June 2010

Balancing Price and Perceived Value

Pricing your handcrafted product is a balancing act, to be sure.  And, like many of you, I’m tired of seeing under-priced products out there in the market.  Devaluing craft does none of us any good. “But pricing is hard!”, they say.  I see it all the time in handmade forums: “If I price my items [...]

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Poll: What blogging platform do you use?

I really enjoyed reading the results of last week’s poll, didn’t you? 82% of voters blog, and 14% of voters say they need a little help getting started. Maybe — and correct me if I’m wrong — one the barriers to starting a blog is simply choosing which blogging platform to use. And I can [...]

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Quick Tip: Let’s see that pretty smile!

Don’t you like to see smiling faces down there in the comments section?  I know I do! When you think about it, avatars are kind of like logos for your online identity.  You can use a picture of yourself, one of your products, or even your business logo — just something to remember you by. [...]

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What would Bonnie Raitt Do?

Today I’m guest posting over on Scoutie Girl about, you guessed it, “What would Bonnie Raitt Do?“. Why?  Well, be both have red hair, and we both know how to “Give ‘em Something to Talk About.” But before you go! I launched a free e-book yesterday, and if you don’t follow @miss_makery on Twitter, you [...]

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Finding Time to Blog

We can’t make time. And I’m not even sure if we can manage it.  We can’t make it go forward or backward.  We can’t make it go faster or slower.  We can’t turn back the clock. 24 hours a day — that’s what we got to work with.  And goodness knows your days are jam-packed.  [...]

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I’ve got a question for you.

I thought we’d kick off the week with a little poll. I’m interested to hear what y’all have to say! Do you have a blog? (polls)

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