A blog about crafts, art, selling both and other things that strike my fancy.
The problem with so many people providing services relating to website building is that it is hard for the novice to determine who knows what they are doing and who just talks a good game. Nowhere is this more evident than when it comes to SEO Services. SEO, or search engine optimization, uses a myriad […]
Web site navigation is about more than how cool or stylish your menus look. Web site navigation is about creating clear and obvious routes for your site’s visitors to get from one page to another. I was recently working with a crafter on upgrading her website. Her husband was her webmaster and while his skills […]
In case you haven’t come across it yet, Etsy.com is one of many great options for crafters to sell their hand-crafted items online without the need of a full-fledged website. Many Etsians (those crafters who are members of Etsy) know that they have to promote their Etsy shop just like any other website. Let me […]
Late yesterday I launched a new website called Pet Site Guides. Pet Site Guides is a directory site, similar to Crafty Tips, which shares great websites with visitors that are divided into categories to make them easier to find. Pet Site Guides allows website owners up to 3 deeplinks to sections of their sites that […]
After many months of work trying to overcome a false start with the page rank for Crafty Tips, Google has finally decided to award a page rank of 4 to my site! Some of the interior pages are even PR 4! Many other pages are PR3 and PR2! (Can you tell I’m excited!!!!!!) So, what […]
Freebies lead to sales! Period, end of story. Offering free and well-done patterns and project ideas on your commercial site will lead to increased sales. On my other crafting site, Crafty Tips, the sites that get the most traffic have been those offering something for free. Being able to convert those looking for free patterns […]