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Project 12

DTC Brand Launch System

Pinterest and Etsy management for a handmade, artisan slow fashion brand from Mumbai. Board strategy, listing SEO, pin creation, advertising setup, and analytics growth. From near-zero to +999% impressions.

5.9K
Pinterest impressions
+999%
impressions growth
158
pins across boards
62
engagements (+999%)
The Brief

Handmade, one-of-a-kind clothing. A brand with product worth discovering — but no discovery engine.

The brand makes block-printed, silk, and kantha clothing — handmade in India, shipped worldwide. Discovery-dependent brand with two underperforming channels. Pinterest had no board strategy. Etsy listings had no SEO. Neither was optimized for the international buyer. I built both out: boards structured and keyword-optimized, pins created and scheduled, listings rewritten for search, advertising set up, analytics monitored.

What I Did

Five pillars. Two channels. One person.

Pillar The Work
Pinterest Boards Built three keyword-organized boards from scratch — Kantha Corsets, Tops, Shirts. Curated and published 158 pins total, each titled and described around buyer search intent.
Pinterest Growth Drove impressions from near-zero to 5.9K (+999%) and engagements to 62 (+999%) within the measurement window. Audience profile skewed 25–34, India + US top markets.
Etsy Listings & SEO Rewrote every product listing with buyer-intent keywords, structured descriptions, materials, size guides, and shipping clarity. Optimized for Etsy's internal search and external Google Shopping.
Etsy Ads & Branding Set up and managed Etsy advertising for handmade slow-fashion search terms. Designed shop banner and cover photos in 4 color variants (green, orange, black, white) for visual A/B testing.
Content & Photography Curated product photography for pin templates, wrote the shop's About copy, designed Pinterest cover, and produced the visual system used across both channels.
Pinterest Board Strategy

Three boards. Organized by product category. Optimized by keyword.

Kantha Corsets
64 pins
2.58K
Impressions
Tops
60 pins
1.53K
Impressions
Shirts
34 pins
1.14K
Impressions

Board names, descriptions, and pin titles were all optimized around buyer search intent — terms like "block print corset," "kantha fabric top," "handmade Indian clothing" — to surface in both Pinterest search and Google image results.

Pinterest Analytics

+999% impressions and engagements. The algorithm caught up.

5.9K
+999% vs previous period
Impressions
99
+4.2% vs previous period
Total Audience
62
+999% vs previous period
Engagements

The +999% figures aren't a typo — Pinterest's analytics cap growth display at 999% when a metric jumps from near-zero. The channel went from essentially no visibility to consistent daily impressions within the measurement window.

Audience profile: 44.7% aged 25–34 · Majority female · Top markets: India and United States · Top device: Mobile.

Etsy Management

Listing SEO. Advertising. Shop branding.

Listing copy & SEO — rewrote all Etsy product listings with buyer-intent keywords, structured descriptions, size guides, and shipping clarity. Optimized for Etsy's internal search and external Google Shopping.

Shop branding — designed the Etsy shop banner and cover photo, consistent with the brand's visual identity. Created multiple versions (green, orange, black, white) tested for conversion.

Etsy Ads — set up and managed Etsy advertising campaigns, targeting relevant shoppers for handmade, slow fashion, and international artisan clothing searches.

Profile and bio — wrote the shop's About section, which now reads: "More than a clothing brand — a canvas of culture, heritage, and artistry. Garments crafted with soul, using the finest cotton and silk, dyed and printed with ancient techniques like block printing, daabu printing, & more."

Tools

What I used.

PinterestPinterest Business
PinterestPin Scheduler
EtsyEtsy Seller Hub
EtsyEtsy Ads
DesignCanva
DesignPhotoshop
SEOPinterest Search
SEOEtsy Search
SEOGoogle Trends
AnalyticsPinterest Analytics
AnalyticsEtsy Stats
PhotographyProduct Photo Curation