Any tips out there for promoting craft gigs?

Hello all,

I'm just wondering if any of you have any tips for promoting craft gigs?

I've been here for a several months and played with a couple of gigs without any real success. My best gig got me 5 sales in 2 months but required about 5 hours of my time. (Needless to say, $3.92 for 5 hour of work plus the cost of materials - it had to go.) Right now, I only have 1 gig posted because I'm out of ideas, and I'm not sure there's even a point.

I see all sorts of advice on advertising your gig, but none of it really seems feasible for something like this. Most of the places I go online prohibit any sort of advertising, and even if I did post, other crafters that I talk to are perfectly capable of doing the same thing I'm doing for themselves. I've also heard that videos can help, but aside from spending the time and materials to make a dozen samples that I'll never be able to sell, there's not much I can do to fill up a video, either.

I've spent months on here trying to find something that will sell, but my options are limited. I don't own a video camera, I don't have a lot of computer know-how, I'm not a writer, I hate proofreading, and I can't take pictures worth a darn, so this about the only option left to me. I'd really appreciate any advice anyone can give me . . . or even any critiques on my gig.

http://fiverr.com/stitchingamy/hand-stitch-a-personalized-bookmark

Thanks!
Amy