Indie Designer Marketing

Promo Opportunities for Indie Designers

The Mommy Designer She features handmade goodies for women and babies. Perk-u-late Wiki A wiki featuring all things handmade. You may add pictures of your merchandise here. Large in Charge A monthly online newsletter for people of size. 70,000+ visitors every month. Indie Saver Offer discounts on your merchandise through this site. (Hint, Hint… if you’re looking for more resources like these, then [...]

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Solving the Sizing Dilemma - Jewelry Designers Edition

When I was around 7-8 years old I used to read Archie comicbooks. There was always this one mail order advertisement in there. It was a whole page full of these ultra-cool looking toys and gadgets. For months I eyeballed a hover car in that ad. I imagined myself gliding around my neighborhood in that $6.95 speed [...]

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Solving the Sizing Dilemma

One of my favorite shoe shopping web sites is Zappos.com. Have you been there? My gosh… you can get lost on that site for HOURS. It’s like heaven on earth for shoe lovers. One of the main reasons why I love Zappos is because I can see how other buyers rate a shoe according to size, width [...]

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Why The Rich Get Richer

A reader of this blog e-mailed me the other day. “I normally run into a slow period during the summer months. What should I do to pick up the pace?” I’m posting my response here because it’s advice that everyone can use. In my world, creating a good product is only half of the equation. You can fire [...]

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Contrast and Conquer

The other day some kids outside the supermarket asked me to buy a chocolate bar. It was a charitable purchase to maintain their afterschool music program. “Aaaw sweetie… I don’t eat chocolate,” I replied. “That’s okay ma’am. If you want you can also contribute $1 or any extra change that you have. Every little bit helps.” I gave this [...]

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