S. Denise Hoyle | August 13, 2010
Esther Crawford from ShePosts.com and Jennifer James from Mom Bloggers Club got together and created this fabulous ebook called From Blog to Business. Don’t let the price fool you – this is one valuable tool if you have a blog or are interested in starting one! These experienced ladies give you all the information you [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | May 20, 2010
You can setup and run a blog for your business with very little expense, and in just a few simple steps! Read our “7 Reasons You Need a Blog for Your Business” post if you’re still not sure that you need one then come back here and let’s get started on your blog! 1) Decide [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | May 13, 2010
Are blogs really important for businesses? Lots of people think that only big companies need to have blogs, but Technorati says in their State of the Blogosphere report that they have indexed over 133 million blogs since 2002, and that 77% of Internet users read blogs. Of the bloggers surveyed, 56% said that their blog [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 1, 2010
This Sewing Business blog was started on a different platform and later switched over to WordPress. Although the transition was a bit of a pain, it was a great business decision and now we wonder why we didn’t make the move sooner! WordPress is one of the most robust and customizable blog platforms available and [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 4, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission has decided that all blogs must have a disclosure statement. Please read the Sewing Business Blog Disclosure Statement that follows, and if you are a blogger visit DisclosurePolicy.org to get your own customized disclosure statement for your website. All information published on the Sewing Business Blog is provided “as is” without [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 8, 2009
Jill Green of the Homemade By Jill Blog says that she’s been sewing for about three years, and although she is mostly self taught, her mom is a great seamstress so Jill calls on her to help out if she runs into trouble. A brief stint at Martha Stewart also helped Jill to improve her [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | August 13, 2009
1. Increase Traffic Search engines love blogs because they provide lots of fresh, keyword rich content. If your business maintains a regularly updated blog with topics of interest to your target market, your website will rank higher in the search engines when potential customers search for your services and products, which will greatly increase traffic [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | May 28, 2009
Amazon’s amazing new Kindle reading device ($359, Amazon.com) can also be used for reading or subscribing to blogs and Amazon has now opened up their Kindle Publishing Program in beta and they are currently accepting blog submissions.The program provides bloggers with a great new method of monetizing their blogs. Here’s how it works – Amazon [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 26, 2009
It makes no difference whether you have a brick and mortar store, work out of your garage, sell only at craft shows, have an etsy store or have a website, the question of the day is — do you have a blog?I’m sure nearly everyone has seen various types of blogs or even subscribe to some [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 18, 2008
Web logs, or blogs as they’re commonly known, began mostly as online personal journals, or celebrity or cause type sites. Blogs have now become mainstream and more and more businesses are using them to create buzz and help to get their own message out.In fact, if you start looking around online for blogs, you’ll soon [...]
