Handmade Artists' Forum
Main => Handmade Artists' Shop (HAFshop) => Topic started by: chainmaille on October 10, 2011, 07:36:13 PM
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I sent out a newsletter the other day announcing the Handmade Artists' Shop Headlines. This is the shop blog not to be confused with the forum blog LOL. That is why we gave it another name :DAnyway it would be wonderful if we could get some comments going on the blog to show some support for our artists that are featured. Why should you comment? Well here are four reasons to start.
- It is just plain nice :D To comment and support your fellow artists.
- Everytime you comment your username is next to the comment thread, your username is linked to your shop. This helps in three ways, one your comment is actually an internal link to your shop. Two google will see this as an internal link to your shop and will give your shop more merit, sorry but that is how google thinks. They say wow here is a shop that has X amount of internal links, and here is a shop with just 1, well the shop with X must be more important.
- This one is obvious, simply put, you may get a sale from a potential customer clicking on your comment.
- The forth reason is helpful for the site in general. Google likes blogs, especially wordpress blogs ,which is what the shop blog is using. When google sees a lot of comments on a blog post it gives the post more merit and therefore the site gets more merit. This is good for everyone. That is why we choose to use a wordpress installation to handle the shop blog as google just eats wordpress up.
So the long and the short of this post is to remind everyone to participate as it is helpful for not only you but for everyone as a whole!
The last post is here http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-kpdreams (http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-kpdreams) so lets start commenting :D
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Commented AND added the blog to my Google reader.
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How sad is it that I write the features and then forget to comment!
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Started posting comments.
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can only shop members comment?
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can only shop members comment?
Buyers and Sellers can comment. But you need to have an account to comment either buyer or seller, we are not allowing just anyone to comment or it would be a spam nightmare. Also we do not want to have 2 different member lists. Basically if you are a member of the shop in one capacity or another you are automatically a member of the blog. since the blog is actually a separate operating system in the form of a wordpress blog, the easiest thing to do was to have the blog adopt the member list. Now behind the scenes if someone joins the shop as a buyer or seller they are automatically added as a user to the blog. We felt this was the cleanest way to do this. Hopefully one day when we redo the forum we can do the same thing with the forum blog. Because as it stands now there are 2 member lists, one for the forum an SMF site and one for the forum blog a wordpress site. This has been problematic as it confuses people. So we can hopefully simplify it one day. Hopefully this long winded response answered your question.
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New featured member post http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-llroden-jewelry (http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-llroden-jewelry) and we also did a banner and avatar post http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/banners-and-avatars (http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/banners-and-avatars)comments would be appreciated!Thanks we are trying very hard to continue to support our vendors and make this site something very special. Any help is welcomed with open arms.
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New featured artists post http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-pcoe stop by and take a quick read and comments are always appreciated.
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Also another post on selling tips http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/product-description-meets-seo .
We are trying to start a little series here for some tips and tricks for selling online, more to come. Comments as always are appreciated :D
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:) :) :) Good Job! ... One can never have to many tips and tricks for selling online! Thank you! ;D ;D ;D
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New featured artist post! http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-swedart
Take a peak and leave a comment.
;D ;D
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Love her work!
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Ok, I have caught up with reading and commenting. Really great articles!!
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Next featured artists Woods Saddlery http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-woods-saddlery stop by and read up on your fellow artists. They are generational which is sooo cool, hopefully we can pass this down to our kids.
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This weeks featured artistFeatured Artist Dichroic Glassworkshttp://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-dichroic-glassworks
Stop by and take a peak and leave a comment :D
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Latest featured artist http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-11boldstreet (http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-11boldstreet) stop by for a great read. Leave a comment while your there if you have a sec.Thanks
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Latest article on selling tips http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/tweet-handmade
Twitter. :D
Please do not hesitate to leave a comment and add any suggestions or additions to this that you may have. I could of went into a lot more detail but was having a hard time clearing my head.
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I thought is was a very good article. The amount of info was just right. I did leave a comment too.
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Thanks Teresa
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Thanks Teresa
:) No problem! I do what I can.
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Nicely done Andrew! I cant wait to get home and get back into my online world! lo - oh wait - I'll have to leave the grandkids here - that's going to be hard! Love you guys and all you do for us!
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http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-forked-up-art
Latest feature a little comment love would be nice, remember your comment name is linked to your shop. So incoming links to your shop is a good thing. I'm planning on writing a post about this soon if I get some time. so you can really see what I'm talking about with back up fact.
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http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-forked-up-art
Latest feature a little comment love would be nice, remember your comment name is linked to your shop. So incoming links to your shop is a good thing. I'm planning on writing a post about this soon if I get some time. so you can really see what I'm talking about with back up fact.
Super article... ;D Love those forks and spoons! (I chuckle when I think about it) LOL ;D
'Comment Love' is posted and promoted... ;o)
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http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-forked-up-art (http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-forked-up-art)
Latest feature a little comment love would be nice, remember your comment name is linked to your shop. So incoming links to your shop is a good thing. I'm planning on writing a post about this soon if I get some time. so you can really see what I'm talking about with back up fact.
Super article... ;D Love those forks and spoons! (I chuckle when I think about it) LOL ;D
'Comment Love' is posted and promoted... ;o)
Thanks Cari
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Latest article on selling tips http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/handmade-link the handmade link! Take a peak and leave a comment. :D
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;) No problem... Just lending an extra hand... as long as I get it back it while I type! :D
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Latest Featured Vendor http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-colettesboutique Colettes Boutique Love her work!! 8)
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Great article! I left a comment and shared too! :)
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Latest blog post on selling tips http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/do-your-customers-know-you (http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/do-your-customers-know-you)Take a peak :D
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Latest Feature http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-eryka-garbutt Take a peak and leave a comment 8)
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Latest Feature http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-eryka-garbutt Take a peak and leave a comment 8)
Amazing Artists! Commented and Shared!
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Latest seller tip. Shop Sections http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/shop-sections
take a peak :D
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Latest featured artist post swing by and take a peak (http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-bernoulli%E2%80%99s-attic)
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Latest feature!
http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-excess-bags-n-more
Take a peak :D
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Latest feature http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-cre8urname
Take a peak :D
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Commented and shared ;) ... Thanks Andrew!
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Love love those pillows! Left comments on the articles about selling tips - and oops I sort of assumed Andrew was writing those - but Kimberly are you writing them??? You do an awesome job on the feature articles and the others too - or whoever is writing them!
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If you look at the top of the article you'll see the name. I believe Kimberly says Kimberly and mine says Admin. Soon when we get our new authors going you'll see their name including yours :D
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Latest feature http://handmadeartistsshop.com/blog/featured-artist-gloryc take a peak!
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Love love those pillows! Left comments on the articles about selling tips - and oops I sort of assumed Andrew was writing those - but Kimberly are you writing them??? You do an awesome job on the feature articles and the others too - or whoever is writing them!
Thought I answered you, but guess not! I write the articles because Andrew writes like a cave man :police: and thank you!
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I tried to catch up....all links I clicked states error 500.... :(
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Monika those links are from the old domain, just click blog on the top of the page to see the recent posts.