The
last 48 hours were a total nightmare…well the most part of them. Due to the fact that I really want my Etsy's
shop to be a success I am trying many things. Against some of my best friends'
advice almost against my own instinct I went again into trying a campaign for "Likes"
on Facebook. Someone from Etsy offered a free way to get as many Likes as
possible for free. You just have to click and sign in to a site named "shareyt.com",
redeem some coupons and go for it. The minute I signed in I knew I made a
mistake. The ads came in from the sides from the top and bottom moving toward
the center covering parts of the page, moving, jumping, and changing. All this
gave me an immediate headache. You couldn't know what you are clicking on and
after awhile I stopped, closed the page and went outside for some fresh air.
When I felt better after making a final decision not to attempt anymore free
campaigns and to think of other ways to promote my shop and make more sales I
set down in front of my laptop and my eyes blackened.
Whatever page I opened be
it Etsy, Pinterest, Facebook or Flickre, wherever I turned in my well known,
favorite sites I was attacked, violently by all sorts of ads from cockroaches
running around to fat naked ladies illustrated, from Asian girls to Wallmart, I
left my desk in tears, sweating and helpless.
Maybe
it's only me who gets so frustrated because I feel so helpless if my
computer all of a sudden gets crazy,
maybe I am too sensitive to disgusting ugly and violent ads but I really do
think this kind of commerce should be illegal.
I did my best to try and reverse it…nothing. "My best" isn't
much so I gave up and first thing in the morning I took my laptop into the
nearest Best Buy store straight to the Geek squad. It took the nice young guy
there 5 minutes to block the ads from attacking me. Puffff a relief sigh. I am
back home again and ready for my normal life.
