Tweeting and POH

Thanks for all the entries!
Wow! We will have a gorgeous May full of beautiful works for the Pursuit of Handmade! I have been tweeting and posting your links! I hope you will all help with this, too! just do a search for #POH and you can retweet the posts of your fellow artisans! Or grab the URL's from the comments and share share share!

Hop over to Mommys Review and see our first Participant! Wow! Gorgeous! http://mommysreviewsyoucanuse.blogspot.com

Enter the May Pursuit HERE!

I think I may have been confusing everyone with my change of venue with the blog! So sorry! I would like participants to the May Pursuit of Handmade to Enter here with a comment! Just comment with your URL to the item or place where I can find it! If you want to share a little something about your item, that would give it a little more "juice" when it is featured, that would be fantastic! So, comment below!

Remember- the Tweet along- just tweet or share others and yourself, add the hash tag "#POH" at the end, and I will find you, Retweet you, and share! You can do a simple search and do the same.

May's Theme- "Something for Someone Special" Any item that one could give to that someone special in their life- The theme is in appreciation for all those special people who help us along in life that may not fit under the Mothers Day umbrella!

So, come on, post post post

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Try this one, then let me know what you think...

Check this great opportunity out....

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Do you have a raging torrent of targeted traffic flooding
your site?

Or are your visitors trickling in?

I've just discovered a site that's owned and run by Paul Kinder
who is apparently one of the top traffic specialists in the
world today.

Traffic-Splash is a very high-profile program and it is well
worth getting in.

Now, you can either upgrade straight away at half price,
earning 50% on all your referrals and any random referrals
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Whichever way you go Traffic-Splash, brings in a river of
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helping you to:

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* grow your opt-in list
* build your affiliate program
* provide resources to improve your advertising

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Turn your Splashes into Floods of Traffic
=> http://www.traffic-splash.com?referer=Mommytyme

Happy Splashing!



=> http://www.traffic-splash.com?referer=Mommytyme

Another Great way to find traffic and get the customers you seek....

Have you seen the new Dragon Surf?

It was already one of the most popular and successful
traffic exchanges on the net, but it just relaunched with
an awesome new design and some cool new features.

See the new Dragon Surf here:
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Get hoardes of new visitors to your sites while earning
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Dragon Surf also offers cash commissions on some of
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P.S. When you join Dragon Surf you should pay special
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Fishing for traffic? Try this one...

If you were fishing for Barracuda you wouldn�t go to the Arctic, would you?

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So, if you�re marketing your site to other Marketers and Opportunity Seekers where do you think you should advertise?

Where is the place you�re likely to get best response?

Yep, you�re right! You�d go wherever other marketers are advertising and viewing websites. Wouldn�t you?

So, I�ve found this new site that delivers a torrent of targeted traffic for online marketers. It�s called Traffic-Splash and they also provide promotional tools to help you build your business.

You can join for free and this gives you the ability to generate up to 250 hits an hour to your sites or you can upgrade and generate up to 750 hits an hour.

They have a special half-price offer for now, where you can upgrade at half-price ($4.98 a month), earning 50% on all your referrals and any random referrals that the owners generate for you too.

The traffic is all well targeted, I�ve not found any cold barracuda yet, so I�m very pleased with the results so far!

I think you�ll be pleased too. Check it out.
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Happy Fishing!

Warm Regards
Valerie

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5 Keys to Selling Success...

5 Keys to Creating Websites that Sell

Your business website is essentially your storefront, business card and most significant marketing piece all rolled into one. How it affects your visitors and customers is then essential to your success. Provide a memorable experience and customers are sure to return time and time again. Let’s take a look at five keys to creating a website that sells.

Key #1 Make your website interactive.

As the internet continues to grow and evolve it’s becoming more important to create a community around your business. To accomplish this you want to engage your visitors and customers. This can be accomplished a number of ways. You can:

* Provide a forum
* Post surveys or polls
* Enable visitors and customers to review or rank items. For example a “How valuable was this article?” question and a scale of 1 to 5 stars or a ranking from 1-10.
* Offer a blog and inspire comments and feedback
* Host contests and sweepstakes
* Publish video and audio content as well as written content. This gives users another way to access you and your personality.

Key #2 Make sure your website provides value.

People go online for a number of reasons. They go online to research a potential purchase, to seek solutions for a problem they’re having and to be entertained. If your website provides all three; products, information, and entertainment then you’re in tip top shape. The good news is your content can provide both the information and the entertainment and when written well, can also inspire purchases. Here are a few ideas to provide value for your customers and prospects:

* How to articles, videos, and audio
* Tips articles, videos, and audio
* Case studies
* Workbooks and reports
* Interviews with experts
* Product reviews


Key #3 Make sure your website is easy to navigate.

It takes a visitor about 20 seconds to make a decision about whether they’re going to stay on your website or click away. If your site is laid out nicely, with products and services, information, prices, FAQs, and content easy to find then people are more likely to hang out – the longer they stay on your site the more likely they are to make a purchase or to return again.

To make your site easy to navigate consider:
* Keeping your site simple.
* Keep your pages uniform with the same options and appearance.
* If you have a lot of content, great! Use drop down menus and organize your content by topic for easier access.
* Offer a search function where users can search for products, services, or content topics quickly and easily.
* Provide a way for users to easily go back to previous pages. A back key is an option however if every page has the same options and drop down menus, including the ability to quickly return to the home page, a visitor will always be able to find what they need.
* Test your website’s appearance on different browsers to make sure every visitor has a good experience.
Key #4 Make your website easy on the eyes.

Ever visit a website and the text was so small or the colors so incompatible that you couldn’t read a word? Readability is critical to a selling website. Make sure:

* Your colors are easy on the eyes,
* Your graphics aren’t distracting
* And keep formatting like underlining, bold and italics to a minimum.
* Spacing between sentences and paragraphs is adequate
* Font size is large enough for people to read and font is easy to read


Key #5 Give them a soft sell.

People expect to be sold to and they’re looking for it – they’re wary. Instead of hitting website visitors with a hard sell, provide information, solve their problems and show them the benefits of your products or services. They’ll be much more receptive and appreciative.

Creating a website that sells requires a structured approach and a desire to create the best experience possible for your visitors. Once you’ve created your website, consider testing it and asking associates, friends and family for their opinion.



Now that you have read this... What do you think? Do you agree? What are some tips you can offer your fellow handmade vendors? Feel free to share! Do you have a blog that promotes and helps other Etsy, Zibbet, Winkelf, Artfire, etc. Sellers? Well, post it here! The more information we all have, the better equipped we are to take on the challenge of making it in our own biz...

How to Earn Slide up Ads? Do they work?

Over the years, we've all been taught that the best way to grow a sizeable mailing list is to give our visitors a great offer they can't say no to. And the most common way to attract more traffic and readers is to pay or trade with another marketer to have a popup window or hover ad on their site with your offer and hope that the visitors will be intrigued enough to sign up.

But more recently, we're learning that popup ads, hover ads and all those other gimmicks are simply driving visitors AWAY and leaving us with no sales and an unresponsive list.

Until now, there wasn't a sure-fire way to get your ad noticed without getting on people's nerves. One ad network is looking to change that - and do it all for free.

It's called SlideUpAds - http://www.SlideUpAds.com/4326

SlideUpAds is a unique, eye-catching way to advertise your site across an entire network without having to resort to distracting popups or banners.

With SlideUpAds, your ad appears at the bottom frame of the user's screen, so they can still scroll on the web page without being interrupted on whatever they're viewing. Since your ad slides up from the bottom gradually (and quickly), it's more likely to get noticed without being distracting and abruptly closed.

SlideUpAds costs nothing to join and there's no charge for any advertising. You simply fill out a short form and get the details of your account, then upload your ad and you're ready to go! It's simple and straightforward and most ads can be online within a few minutes.

For a limited time, SlideUpAds is also opening the doors to what they call a
"Viral Marketing Avalanche". If you refer a friend and THEY join, you get 100% of that person's credits. If your friend refers a friend, you get 100% of THEIR credits too! Of course, your friends still get to keep their credits, but it's like getting double or even triple the exposure without doing any extra work!

Many people are reporting terrific success with SlideUpAds, particularly where popups and hover ads simply haven't performed well in the past. Consider testing your current opt-in form with SlideUpAds and gauge the response for yourself - you may be pleasantly surprised at the results!

To learn more, visit http://www.SlideUpAds.com/4326 - it's free to join and there's no membership fee.

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Create Banners for Free! Peel Away ads, buttons, all that jazz...

I found an awesome program the other day!  Yes, its free!  Yes, I tried it!  And yes, it really works.  A little tricky at first, but you need to just mess around with it until you get a feel for it!  This cool program lets you create Peel Away Ads, banners, flash banners, ... all that cool stuff you are probably paying someone else to do for you!  Now, I am no expert, but it really was not too much- just add your text, choose your colors, and there you go....

Here's a link if you want to give it a go... Now, I think the catch is you have to muddle through some advertisements.  But, it only takes 30 seconds to get through that, then you are ready to create!  also, it saves your graphics, so if you upload pictures to the program- you won't have to continue to do that; they will be accessible the next time you create!  Come back and let me know what you think...

http://instantbannercreator.com/?rid=45575

Affiliate, Traffic, shopping, earn money from home... All in one? Really?

Ok, here we are reviewing another affiliate/traffic rotation program.  This one I will give a thumbs up, though!  It actually works.  Super easy, you view sites, you earn credits or money (your choice), then you can cash that money in for your site being posted.  Does it work?  yes.  Can you really cash the money in for CASH?  Yes.  There is a minimum withdrawl amount you have to reach before you can actually have the money transferred, though.  It is about a penny a click, so it will take a while.  But, you can do like I do, view a few sites, take those credits and convert them into your own advertisements.

There are a ton of other services on there, too.  There are shopping sites and discounts, contests, and more... Check it out!  Then come back and tell me what you think...

http://www.clixsense.com/?2762243

Here are some great You Tube Videos to help you with your attempt to Organize!  I love these tips!  Check them out, try some of the tips, then come share with us!  Did they work?  How is it going?

Free Marketing? Header and Slide up Ads? How do I get this service to work for me?

Over the years, we've all been taught that the best way to grow a sizeable mailing list is to give our visitors a great offer they can't say no to. And the most common way to attract more traffic and readers is to pay or trade with another marketer to have a popup window or hover ad on their site with your offer and hope that the visitors will be intrigued enough to sign up.

But more recently, we're learning that popup ads, hover ads and all those other gimmicks are simply driving visitors AWAY and leaving us with no sales and an unresponsive list.

Until now, there wasn't a sure-fire way to get your ad noticed without getting on people's nerves. One ad network is looking to change that - and do it all for free.

It's called SlideUpAds - http://www.SlideUpAds.com/4326

SlideUpAds is a unique, eye-catching way to advertise your site across an entire network without having to resort to distracting popups or banners.

With SlideUpAds, your ad appears at the bottom frame of the user's screen, so they can still scroll on the web page without being interrupted on whatever they're viewing. Since your ad slides up from the bottom gradually (and quickly), it's more likely to get noticed without being distracting and abruptly closed.

SlideUpAds costs nothing to join and there's no charge for any advertising. You simply fill out a short form and get the details of your account, then upload your ad and you're ready to go! It's simple and straightforward and most ads can be online within a few minutes.

For a limited time, SlideUpAds is also opening the doors to what they call a
"Viral Marketing Avalanche". If you refer a friend and THEY join, you get 100% of that person's credits. If your friend refers a friend, you get 100% of THEIR credits too! Of course, your friends still get to keep their credits, but it's like getting double or even triple the exposure without doing any extra work!

Many people are reporting terrific success with SlideUpAds, particularly where popups and hover ads simply haven't performed well in the past. Consider testing your current opt-in form with SlideUpAds and gauge the response for yourself - you may be pleasantly surprised at the results!

To learn more, visit http://www.SlideUpAds.com/4326 - it's free to join and there's no membership fee.



Just click the link below, remember its free!  I use it, and it really works!
  http://www.SlideUpAds.com/4326

Downline builders can be a great way to start
generating traffic and promoting your programs.
The problem comes when your programs don't match
the owners agenda.

Everyone needs traffic and to bring people into
their sphere of influence but you hate to have the
owner decide the agenda for building your business.

Well that has now changed. Jon Olson and Paul Kinder
have put together a new downline builder and you
decide what to promote.

http://affiliatefunnel.com/?rid=46748

They help you to bring people into YOUR sphere of
influence and deliver traffic to YOUR programs not
theirs. YOU decide what to promote to YOUR downlines.

They have also included tips and tricks for building
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Check them out today and start filling YOUR funnel.



P.S. Stop letting others control YOUR business and
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Make sure to check back this week.... I am going to list the best of the best, easiest to use- FREE- traffic building, rotating, and banner/site exposure services I can find... I am diligently scouring and surfing to determine what are the best services for people like you and me to use! Those of us with small businesses, home businesses, WAHMS, bloggers, and more... We cant afford those big rotators, nor can we spend hours on the web surfing for credits! So keep up with the programs I have tried for you- then share your experiences with them.

Do you have a program or service you would like me to try? Are you an affiliate with a traffic program? Link services? Swap? Just comment and list your affiliate link/splash page! I would be happy to try it out and pass it on to my readers!

More visitors? Few more ways to reel them in....

I found this great blog today that listed several traffic exchange services that have the highest rankings, best traffic exchange, ease of use, and are FREE. I joined a few and wanted to share them with you... Let's see how they go! Please come back here and share with everyone your experiences if you join any of these!

Increase Website Traffic

http://www.clickthru.net/ref/695023

Keyword Research

Keyword Research

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Something that was good - has now
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Cindy has just released a concise
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Does this sound scarily familiar?

# You spend heaps of money on the latest
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# Give it a go for a bit, maybe make a
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So you drop it and move on to the next thing...

Believe me when I say that you are not alone
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Maybe this might even sound more familiar:

# You start a project

# You work hard to build it, make it
look great and then....

# For some reason, nobody is visiting it...

It turns out that your website has an enormous
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What if I am not creative enough?
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You will be given a niche suggestion
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You will also get the statistics about
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Each week you will also receive a
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We also show you how to monetize your
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It's all about giving you the ideas, tools
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P.S. Go and grab the report now, while
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New Traffic Rotator with follow up! See your stats and find out, "is it really working?"

You will hear it a lot when you start using the traffic
exchanges daily. You need to be tracking your stats,
you need to be branding yourself and you need to be
using a splash page...

Funny thing is, until today, you had to go to two or
maybe even three different programs to get each tool
you needed for the task at hand.

How's this for a perfect situation?

Find three guys who absolutely live, breath and love
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- In house banner rotator

- A powerful web site rotator

- A splash page maker

And the exclusive 'Branding Tracker'... (You've got to
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All for free, all for you by joining TE Toolbox right now;

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Yours in traffic exchange success,



P.S. Remember, these tools were created BY traffic
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what Tim Linden, Paul Kinder and Jon Olson use each
and every day in their businesses, they've packaged it
up and created the first MUST HAVE traffic exchange
service ever!

=> http://www.tetoolbox.com/index.php?referer=mommytyme

For more great services, resources and ideas... Visit the web site and find all the many sources I have been using and tried!  I only promote the programs that I actually use and have been satisfied with.
http://www.mommytyme.org/services.html

Oh, and here is one more you may want to try- easy, free, and high rates of traffic exchange! http://www.clickthru.net/ref/695023
               

Do you have a raging torrent of targeted traffic flooding your site?

Or are your visitors trickling in?

I’ve just discovered a site that’s owned and run by Paul Kinder and apparently, Jon Olson took Paul under his wing and helped him develop the business.

You may not have not have heard of Paul yet, but I expect you’ve heard of Jon. Have you? Jon is known as The Traffic Exchange Guy, and if he thinks Paul is worth helping then I know that his program is a winner!

Traffic-Splash is going to be a high-profile program and it is well worth getting in early.

Now, you can either upgrade straight away at half price, earning 50% on all your referrals and any random referrals that Paul generates for you, or you can join for free.

Whichever way you go Traffic-Splash, is aiming to bring in a river of referrals so it will be great exposure for your business, helping you to:

• advertise your web business
• grow your opt-in list
• build your affiliate program
• provide resources to improve your advertising

I am certain that Traffic-Splash will quickly become one of the best quality traffic exchanges on the net and I think it‘s a must have advertising resource.

Turn your Splashes into Floods of Traffic
http://traffic-splash.com/index.php?referer=Mommytyme

Happy Splashing!



PS Don’t forget that Paul is offering a half-price upgrade right now. 500 targeted hits and a river of random referrals for just $4.98 a month. http://traffic-splash.com/index.php?referer=Mommytyme

When you are looking for ways to increase your traffic flow, the first thing you may try is paid services or paid exchanges. Those are fine, but if you are not getting the results you want, you may want to scour some of the free services first! If you like them, you can always upgrade to a paid program later that actually can double your traffic in a matter of days. A few I have tried lately are:

http://www.startxchange.com/?referer=mommytyme

http://www.startxchange.com/newuser.php?referer=mommytyme



http://www.traffic-splash.com/splashial.html?referer=Mommytyme