Sunday, November 14, 2010

Linking Your Facebook Page / Fanpage Posts to Your Twitter Feed

Instructions on How to Link Your Facebook Page / Fan Page Posts to Your Twitter Feed:

This is Facebook's official webpage for linking your Facebook to Twitter and vice versa: http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/



You will need to give the Twitter-on-Facebook Application access to your Facebook page. 

I have both a Facebook Page for Amore Valkyrie as well as a Facebook Fan Page for Amore Valkyrie.  I gave my Amore Valkyrie Twitter access to both.  That means anything I post on one account will be replicated on all three.

Under "App permissions" you will see the option to "allow Twitter to post updates to:" - check all applicable pages, and voila - you are finished.  Easy as that!

Recommendations:

I highly suggest posting out of your Facebook Fan page - this should be the page that all of your followers have "liked" and therefore will propegate posts that show up on their home page.  Then let your linked accounts spread the word onto your other pages via this new linking change you've made. 

Post something short and sweet - limit yourself to about 120 characters so you will still have room for a URL link at the end.  This is how it will look:

The Amore Valkyrie Facebook Fan Page is shown below.  This is the page I originally wrote my post on.  It displays the full URL of my Amore Valkyrie Etsy product I want to promote, and it shows a lovely picture below.



The Amore Valkyrie Twitter is shown below.  It automatically updates itself - I don't even have to log in.  It shortens the URL to a "fb.me" URL, and it will cut off anything over approximately 120 characters to make room for the shortened URL.  Make sure you keep your original message short and sweet.



My Amore Valkyrie Facebook (non Facebook Fan page) is shown below.  It also automatically updates.  It will look slightly different from my Fan page, because it is recieving its information from my Twitter feed.  So unfortunately, it does not have the pretty picture that my Fan page does - still, its a time saver.  (I apologize that the text is different than the above two examples - I just wanted to illustrate what the Twitter-to-Facebook post looks like.)



I hope this helps someone -- good luck with promoting your Etsy shop on Facebook and Twitter!

For more helpful tips, check back to Amore Valkyrie's blog often! 
Check out: How To Change Your Facebook Fan Page URL to a Vanity URL.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Amore Valkyrie GIVEAWAY on Everything Etsy!




Edit: This giveaway has ENDED!  Thank you very much to Everything Etsy for being a fantastic host!

The Amore Valkyrie GIVEAWAY hosted on Everything Etsy is now LIVE!  Visit Everything Etsy for a chance to win one of my favorite earrings, the lovely, dainty amethyst gemstone briolettes on sterling silver earrings, shown below. 

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Stay tuned on the Amore Valkyrie blog, Amore Valkyrie Twitter, and Amore Valkyrie Facebook fan page for informative posts for the informed fine but budget-minded jewelry connoisseur.  Brief, educational tips are shared regularly to help you build an affordable, beautiful, long-lasting jewelry collection with enough style, quality and beauty to become heirlooms for ages to come.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Fall 2010 Collection Spotlight: Rivke, the Wire Wrapped Gemstones

I chose mostly teardrop shaped precious and semi-precious briolettes for a series of new gemstone pendants and earrings. All gems are tightly coiled with 24, 22 and 20 gauge sterling silver wire and anti-tarnish silver plated wire for a lovely, even, smooth gleam of silver. Here's a peek at some of my favorite stones from the Rivke series:

Sterling silver earrings - with pale purple amethyst round gem briolettes - pink - RIVKE by Amore Valkyrie on Etsy

Sterling silver necklace - with large amethyst gem briolette, tiny quartz gem briolette and sterling silver charm trio - RIVKE by Amore Valkyrie on Etsy

Sterling silver chain necklace - with tiny clear crystal quartz round briolette semiprecious stone - RIVKE by Amore Valkyrie on Etsy

Sterling silver earrings - with pale purple amethyst round gem briolettes - pink - RIVKE by Amore Valkyrie on Etsy

These were meant to be the simplest, most minimalist pieces available at Amore Valkyrie. The gemstones can be mixed and matched with blank sterling silver charms also available. They are meant for every day wear - the go-to pop of sparkle and color for any occasion.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Amore Valkyrie is Now on Facebook! How to Change Your Facebook Fan Page URL to a Vanity URL

Check us out on Facebook!

Update: Amore Valkyrie Facebook fan page hit its first milestone - 25 fans!  Achieving a roster of 25 fans enables a fan page to change its URL to a "vanity URL."  The original URL still works, but now I've also designated a shorter, prettier URL: http://www.facebook.com/AmoreValkyrieJewelry.  Cool, eh?

The website for changing your business fan page's URL after you achieve 25 fans is here: http://www.facebook.com/username/

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Amore Valkyrie's Trade Adventures!

Amore Valkyrie is now a proud member of the Etsy Street Team, Trade-a-holics!  So far, I've found trading to be an extremely addicting and fulfilling hobby - the value of the trade is already incredible, but the value of interacting with this whole new community of extremely flexible, talented and friendly artists is immeasurable.  Thank you Trade-a-holics!
If you have an Etsy store and would like to trade, please feel free to message Amore Valkyrie.