What else can I do?  Or, How Can I Advertise My Poshmark Closet?

I cannot do live shows! And, now that Poshmark has basically done away with silent shows and so many people are doing live shows, I cannot get my stiff out there enough.  I need to make more sales.  But, how do I get people to engage with my closet?

I add posts to Instagram but I do not have many followers there so who sees it? I make ads for my story on Posh and in my closet but who sees them these days?  Stories are not on the shopping options anymore so no one sees it unless they actually select it in my closet. I do post to Pinterest but that, too, is a very random way to be seen.  I do my blog and a few people have accessed it and I even have five recruits to Poshmark!  That's something. I avoid adding to Facebook because that's family, friends, and former students and I do not want to mix business with just staying in touch with people.

Sharing my own closet many times a day is the best thing I can do.  Finding more followers helps too.  It is no longer helpful to share other people's closets so I withdrew from the daily drudge of the follow games I was doing. 

Doing Pinterest and Instagram more frequently might help but I have no idea who has visited my closet because of what they saw on those two sites.

I do what Posh suggests:  I make the best and most accurate listings I can, I add items regularly, I share my closet several times a day, and I update when I do not have new items to add.

Too much inventory right now and a big need to move a lot out! I love to do the shopping/sourcing part so I've bought too much but how can I pass up Plato's Fill a Bag for nothing offer? And, the shopping gets me out of the house!!!

I suppose I am very worried about getting sales because we could really use the extra money right now.  

Today, I added a comment to 3242 bundles of shoppers who have visited my closet. It really is my only advertising option

If you are taking the time to read my complaining, then you may have the same offer!  Buy 1 Get 2 of equal or lesser value free.  This is for everything in my closet!  Everything!

Want to join Poshmark?

It's easy.  I recommend downloading the app and it will lead you through the steps.  Be sure to use this code to receive $10 of your first purchase:

LEPROF_74

My closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/leprof_74?sort_by=added_desc&all_size=true&my_size=false 

See something you like in my closet? Comment that you read my blog and I will give you at least 25% off your item or bundle. 

Conclusions I have come to recently.... Working my Poshmark closet!

A few months ago, I realized how much I miss my job with Fuel Ed/Stride.  I was an online French teacher/Academic Integrity Coach.  I loved it.  Most of the work was easy peasy.  Teaching French was mainly following student progress, grading, and communicate regularly.

The AI Coach was a little bit more challenging but a lot of fun for me.  If a teacher in any subject area suspected cheating, the assignment came to me.  Usually, the teacher provided some evidence for what kind of cheating occurred: copied another student, copied Google, obviously had help from a parent, used Google translate....  Unfortunately, it is way too easy for them these days to cheat. I did the research to see if they copied and provided the evidence for a teacher/parent /student conference.  I put together a presentation on slide show that included an intro, why we are meeting, review of terms and policies, interviewing the student (usually the most revealing part), teacher review with the student of the evidence, student allowed to explain or provide additional info, plan of action steps to take, promise to contact teacher or counselor for help, and a pleasant (?) goodbye.  Then, I would follow up with the student and parents in a few days to make sure they were taking the recommendations and actions necessary to improve.

Another unfortunate event- the onset of Artificial Intelligence and CHATgpt.  That marked the beginning of the end.  I could no longer prove cheating other than asking the kid point blank and accusation does not go over well.  

The position was created for me and the powers that be above our school felt my coach position was no longer needed.  I could've continued part-time but that would likely end too since I was not the Senior French teacher.  So, I took the severance package.  It wasn'y much but it was something.  

So, there I was with no job and no extra income except Poshmark.  I felt I had to up my game in getting stuff sold.  So, I put pressure on myself to do a live show.  That was a disaster.  I tried more silent shows, not much came from them.

Finally, I concluded that doing the shows may not be my best bet.  I've sold a few items every week but not to the level of providing a real income!  I now believe the best I can do is share, follow, and list.  That seems to be what helps the most.  I can continue to sometimes advertise on Instagram and post on Pinterest within their guidelines. 

I cannot stress enough that I find and list excellent items.  I do not list anything I would not want for myself or give as a gift to a friend.

I know I have recruited people either through my closet or this blog but I've not received a bonus for that yet.  They have to sell something or buy something, I think, not sure, before I receive the bonus.

I do need more income.  Grandsons need my help. Their dad, my son, does too.  I can pay my bills, no problem.  I'd like to do more with and for them.

Please shop secondhand and save the environment.  In the long run, we are helping each other in may ways.

Want to join Poshmark?

It's easy.  I recommend downloading the app and it will lead you through the steps.  Be sure to use this code to receive $10 of your first purchase:

LEPROF_74

My closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/leprof_74?sort_by=added_desc&all_size=true&my_size=false 

See something you like in my closet? Comment that you read my blog and I will give you at least 25% off your item or bundle. 

 

Definitely need to clean out some inventory!  Silent show efforts do not get the results I would like.

I do not want to do another live show!  It was a disaster.  I simply do not have the room nor the multi task agility/ability to keep up with showing an item, talking about it, reading the chat, answering questions, moving from one item to the next..... Plus, my space is too small to have a really good show.  I do not have the professional set up needed.

I have watched a few live shows and find most of them annoying.  Some have lights, music, and promises of giveaways that are not worth sticking around.  Free shipping is NOT a giveaway! 

However, getting people to pay attention to my closet is not easy.  I make ads, stories, share on Instagram and Pinterest, send a comment about sales to all those who have shopped my closet, and continue to do the usual daily stuff.

So, I will try an occasional silent show and concentrate on adding items, sharing, and following as much as I can. I will continue to post my ads and send comments trying to get people to check out my closet.

My next silent show will be focused on certain brands that I hope will appeal to shoppers: ZARA, Abercrombie and Fitch, Fashion Nova, Express, and more.

This faux leather top by ZARA is in perfect condition.  Originally $40.  My starting price in the closet is $35 but in the show, I will start at $25.

I paid $6 which is twice what I would like to pay but it is so good!  If it sells for $25, I will get $20 if the shipping is not discounted.  So, $14 profit is pretty good.

Want to join Poshmark?

It's easy.  I recommend downloading the app and it will lead you through the steps.  Be sure to use this code to receive $10 of your first purchase:

LEPROF_74

My closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/leprof_74?sort_by=added_desc&all_size=true&my_size=false 

See something you like in my closet? Comment that you read my blog and I will give you at least 25% off your item or bundle. 

 An unexpected frustration!

The other day I read a few articles on how to share my blog with social media and hopefully attract some attention.

Instagram, no problem.  I made an Instagram just for posting things from my closet separate from my personal one.  I did not want to mix the two.  I doubt my friends and family would appreciate all my posts about items in my closet. I do not post often but when I create something on Canva, it's easy to share on Instagram.

The problem was Pinterest.  Yes, Pinterest.  The never in the news, never controversial Pinterest.

I've had a Pinterest account forever.  Before AI and all the many sites on the internet to help teachers, I used Pinterest for finding ideas for bulletin boards, saving my favorite pictures, and dreaming about living in the South of France, Provence to be exact.

One article suggested making an ad for my blog and posting it on Pinterest.  I first explored what was already on Pinterest to see what other people had done.  Then, I went to my trusty Canva site and created an ad.  

I posted it to Instagram and Pinterest.

 Later that day, I received an email that my Pinterest account had been deactivated because I had violated the Community Guidelines.  I am one who likes to do good things.  I am not a bad person and when I get called out on something, I feel awful, like a criminal.  I feel like my dog, Nipper, does when she knows she's in trouble.

I had no idea what I did and still have not received a full explanation.  I am not even sure my ad caused the issue.  All they told me was that I may have been flagged for spam and directed me to read the review on my account.

Funny thing, when your account is deactivated, you cannot get into it to read the review!  Great system!

I emailed not once, not twice, not even three times!  The fourth time was the charm in this case.  I asked every time for an explanation about what happened so I would not repeat the same thing.

They did finally reactivate my account.  I immediately went in to read the report.  All I found in the review was:

Status:  Reactivated

Reason:  Spam

That was it.  Nothing else.  No report.  No explanation.

So, I read the Community Guidelines section on Spam.  Best I can figure is that Google Blogspot is not an approved partner and since I included the link, maybe that triggered it to flag as spam.

So, now what?  If I post again, will they deactivate my account again? Since they have not explained why other than to say "spam", I am very hesitant to post any other ads about my blog.

Here's a kicker.  This post about sourcing had more traffic than any other!!!

Man, sometimes you just can't get a win!  Maybe the traffic came from Instagram!

Want to join Poshmark?

It's easy.  I recommend downloading the app and it will lead you through the steps.  Be sure to use this code to receive $10 of your first purchase:

LEPROF_74

See something you like in my closet? Comment that you read my blog and I will give you at least 25% off your item or bundle.