Are Your Sales Down on Etsy?

I am new to Etsy. It seems like a lot of people are saying their sales are down. Is that true for most people, or only some? What can we do to help each other grow and have our stores seen? I am all for helping each other so what can we do to help each other? I do think featuring each other on our blogs brings attention to what we do. Is anyone interested in maybe starting a feature ring, where we organize a few people who are interested and take turns featuring each other on our blogs? I would be interested. How many people have Facebook Fan Pages? I do get hits off my Facebook Fan Page almost daily so if you dont have a fan page, I would recommend it to help bring traffic into your stores. The showcases on Etsy do seem to help with your views, but spending $7.00 a week to make one or two sales just doesnt seem too cost effective. I would love to hear what others are doing. Lets try to help each other be successful with our stores. I would love to hear your thoughts.