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A Simple Social Media Plan for Your Etsy Shop

Pick where your buyers already look, post the thing you made, and keep it up in a few hours a week.

Run a simple, sustainable social media plan that sends buyers to your shop, and read in your own Stats whether it works.

44 lessons11 modules4 hr 14 min of materialFree, always
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What’s inside

4 parts, 11 modules. Start at the beginning, or go straight to what’s costing you sales.

Part 1 · Before you post

Why it doesn't sell yet, where to post, and the rules

  • Why most seller social media doesn't sell
  • Picking your one or two places
  • The rules for sending buyers to your shop
Part 2 · What to post

Content, a system, short video and captions

  • Content that sells the thing you made
  • A content system from what you already do
  • Short video on your phone
  • Captions, hooks and a next step
Part 3 · Growing reach

Pinterest, creators and Etsy's own programs

  • Pinterest in depth
  • Creators, affiliates and Etsy's own programs
Part 4 · Measure and keep going

Your numbers and a plan you can keep

  • Is it working? Reading your own numbers
  • Capstone: a plan you can keep

Every module and lesson

44 lessons, each with a practical step, and a short quiz at the end of every module.

Module 1: Why most seller social media doesn't sell

Before you post anything new, find out why your posts so far haven't sold. This module names the three usual reasons, sets honest expectations, and ends with a 15-minute audit of your own account.

  • Posting into the void: the three reasons it fails
  • What social can and can't do for an Etsy shop
  • Your buyer, not your peers
  • A 15-minute audit of what you post now

Module 2: Picking your one or two places

There is no best platform, only the one where your buyer is when they are closest to buying. This module helps you choose one main place, maybe a second, and say no to the rest.

  • Match the platform to how your buyer shops
  • Visual search platforms and the long tail
  • Short-video platforms: reach versus effort
  • Choosing, and saying no to the rest

Module 3: The rules for sending buyers to your shop

A few Etsy rules shape what you can post, say and send. This module covers the ones that matter on social media: using Etsy's name, promo codes and honest pricing, keeping sales on Etsy, and growing a mailing list with consent.

  • What you can and can't say about Etsy
  • Discounts and codes in your posts
  • Keeping sales on Etsy
  • Growing a list with consent

Module 4: Content that sells the thing you made

What to post about a handmade piece so a stranger can picture owning it: the object, the making and the maker, in a simple mix you can plan around.

  • Show the object: scale, texture and in use
  • Process content: proof it's handmade, without giving away your method
  • Story and the person behind the shop, in the right dose
  • The content mix: a simple ratio you can plan around

Module 5: A content system from what you already do

Stop inventing posts from scratch. Capture content while you make, sort it into four pillars, reuse the photos you already have, and share buyer photos the right way.

  • One making session, a week of posts
  • Content pillars: four themes that never run dry
  • Reusing your listing photos and video
  • Buyer photos and reviews, with permission

Module 6: Short video on your phone

Short video doesn't need a studio or an editing habit. Learn how to open strong, which five formats suit handmade work, how to film and edit one in under an hour, and how to make it work with the sound off.

  • The first two seconds
  • Five formats that work for makers
  • Filming and editing in under an hour
  • Sound, captions and accessibility

Module 7: Captions, hooks and a next step

Your caption decides whether someone who stopped for the picture takes the next step. This module covers the first line, writing in your own voice, giving every post one clear next step, and what hashtags and keywords can and can't do.

  • The first line does the work
  • Writing like you talk
  • One clear next step per post
  • Hashtags and keywords: what they do and don't do

Module 8: Pinterest in depth

Pinterest behaves more like a search engine than a feed. This module shows you how to make pins that buyers find months later, with Etsy's own tool or by hand, in about 20 minutes a week.

  • Pins as search, not posts
  • Boards, pin titles and descriptions that match buyer searches
  • Pinterest from Shop Manager, and doing it by hand
  • A 20-minute weekly Pinterest routine

Module 9: Creators, affiliates and Etsy's own programs

Other people can put your work in front of buyers: creators you send gifts to, and Etsy's own programs. This module covers gifting honestly, Creator Collective, Share & Save and Offsite Ads, exactly as Etsy states them, including where Etsy's own pages disagree.

  • Gifting to creators
  • The Creator Collective program
  • Share & Save: earning back fees on sales you drive
  • Offsite Ads: the social traffic you don't post yourself

Module 10: Is it working? Reading your own numbers

Learn what Etsy Stats really counts as social traffic, the few numbers worth writing down each week, how to track a campaign with a promo code, and how to decide when a platform has had its fair chance.

  • Social media traffic in Etsy Stats
  • What to track weekly, and what to ignore
  • Tracking a campaign with a promo code
  • When to stop posting somewhere

Module 11: Capstone: a plan you can keep

Put the whole course together into a routine that fits in about 2 hours a week: one batch session, a worked 4-week calendar, a minimum for hard weeks, and a one-page plan you can copy today.

  • Batch, schedule and switch off: a two-hour week
  • A four-week content calendar: an example
  • Avoiding burnout: minimum viable posting
  • Your one-page social plan

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