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July 30, 2013
I’m a sucker for paper products. Stationery, greeting cards, personalized notebooks. You got it? I’ve probably stalked it on your site, liked it, pinned it, shared it, followed it. And every once in a while, little unique gems pop up on my radar. Most recently, I found Oh Geez! Design, a quirky, fresh shop that specializes in greeting cards and recently expanded to sell pinback buttons, tote bags and magnets. Jammed with personality, I had to reach out to the...
July 25, 2013
I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea of small businesses creating a certain culture with the hopes that it will be completely and utterly unique to their business. No one else will have this culture. It’s ours and you can’t have it. And it’s because of this culture that we will attract the right business, the right employees and be successful. Well, although that might be true, the basics that surround the identity of a company’s culture are mostly...
July 17, 2013
I received a few requests to share thoughts and methods on introducing and improving SEO within Etsy shops. Since Etsy is my go-to place for all things special/unique/fun and the community is just so amazing, how could I say no? These stores, often times operating right out of the home, provide opportunities for us, the consumer, to not only support our creative counterparts but to also find some really awesome stuff. No joke. I could get sucked into that site...
July 12, 2013
Waking up and opening Gmail this morning was quite an experience. An update occurred, which caused our email to be divided into tabs – Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates, Forums. Now, I would love this even more if it was a bit more customizable and I could edit the names of the tabs, but right now, in the Primary tab, all of my ‘personal’ conversations are recorded. That would be great, but my ‘personal’ conversations include family events, friend gathers, and...
July 8, 2013
I have been on Pinterest a lot lately. One, because once you start, it’s still hard to stop. Two, we are in the process of decorating a few rooms in our home, and I’m getting a ton of great ideas, so the time use is effective. 🙂 But while pinning my dream closet and gallery wall designs, I noticed several online retailers not using Pinterest to their full advantage. Yes, I am “window shopping” for the home, but I can’t...