Another Sale!

We're having another 10% off blowout on ALL items in our store!!

http://kelleyaccents.etsy.com

Getting a Web Promotion

Here's the hard part about having an online business. How do I promote it? I need to get some ads out there, some publicity, somewhere where there is a high concentration of buyers. On Etsy they say, participate in the forum, etc. The thing is, all the OTHER buyers are there as well, so I think it gets a little confusing for any potential buyers.

Promotion is one reason why I keep this blog. It gets our name out there, it's something that the search engines are liable to crawl through. I have yet to see a sale generated through it, but I'm not going to stop blogging.

I did have a banner exchange for awhile, but I never saw any sales, and that company didn't even give me the promised information, such as, seeing where my ad was showing. They didn't even have a support email, so I stopped that a little bit ago. It would be nice to find another banner exchange. We are looking for free advertising methods. There has got to be something out there that will provide more results than what we've had so far.

Our Etsy shop is growing. We're up to 54 items for sale. That's a good number, but not high enough. We'll get there someday. The more time we spend on making jewelry, the more pieces we can sell. If we can figure out how to sell them.

So... we'll keep hoping and looking for ways to get that promotion!

New Ring

This is a sweet little ring. It's self adjusting. The ring is sterling silver, but the rice pearls and swavorski crystals are on a stretchy beading cord, so it will fit just about any finger! Of course, if your fingers, like mine, are as big as the Incredible Hulk's, I wouldn't try to put it on!!

Anyway, I'm trying something new, putting it up for sale on the blog via Paypal. I know some people don't want to have to create a new account with Etsy just to go shopping. If there's anything you'd like to see for sale on the blog, just let me know.

Rice Pearl Sterling Silver Ring
$18.50

August

We're almost done with August and this will be my first post! Real life conflicts will do that to you, I suppose. We had our vacation in Mexico with Karla's family and then my brother's wedding... It's been a busy month! Which is good, I suppose. I would rather be busy than with nothing to do. That would be so boring.

Anyway. Jewelry-wise, Karla picked up a lot of silver. And, as you know, silver is our preferred medium. We now have quite the stock-pile of supplies and jewelry. As soon as I get some free time (hopefully this weekend) I'll get some photos taken and more jewelry posted on Etsy. I'm hoping we'll see a lot more movement as far as sales go. I think Karla is going to make the leap and dedicate herself to jewelry to get it going. I guess it's a good thing she has a sugar-daddy to pay for her habit! (That'd be me...)

I was thinking of getting off Etsy entirely and designing a site for sales, but that would be so much work. And, I'm not sure it would be worth it just to save the fees. We definitely need to start looking for some more marketing options. The things we are doing are generating a little bit of traffic, but not near what we would like to see. I'll have to do some research and see what I come up with.

If any readers have ideas, we would more than welcome them!

I have been Remiss

The titles says it all. I haven't done anything jewelry-wise. Horrible. Just horrible. Well, I can't really explain it all. I've been working and exploring Las Vegas. There is definitely fun stuff to do here. And not gambling. I don't. I especially enjoy hiking. And I've been exploring other artistic expressions. I started painting again and working on my drawing ability. Everything seems to be based on drawing. I figure that if I can become a better artist, I can create more appealing jewelry. I haven't gotten any comments yet on my polymer clay bracelet, so I don't know how other people liked it. I certainly do. I'm thinking about buying one of them myself. Yes, I have others I haven't posted. I know, it's horrible... :)

I'm about to start my vacation as well, so there will be additional time with no posts. Such is life, I suppose. We have so much to do.

Well, I hope to post more jewelry related things soon!

Art

Well, well. Surprise, it's been forever since I've posted. Well, maybe only a couple weeks, but that's long enough. I've been busy with work, and with other things. Nothing that's really important. I've had so much time to myself now that Karla's not here anymore. You'd think that I would have PLENTY of time to update the blog, post new items, create jewelry... and I do. I just have chosen not to do that... :)

I have been doing artsy stuff. When we were moving, Karla saw some paintings (oil) that I had done way back in Junior High when I was taking lessons. She encouraged me to start again, saying they were really good. Now, she has me figured out. The best way to get me to do something is to say I'm good at it. I know that the paintings really aren't that good, but I figured that I'd try anyway. I made a separate blog for my art stuff, that doesn't have to do with jewelry. Right Here.

Well, I know that I have been remiss. I will attempt to remedy that today. I'll get some new items photographed and posted and I'll try to finish another polymer clay bracelet that I've been working on for the past couple weeks. Tah-tah!!

Alone Again

Well, it's 1230am my time, and I just dropped Miss Karla off at the airport. So, I'm going to be alone again, all alone, again for a month. Well... we know what that means. I get to do whatever I want! *evil laugh*

I'll still be making new jewelry and posting it. I'm on a polymer clay craze right now, so I'd expect to see more things like the wristband pop up. I'll get to check out all those mountain trails here in Vegas now, even though I'll probably have to take a gallon of water with me due to the intense heat! Karla doesn't want me hiking the mountains alone, so don't tell her!