October 12, 2007
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30 days – Day 2.
Okay kids. Today is a half day for me at work and that’s about as close as I get to a day off. I could rant about how I hate my job and how my coworker today needed to be slapped and/or fired, but I’m not gonna. Instead, I’m going to talk about my 30 days thing. And Today is Day Two.
According to Christina Purdue’s blog, I’m supposed to update my shop announcement. So let’s do that.
She says:
- Keep it short and sweet. You don’t want to overload your customers
with information. Leave in-depth information about your products to
item descriptions. - Use short paragraphs. There’s nothing I hate more then see one
large block of text. Chopping it up into small sections makes it not
only easier to read but it looks nicer. - If you have a blog or website make sure you link to them. I’ve
found that customers love to read blogs. They want to know what’s going
on with you, how you made something, the design process, etc. - If you have a local exhibit/craft fair coming up post the time,
place, date, and link to the site if applicable. If I see something
going on in my area I’m very likely to show up. - If you have shop policies in your profile mention that so they can check them out.
My old announcement:
welcome to the raven’s craving, custom jewelry design by meredith
steele, and other shineys. for more information about custom work, see
my profile. thank you, and enjoy your stay!well there’s nothing really wrong with it besides it might be TOO short and sweet. let’s expand.
welcome to raven’s craving, beaded trinkets and handmade jewelry by meredith steele. yes, i do custom work! please check out my profile and convo me if you are interested in having anything made specially for you. i do weddings and special events, too.check out my blog, where i have been writing about my etsy, including a new “30 days to a better shop” plan that i’ve been following!
upcoming event: december 2nd. a winter jewelry spectacular! located in madison, wisconsin, a party hosted by myself, jeanne rebman, and kayla costa. more details and a flyer coming soon.
what do you think?does it bother you that it’s in all lower case? that was the running theme before, and it matches my logo and business cards, which are in all lower case.
well, that ones checked off the list for today anyways. what else have i done to follow my goals? i hearted a few people today, mostly from etsy’s picks on the main page…. thinking about buying some decals for the laptop i’m buying…
and i’m currently working on putting up some new earrings. you’ll see them over —-> there later.
that’s it for now.
- Keep it short and sweet. You don’t want to overload your customers
Comments (1)
i’m bored at work, so i’m going to comment bomb your journal.
i really dig the 30 days idea, and may try and do it myself, now that i’ve got a bit more itme on my hands — i end up doing most of my back-end business building in the off season. nothing like winter weather to make you want to update your business plan, eh? *grins*
i like what purdue has to say, and the all-lower-case thing doesn’t bother me, though ee cummings we’re not. i’m guilty of the same thing — all of the stuff on my site is, or should be, lower case. i can just type faster that way!
i’m trying to decide whether or not to resurrect my etsy store, and if so, what to put in it — likely another thing to work on over the winter, when i’ve not got the craziness of the farmer’s market to deal with.
i like the current brand you’ve got going with raven’s cravings, and have a couple of places you could check out to buy your work wholesale (i can’t remember if i told you and jeanie, and the rest about them or not.)
on to the next entry!