Blogger Lesson
Weekend Coffee Links: Vintage Inspiration Strikes
by Amber Jordan on 9/19/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
I love blogs that inspire, ok..love isn’t a strong enough word…obsession maybe a better way to describe it. For this weekend’s coffee links I’ve included some quick links some great blogs that I stumbled across this week. These blogs all come at life from a different perspective and a great …
Now Playing: Your Blog Featured On Our Front Page!
by Laura Kuhlmann on 9/13/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
With our recent redesign of our front page, we now feature two blogs (at a time) from our Handmade Spark subscribers that we rotate every few days. With 700 members – many who have active blogs – we have plenty to showcase!
So here’s a quick question if you have your …
Organization Skills for Profitable Artists and Crafters
by Georgianne Holland on 9/07/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
This Week Notepad | $10 | kindlivingdesigns
It would be like heaven for me to spend an entire week in my fiber art studio. I would be elbow-deep in wool for two straight days, followed by detailed embroidery and perfect photography, and then the weekend would roll …
Define your Brand: Quick Tips to Stand Out From the Crowd
by Amber Jordan on 9/02/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
This is a follow up post to: High Traffic but No Sales? 3 Simple Suggestions. In last week’s post, I covered the importance of your banner, product shots and shop selection. This week we are going to dive a little deeper with this concept. Defining your brand is one of …
YouTube: Outside the Box Promotion for your Business
by Amber Jordan on 8/28/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
YouTube can be a powerful tool for your business. In the world of online retail, you always need to consider things from a potential buyers perspective. Unlike a brick and mortar store, a customer does not have the option of seeing your items up close and personal. They can’t touch …
Don’t Tell Me What I’m Doing Wrong, Tell Me What I’m Doing Right : Motivation for Etsy Sellers
by Amber Jordan on 8/17/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
I recently noticed an interesting comment on the Facebook Fanpage of a well known blogger; they had just posted a link to one of their new videos entitled “5 Biggest Social Media Mistakes.” Now, I wasn’t bothered by the title I was curious as always. However, one of their fans …
Posting Your First Blog Post (Lesson 3)
by Handmade Spark on 5/30/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
Originally Published on Feb 3, 2010
Now that you have all your setting the way you like them is is now time to start crafting your first blog post. Blogger has a very user friendly blog writing interface, and in this next lesson I will be walking you through ins and …
Simple Blogger Settings
by Handmade Spark on 5/28/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
Before you start your first blog post you want to change some settings for you and your readers. The setting I will be covering in this lesson are preferences that I set me blog for. You may choose to changes these or not. Lets get started!
First you will need to …



