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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Ho! Ho! Ho! Pre-Planning for the Holiday Rush - Tactic #2

There are 161 more days till Christmas. Have you been thinking about your pre-holiday strategy? Are you building up your inventory? My 5-year old has already started designing her little girls bags for the holiday rush. (We’ve been doing bags for friends and family over the past year. She just told me a few weeks ago that [...]

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Think Global, Act Local - Online

I know that some of you are using craft fairs and other local events to sell your merchandise. Today I’ll introduce you to a website where you can sell your goods to local buyers. But before I let the cat out of the bag, let me say that it’s 100% free. (So do it, do it, [...]

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Do You Sell Wholesale?

If so, I want you. I’m currently putting together a new web directory called Buy Indie Wholesale. Independent designers will be able to submit the following information: Name, URL, Type of merchandise available for wholesale, Description of the style, Wholesale login info (or instructions on how to contact you for wholesale rates.) (Don’t e-mail anything to me. You’ll be able to add your [...]

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