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{ Monthly Archives } November 2008

Register Your Domain for 5 Years

Here is a quick tip.  If you own a custom domain register it for at least 5 years.  Google favors websites that have been registered for 5 or more years.  It shows them that your website will be around for a while.

Call Us! Community Call

We see things that work and we want to share them with you to help you grow your business.
That is why we are holding our very first community call.  All you need to do is leave your store name in the comments and I will email you the phone number to call and pass code.  [...]

Customer Pictures

Last week I met Ted.  He started Powered Green.  You can buy a sticker for your laptop that goes towards buying a new wind turbine.  The wind turbine produces the amount of energy an average laptop needs in its life time.  Here is how it works.
Anyway… I bought one.  A day later Ted emails me [...]

Add a Watermark

If you are a photographer and want to protect your pictures.  Try adding a watermark to the images you upload to your store.  An easy and free tool is PicMarkr.com.
In 30 seconds I was able to add “Rishi’s Cup Cake Studio” to the picture.

Awesome Flyer Idea

I just saw the coolest flyer. You see all the information about their biz on the front (typical flyer, nice and colorful).
Then the magic happens… you flip it over and BOOM a postcard!  I scanned it in to show all of you.
FRONT:

BACK:

Why I love it sooo much:
- It gets you to tell a friend about [...]

Expanded store category list

Several of you have emailed to tell us that there isn’t a category in our list that fits your store. Agreed! We definitely needed some finer categories, and now we have them. This new list should allow you to set a category that better describes your store. Here is the updated list:

Arts and Crafts
Automotive
Baby
Bags and [...]

Poll: Which t-shirt would you buy?

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Which T-shirt would you buy?

Grey T-Shirt A
Grey T-Shirt B

Speaking Tomorrow in Madison

I am going to be speaking in Madison tomorrow at the “Entrepreneur Deli” event.  I will be going over using social media to generate sales.  If you are in the area please stop by.
Starts at 6:00 pm tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 18th) at the Pyle Center 702 Langdon St. Madison, Wi

Will it Blend?

Blendtec blenders can blend anything!  How do I know that?  They put up videos of them blending magents, glow sticks, lighters, and much more.  Their YouTube Channel has 128,000 subscribers and some of their videos have over 5 Million views.
This is a great example of viral marketing.  Think about videos you can possibly post to [...]

Slumdog Millionaire

I watched Slumdog Millionaire this weekend and loved it!  I have never been so moved from a movie before.  It is only playing in selected cities but hopefully it will open up everywhere soon.