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Showing posts with label blogs. Show all posts

9/26/2010

Marketing Monday: The Blog, Part II

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nerdgoddess

Finding our way in the blogosphere is ongoing ...
I've gathered up a few more links to articles to help with blogging.

A post by Tara Gentile of Scoutie Girl on CraftMBA discusses
why your blog needs a purpose, a method, a goal.
She suggests you create an objective so you can build
a community around your blog.


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vinylvisionaries

This post from Open Forum discusses
3 not so obvious things your blog needs:
1. a point of view
2. really great headlines
3. calls to action


blog this
mmiskowski

Lisa Barone of Outspoken Media suggests an editorial calendar:
Why You Need An Editorial Calendar For Your Blog.
She feels it will increase your post quality, your post quantity,
your advertising opportunities & your subscribers.
My favorite reason is that the urge to bang your head against
the wall will decrease.


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ponyboypress

Rebecca Osberg, a social media writer, has some content ideas:
How To Write Content For a Business Blog.
I thought the part about blog design was important, as well as
the section on promoting your industry - go handmade!


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shopsaplingpress

My favorite article, though, has to be
5 Essential Blogging Tips from the Father of Chinese Philosophy.
Confucius had some great advice, which has been applied to blogs -
From knowledge to beauty, respect and consequences, and
not doing to others what you would not want done to you.
The author adds his own tip as well.


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fishlegs

About what will you be blogging?

9/11/2010

Marketing Monday: The Blog

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jenniferramos.etsy.com

When I opened my Etsy shop last year, I did some research on
marketing my shop. It seemed that the thing to do was to have
a blog. I had always wondered why people read blogs ...
and now I had to start my own?

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PopCultureRehab

I had all sorts of questions about blogging:
What do I write about?
How often should I post?
How should I set up my blog?
Should I have advertisements on my blog?
Should I have giveaways?
How personal does this have to get?
Who will follow my blog?

You can Google just about anything there is to do with blogging,
but I have picked a few posts that were of interest to me,
hoping that maybe they will be of interest to you, too.


rosie_the_riveter1

Design Sponge: Biz Ladies: Using a Blog to Grow Your Business
"Social media writer, editor and blogger Rebecca Levie Osberg
offers her social media savvy and blog writing skills to her clients
on a daily basis." In this post, she explains why you need a blog,
what blogging platform to use, and answers some of my questions
above with some guidelines.

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remaker

Unamimous Craft: Write a Better Blog 101
This post links to quite a few other articles on blogging.
The first one talks about habits of effective bloggers, another
about what makes a good blog, while most discuss how to
come up with content.

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fishlegs

Copyblogger: Write Less
This post I liked because it tells you that you can write one post
a week. It just has to be a 'good' post. As we all know, things
get better with practice - ah, the conundrum!

I am not an expert in blogging, and I do not blog every day.
I do like it, though.
And I have found a blogoshpere full of
jewelry/fashion/design/photography/art/crafty/eco-friendly
obsessed people just like me.
So sometimes I blog about that.

What do you blog about?

11/17/2009

submitting your work

I received an email recently from a curated site with a request to submit my work.


papernstitch

I have tried submitting my work to a few sites in the past with some success.
Have you? How do you go about it?
I think it's similar to submitting your work to get coverage on a blog, don't you?
Some tips from design*sponge:
Find a blog that really fits you.



outsapop

Briefly talk about yourself.

pull rank - a necklace of vintage and recycled jewelry
alexkeller.etsy.com

Make sure you have some really great photographs of your work.

Love Birds...a Brides Necklace
goodgirlsstudio.etsy.com

And some tips from Modish:
Approach the blogger casually, like you're meeting a new friend.

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embarkingdog.etsy.com

Address the blogger by name!

Say Something Book'marker
NatureMadeScents.etsy.com

Make it easy for the blogger to write about you -
don't forget a link to your shop!

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wearwolf.etsy.com

If you haven't heard back, send a follow up. If you still don't hear back, move on.

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oblue.etsy.com

Where have you submitted your work?

7/25/2007

Trashion on Treehugger!

A big thanks to Jasmin of Treehugger and The Worsted Witch for posting about the Trashion Trunk Show!

Treehugger is one of the most awesome eco-living sites around, so this is pretty exciting! Read the post here.