Indie Designer Marketing

Blog-servation - Tip #2

A few weeks ago I signed up for PayPerPost.com. If you’re not familiar with this service, PayPerPost.com has two arms. As a blogger you can sign up for the service and get paid by advertisers to blog about their site, product or service. And as an advertiser you can pay to have targeted bloggers talk about [...]

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Blog-servation

As a fashion blogger, I examine my stat’s like a hawk. I like to see where my site visitors are coming from… which links they click on… how long they stay on my site (according to Google Analytics the average person stays on Indie Lust for 4.44 minutes!)… and so on. Because I have a search [...]

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The Easiest Way To Waste a Ton of Blog Traffic

I won’t lie. Running a blog isn’t always the easiest task in the world. Especially if you’re committed to doing it right. There’s the technical aspect of setting one up. Then deciding what widgets and plug-in’s you’re going to have. Once it’s all shiny and brand new, you have to fill it with content. Then you [...]

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Blogging Beyond the “Here’s what’s new” Post

Of course I recommend that all indie designers maintain some sort of blog. Why? Because they’re traffic attractors. Blogs pique a certain level of curiousity in potential buyers that mere storefronts can’t touch. It’s the personal touch of it all. But a problem I’ve noticed indie designers have, is that they blog about their new products and [...]

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Match It Up - I’ll Take It

I often purchase my daughters clothes from the Children’s Place web site, instead of going to the actual store. There are two reasons why… 1) I get coupons all the time giving me 15% off if I order online. 2) The Children’s Place web site has an Outfits section where you can see how an entire outfit looks. My [...]

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