Sarah J. Doyle | January 21, 2009
It is a good idea to become acquainted with the wide selection of trims and laces available at your favorite sewing supply store. Regardless of what you’d like to make, there are probably several suitable trims for the item.The many varieties of lace offer delightful openwork designs. There are the fine woven laces, plus the heavier [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 20, 2009
The majority of adults in the United States (69% of them) reveal that they plan to spend less on retail shopping this year than they did in 2008. Random telephone interviews conducted nationwide in the 2009 Consumer Shopping Intentions Study also indicate however, that 58% of young adults age 18-24 plan to spend the same or [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 19, 2009
Developing an entrepreneurial mind is probably one of the greatest keys to success available to all of us. The entrepreneur within you will determine to a great extent just how successful you and your business will be.Those who treat their home business as if it was “just a hobby” are only fooling themselves. If what [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 18, 2009
Lingerie, no matter where you buy it, is very expensive. In addition to being very expensive, half slips and even full slips don’t last long – the elastic stretches, or the lace that wasn’t quite attached properly begins to tear or catches in a shoe heel and rips. Darn! Another lingerie garment that has to [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 17, 2009
I’m always on the lookout for things the grandchildren can “help” make – they LOVE to help, and I figure it also stimulates their little creative brains, and who knows what they might come up with later on that we can work on.The first little project is for a snake bookmark — now EVERY child [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 16, 2009
No matter what you sell at your website, you should also be providing plenty of content to draw in the visitors and make them more likely to purchase from you. We’ve all heard that “content is king”, well here’s why it should be such a priority for you and your website:Good Content Invites LinksIt’s simple [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 15, 2009
With all the bad economic news we’ve been hearing, I’d like to help start the year off for online marketers on a hopeful, positive note! Although there are plenty of bleak facts and figures out there, we also have some promising ecommerce numbers to share.David Hallerman, a Senior Analyst with eMarketer.com says that Internet ad [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 14, 2009
A couple days ago we talked about how the free giveaway’s can increase your business. But now comes the big question — how do people KNOW that you’re giving away something of value to them? Are people mind readers? After determining what you can rewrite or repackage to give out to new customers, or those [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 13, 2009
Fay Brittingham says she’s been sewing for 53 years. She learned the basics in a home economincs class in her freshman year, and has kept learning ever since.Brittingham’s love of sewing led her to start her own mail order and internet based business selling fabric, known as Fay’s Fabrics. She fills a niche that most fabric [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 12, 2009
One of the best business building techniques is to offer something of value for free to your customers. We’ve all been to Sam’s Club or similar discount clubs or grocery stores where, on certain days, they have people fixing small pizzas, or a new type of meat, etc that they give samples of to the customers [...]
