Wibbly, Wobbly, Jiggly, Wiggly

The Giveaway

How it’s going and why I am doing it

I’ve been running a giveaway/competition on my Facebook page over the last week. I asked my followers to Pick from 4 of my fingerless glove designs to have a chance of winning their chosen design. This gives me an opportunity to:

1, connect with followers on my page. Normally I get the odd comment from family and friends and a couple of fans who interact with the page on a regular basis, but in general everyone is silent. But it’s really hard to create for an audience that you on the whole know very little about.

2, find out what people like and don’t like. This follows on from the previous reason but differs slightly. What better way to get a little market research done than to offer free stuff for it? It’s kind of a win win, I get to know what works and the fans on my page get something in return, well one of them does.

3, build upon my audience. Market research is important but it’s also important to try and expand audiences. I spend a huge amount of my time on social Media trying (often failing) to figure out how to get myself out there. I sometimes feel like my efforts are in vain, but I suppose I have to persist or I will never get anywhere. I have learned just offering freebies is not going to get you noticed, you have to have some sort of a plan in place aswell, which I’ll admit I didn’t really have.

This is all seeming rather negative but it isn’t all that bad….

Since Monday last week when the competition launched I have 25 new followers on facebook, it sounds like very little but compared to my usual increase that’s pretty awesome. Also my post reach has grown by an extra 50%. My views on Etsy have also increased

I’ve had Loads of feedback and found out which designs of the 4 I picked were most popular. By far the Pikachu/Pokeball gloves have the most votes so far.

It seems really funny how hugely popular Pokemon characters are and I think it has alot to do with internet/nerd culture.. I guess even though I am still stuck (in the nicest sense of the world) In excited fandom of stuff I liked when I was a kid, it surprises me how many other people my age are too. Which the older generation definitely on a whole finds hard to stomach. That’s probably a rant for another time but I love being the nerdy fan-girl that I am, It doesn’t mean I can’t function as an adult.

The Tardis gloves have also got lots of votesso far, I gathered that the Doctor Who gloves would be a popular choice, The weeping angel pattern I wrote last year did really well. Apparently you can’t go wrong with a madman in a box.

Gotta catch ’em all

As The Pokemon gloves seem to get alot of attention. I have drawn up lots more designs for Pokemon accessories which I am excited about making. I also made these Jigglypuff/Wigglytuff gloves. Aswell as having any Pokemon with a Pokeball I thought making a pair with the Pokemon in different Evolutions would be a fun Idea to play with, I’m sure I’ll do some more on this theme. I chose the Jiggly Puff design because I’m running low on yarn and I had alot of pink, but I have plenty more exciting ideas that hopefully I will get a chance to make soon!

Note the relevant nerdy T-shirt in this photo, I knew I was going to be taking these photos when I got dressed in the morning and the T-shirt was somewhat near the top of the drawer, it seemed rude not to. And the Ukulele? I hear you ask, oh that’s just because, also I am really good at doing stupid stuff with my hands in photos so I thought props might help. But of course it doesn’t really help you to see the gloves very well… I don’t know *facepalm*

I’m going yarn shopping tomorrow so I can get to work on some more of my designs, I feel like I’ve been ranting a bit so I’ll go away now, but not forever, I’m totally coming back to rant some more next time I make something. For now please enjoy some Jiggly-Wiggly photos!