As I was floundering about for some sort of theme for today's post, I thought of red. So, I searched "Red" and here are some of the items that I found:
4th of July reminds me of all of the good times I have had with my family. Usually involving BBQ's, fireworks, picnics at the beach or the river, and LOTS of good food!
Going down to the beach strand on my bike and riding along the strand watching all the different people dressed up and down rollerskating, skateboarding and walking as I stopped at different beach home get togethers until dark and watched the fireworks off the pier with all my friends.
"the Big Four", the four women went to nursing school together and after we were married with children we had a bar-b-que and would play softball. Who ever was pregnant was the umpire. As the children got older, they played too.
How do shoppers find your unique handcrafted goods?
Unless they're already familiar with you or your shop, they find you through a search. And you want to be found by people shopping in your specific niche. Which is where SEO comes in.
Tags and keywords are vital. And what's being searched for continuously changes. So, to keep up, you should periodically tweak your tags.
Which tags will work? How does one research that?
Well, I found a new tool. It's called Marmalead. And Handmadeology made a little video to help explain the website...
I played around with it a bit, and I learned that "knitted barefoot sandals" are getting a lot of hits. Time to go and update that particular listing...
