Well, since I launched the Daily Artisan Spotlight on April 28th, it’s popularity seems to have grown every day. Yesterday I had 28 submissions for the largest day yet! More and more people are dropping by to check out the various artisans as well and yesterday this blog had over 200 unique visitors! I think that’s fantastic success and a tribute to the wonderful artisans that have been in the spotlight so far! I’m also happy to say that with the current submissions, the feature is already booked into July so if you want to get scheduled, you’d best get in line quickly!

Of course, all of this success comes at a price. Namely, that I spent about an hour tonight just getting a weeks worth prepped and scheduled to run! It’s a price I’m perfectly willing to pay to help give exposure to all of the great artisans out there but I wanted to let everyone know as I like to notify everyone of their run dates and since it’s taking me a while to get things scheduled, you might not get an email until this weekend!

Another thing I am considering is automating the spotlight process so that when the form is submitted, I get the emailed results but the system automatically generates and schedules the post then sends out the email to notify the artisan of the date. I used to be a programmer in my previous work life, so I can get this done but to be honest, before I put the work into it, I want to know if it’s worth the sweat and tears! So please place a comment here and let me know that you appreciate and pay attention to this feature before I make the final call! After all, if no one really appreciates the effort, I can use the time to work on my own crafting projects!

Let me know how YOU feel!