Marketing with Newsletters
Looking for a great, low-cost way to promote yourself and stay in touch with your past customers (or attract new ones)? One way is to do an e-newsletter. Almost every major company has one now, and there’s no reason YOUR business couldn’t follow in their footsteps.
Selling Vintage and Antiques
August 6, 2008 by Lovely · Leave a Comment
eBay’s changes and new rules make it a bit harder for ecommerce Indiepreneurs dealing in vintage and antiques to make a sale. Etsy, while a nice venue for handmade items, seems to put vintage items in second-class status.
If you’re a frustration dealer in the vintage and antique, here are a few online selling venues you may want to try.
Product Photography
July 11, 2008 by Lovely · Leave a Comment
Selling online — Ecommerce – presents a unique issue in that customers can’t pick up, touch and examine your product.
High quality, unique products need high quality photography to sell well.
Here are a few tips.
SHIPPING 101
July 2, 2008 by Lovely · 2 Comments
The biggest challenge for me when it came to ecommerce was shipping. It still is a challenge, actually, as I continue to find better ways of getting a package from point A to point B at a reasonable price AND in one piece.
Here are a few tips and tricks I’ve learned — some the hard way.
How To Name Your Shop
June 23, 2008 by Lovely · 5 Comments
A Rose By Any Other Name. THINK Before You Set up Your Online Shop
So you’ve decided to turn your creative hobby into a business, and share your personal flair for design with the world. Great for you! You probably have a selling forum in mind like Etsy, BigCartel, DaWanda or eBay . You’ve snapped a few photos of your gorgeous handiwork and are poised at your computer ready to list, giddy with the anticipation of selling your first item.
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5 EASY STEPS TO A WEB SITE OF YOUR OWN
June 18, 2008 by Lovely · 2 Comments
When I first set out to create my own web site for www.alovelything.com, it was immensely frustrating. I was a total beginner when it came to building a website and didn’t have a clue where to start.
Oh sure, like most people, I had visited 100’s of sites and blogs. But it was impossible to find information that a beginner like me could understand.
So, allow me to share with you what I have learned so far about establishing a stand alone web site of your very, very own 
