An important part of selling hand-made products is quality photography. When we began our online store, we had to make do with whatever we had available. Since lighting in our apartment is not the greatest, I had a goal to obtain a photo lightbox. I had no idea what brand to purchase or how we would add a photo lightbox to our photographic equipment, but the goal had been set
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A valuable lesson in marketing an online store
When developing a website, especially an online store, marketing becomes very important. If you do some research one of the first marketing tips you are likely to hear is to define your buyer persona. I wrote a blog post about this some months ago. I have done quite a lot of work to try to figure out who my buyer persona could or would be.
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The Power of Art to Create a Sense of Calm or Relaxation
Ever thought about the power of art to improve a sense of calm and relaxation? Art is wonderful for giving one the opportunity to put our thoughts and mental activity aside and make space for some creativity and introspection. The process enables us to gain another perspective, have some distance between ourselves and a problem(s). The benefits continue on and on with an obvious benefit being that of improving our mental and physical health.
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Problems, Progress and Planning
Do you remember what it was like when the 1900s was coming to an end and the world was moving into the new Millenium? Where were you the last week or so of 1999? What were your goals for the year 2000? It feels like a life time ago and yet, some of my goals are really very much the same.
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Learning How to do FaceBook Ads
Creating is fun. It’s invigorating, calming and so much more. I love to create in a variety of mediums. One of my goals with my creativity is to sell pieces of art and products. As you will notice if you browse this website, which is my online store, I have a range of products meeting a number of needs of my clients. As with anyone building an online store, the developing is great, but there is a need for sales.
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Seven Reasons Why Printful Gets a Thumbs Up
In my journey to earn from my creative skills, I began using Printful. I did quite a bit of research and tested out a few websites before starting to work with Printful. I have to say that the more I use their service, the more I enjoy what they have to offer.
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The Story Behind our Mr and Mrs Raglan Shirt Set
If you take a look at our online store, you will find that over the last few months, a number of products have crept in. These include T-shirts and other clothing, accessories, mugs and engraved jewellery. I have been having a lot of fun adding these items and decided to share a little about this addition to our store.
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Improving our Online Store
Have you ever felt that sinking feeling with the realization that you just have to improve your online store? I have been working on our online store for a while now. I must say I love the idea of eCommerce. I love the potential to be able to create products, art, information that will be of benefit and to be able to sell them online.
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Analyzing the Price and Content of our Mishloach Manot
Don’t you love gifts? Especially when they are beautifully packaged. The important thing about purchasing gifts though, is that it’s not just about the packaging. The question is what will the contents be? What will be inside that beautiful container or gift wrap or box?
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Introducing a New Addition to Creations From Jerusalem Store
I am very excited to be introducing the start of our new range of T-shirts. Some years ago we discovered the potential and fun to print our photographs, artwork, designs and more on a range of products. We came across a company and added a number of products on our blog. The problem with the first company that we tried was that we had no way of knowing if an order came in and whether the order would be filled.
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