Attending or exhibiting at a wholesale gift trade show is exciting and profitable to your growing your new craft or gourmet foods business. As you will discover, certain buyers prefer to buy only at trade shows. Being able to schedule time away from their stores to touch, feel and experience products, may be the...
Resources for Selling Crafts Online
I have shared with you, over the last several weeks, some quite easy applications to help you with your online marketing of your gift or craft business. Now, if you would like to pursue online marketing in more detail, let me refer you to the following expert resources: Craft Marketer – James Dillehay Got...
Using Squidoo to Market Your Products
Squidoo is the ‘brain-child’ of bestselling author, blogger and speaker, Seth Godin. Seth’s purpose in developing Squidoo “is to make it easy for people to create free pages (called “lenses”) on their interests, and to earn royalties for their good content.” Squidoo is a popular on-line publishing platform (and community) that makes it easy...
Social Network, Part Two: Twitter
Twitter is the new buzz for social networking. Based on 140 character posts, Twitter encourages short but relevant posts about your interests and/or activities. Twitter is an excellent platform to get exposure for your business and products. Twitter accounts are pretty easy to set up – much easier than either Facebook or LinkedIn. Coming...
I Finally Got My New Computer!!
Believe it or not, but my new Acer laptop computer is now in my possession!! After being without for over two weeks, I can finally get back on-line, respond to my numerous emails, and prepare the next posts on Web Marketing!! I should be back on track with the next post later this week....
Are You Ready for a Productive New Year!
Boy, I can’t believe how fast time flies by when you are busy …. Immediately after I recovered from my cold/flu in early December, Malcolm, my husband, and I set up our holiday kiosk at the Palouse Mall in Moscow, Idaho and sold several thousand dollars of Idaho-made products (mostly gourmet foods). Despite the...
Happy Holidays!!
Taking a quick break from my busy schedule at the Tastes of Idaho holiday kiosk at the Palouse Mall in Moscow, Idaho to thank all my loyal readers and to …. Wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year! See you next year as we continue of discussion of Social Networking...
I Have a Confession to Make …
I have been sick with a very bad cold for the last week …. My confession is that with all the hub-bub of the holidays, I have gotten way behind in my posts (and everything else for that matter!). Christmas is a big selling season for my husband, Malcolm, and I. We have several...
Social Networking, Part One
Social Networking is a rather new phenomenon in the internet world, but an excellent way to market your business. Having your products or websites “talked about” on a social networking site or group is taking ‘word of mouth’ advertising to a hundred-fold level! There are numerous networking sites, bookmarking sites, and group/membership sites that...
Thanksgiving Message
Originally, I intended to post about Social Network to build your business. Instead, I stopped to reflect on Thanksgiving and realized how thankful I am for what has transpired over this past year. So in honor of this special day, I want to share with you what I am thankful for: For a chance...
How to Promote Your Business with Blogging
If you are looking for a more personalized website other than an Etsy or Artfire store (as described in the last post), you will want to look into starting a blog. Blogging has changed dramatically over the last years. Whereas, blogs were originally used for sharing personal information, they are now being developed and...
Free and Simple Sites to Market Your Craft Business On-line
Don’t feel overwhelmed or daunted by the thought of marketing on the internet. Applications have changed so much over the years … When I first dabbled in internet marketing, I needed to work with a computer techie who knew html (computer language) and knew all the ins and outs of the internet. Thank goodness,...
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