mine. Being the self-motivated individuals we are, we have decided just to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps and get back on track on our own.
However, if we don’t drum up some serious sales in the next month all the dominoes are going to fall.
So it would be great if anyone reading this can help with any of the following:
1. Advertise our products with their affiliate link. This is really the best option, as both parties will benefit from it. I know some of you have massive twitter and facebook accounts, so it would be really easy to just pick something you like (product, section, or the whole store) and share/tweet it with your associate ID.
2. Mention us on your website with your affiliate link.
3. Work your magic in any way you can and net yourself a couple of extra bucks by advertising our products. I’m sure you guys know some super cool stuff that I don’t.
4. I would be more than willing to fill any requests for custom products any of you would want to advertise for. I am an expert designer and I can manifest any idea you have.
5. Like my facebook page or follow me on twitter. http://www.facebook.com/artampersand https://twitter.com/#!/kirbyartand
I assure you we will make it on our own, but as I said we are reaching a thresh hold we can’t recover from. We need some sales to avoid foreclosure and eviction, and we are pretty desperate at the moment.
I am far from a marketing expert, and you guys are the internet marketing gods so I thought I might present you with an opportunity. I appreciate everyone’s time and thank you for reading this, and big thanks for any help you might be able to offer.
Kirby Thurston
Art&
