Author brand. Branding campaign. Get your brand, catch customers. My head swims with marketing gurus rapidly sharing their tips to all of us selling SFA. Buzzwords and trendy nothings. But one idea I thought would be kind of fun to do is to create a character to go with my logo. A character that could…
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Photography Practical Possibility
Almost a decade ago, I mused about taking my photography from art to practical. CafePress called to me. Use your images, design cool stuff, and make money. I set to work, creating things I’d designed for my family on my home printer: cards. I added calendars, travel mugs, T-shirts, and, of course, framed posters. Then…
How To Launch ShopHERE in Ten Steps
So you’ve gotten approved for the ShopHERE program of Digital Main Street, you’ve submitted the information requested, you’ve seen the initial design they’ve created, you either bought a domain or redirected a page on your website to the shop, you made your logo, and now comes the hard part: working your way to launching an…
Art Fit To Wear Shop: More Stuff!
Where do I begin? My ShopHERE Solutions Leader and myself have been meeting regularly to work on my shop. We’ve accomplished a lot. The work’s not done yet! Two new face coverings! Roses for a pretty sight.And Blue Whale bones for a dramatic, evening look. We’ve worked on SEO: search engine optimization. The bane of…
Website Work Occupies, Distracts from COVID-19
Summer arrives and so does NaNoWriMo! Time to work on my website. Meanwhile, I’m still figuring out this ShopHERE stuff. Lesson one: I’m really not a business person. It takes a hell of a lot of stamina and as much tolerance for rejection as a writer. Well, not rejection, being ignored. I think I prefer…