TheHive Reaches Growth Milestone with over 5000 Members and 22,000 Blogs

Arts & Crafts Social Media Network, TheHive, grows to over 5000 members and 22,000 blogs in less than four months. Members find free membership, additional exposure through aggregate content and increased business on their online shops like Etsy & Artfire top benefit list. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) October 19, 2010 - TheHive, an arts & crafts social media network has just reached a major milestone. Growing by over 5000 members and 22,000 blogs in less than four months of operation, it is quickly becoming one of the top ranking social networks for the arts & crafts industry. Unlike other crafty networks, TheHive spans all mediums and is both fun and informative for professionals, hobbyists, manufacturers and retailers.

This free network is quickly becoming a hot spot because it helps connect the Creative Industry. Marlo Letterle, entrepreneur and inventor of Scrap 'n Tote, a specialized organizational system for the widely used Cricket Cartridge system, says, "The Hive is my new addiction! It doesn't add to my waistline, or empty my wallet. I am privileged to get in on the ground floor of a new and unique social networking site made just for us crafters and craft business owners. The points system is pure genius! The Hive site navigates easily and is a must for craft business owners. Blog, tweet or post to Facebook . . . the Hive has it all and more! I feel like a kid in a candy store! Thanks Creatingthehive.com. You nailed it with this site!"

Crafters who sell their wares online at retail establishments like Etsy and Artfire have found TheHive to be a vast resource of new consumers, who become loyal buyers after they have the opportunity to meet and bond with the artist. Donna Dolci Cooper, doll maker extraordinaire, wrote in one of her blogs titled The Perks of Being a Hive Member, "Since the day I joined the "HIVE", I have had a steady and SOLID increase in views at my Etsy shop. I have also had a huge jump in the percentage of new visitors coming. I would on an average day have 12% of new traffic....now it has risen to a steady 40%-60%. After all....if people aren't looking at what we are selling....how could they ever buy it? I woke this morning to over a thousand views on my shop from yesterday........ So I ...and my dolls say ...Thank You to the "HIVE""

As a self-initiated way to support each other, Hive members created the "hive member" tag to add to their online retail sites. This helps them feature other Hive members in their treasuries - adding additional benefit to the connections built at the site. Others have created "Facebook Follow Fridays", "#twitterbees" as well as Hive member only discounts, specials and contests.
Membership to this unique community is free and content is generated easily by members through its RSS feed - offering significant additional exposure to member's current blogs with a simple one time cut-and-paste profile setting. Aggregate content, additional sales and a fun sense of community is what makes TheHive such a hit. It is no wonder membership has been skyrocketing and why TheHive is all the buzz in the Crafting Industry.

TheHive, www.creatingthehive.com, is a dynamic social community designed to help provide a connection between everyone in the arts, crafts and hobby industry. Whether you are a manufacturer, professional artist, hobbyist, retailer or consumer, you have a voice. By providing a place for everyone to grow, build a community of like inspired enthusiasts and connect creators to consumers our hope is that we continue to strengthen and grow the industry as a whole. To contact us directly email creatingthehive ( @ ) gmail dot com

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