April Trend Challenge!

********************** WE HAVE A WINNER!!! THERE WILL BE A SHOP FEATURE HERE ON THIS BLOG SOON. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A LOVELY FEATURE ON: 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Peelirohini   ***********************

  CONGRATS Peeli !!!



The Promotional Frenzy Team wants to help online small businesses sell their products through smart marketing. One way you can really help the visibility of your shop is by keeping up with current trends. If your shop has items each month that people are looking for, and you tag them appropriately you should get good traffic just from listing and tagging items with current trends!

With that in mind we will be giving Challenges to help Inspire and Motivate you to keep your shop current. For this challenge, there is a list below of trends to watch for this Spring. Your challenge:  Make 1 NEW item for your shop inspired by something in the list below.

Once you have made a piece, list it in your shop, tag it with the trend keywords and then POST YOUR NEW ITEM in the Comments of this blog!  

We would really love it if you would add to your description of your listing, "Inspired by The Promo Frenzy Trend Challenge: http://promofrenzyteam.blogspot.com/2012/03/april-trend-challenge.html "

With links to your items on our blog and links in your item listings to our blog we should all receive valuable back-links for our shops and wonderful exposure!

 You have to post a link to the comments of this blog NO LATER THAN MARCH 27th Midnight (eastern/etsy time). We will pick a winner at random (using random.org ) from the links posted in the comments.  The winner will be announced and given a feature on the blog on April 4th.

 ****** LIMIT OF 2 ENTRIES ******

WE ENCOURAGE you to make treasuries based on these trends, and include the people who post links in this blog!  Tag: Promofrenzy for extra exposure!!  You can feel free to post the treasuries in a comment here too!

COLOR  TRENDS

1.  Caramel Colors

2.  Coral

3.  Peach

4.  Banana

5.  Orange/tangerine

6.  Total White (all white)

THEMES / PATTERNS

1.  Floral Prints

2.  Blooming flowers

3.  Animal Prints

4.  Print Mixes

5.  Sea Inspired (shell, pearl, crystals)

6.  Ethnic (fringe, feathers, bright pops of colors)

HOLIDAYS

1.  April Fools (pranks and jokes) - April 1st

2.  Good Friday -  April 6th 

3.  Passover - April 7th

4.  Easter (eggs, pastel colors, bunnies) -  April 8th

5.  Patriot's Day - April 16th

  ALL THE DETAILS (Other)

1.  Spring Weddings

2.  April Birthstone - DIAMONDS

3.  April Zodiac Signs - April 1st - 19th Aries   April 20th - Taurus

4.  Cropped Tops and Hot Pants

5.  Asymmetrical designs

6.  Lace Dresses

7.  Pleats

8.  Multi-layer Necklace

9.  Boatneck Tops

10.  Boudoir Fashion - (slinky fabrics, lace trim, ruffles, revealing necklines, and splits)

*****  We will update this as Etsy Posts April Merchandising Trends.

HAVE FUN and get creating!

From your Promo Frenzy Team