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When It’s Hot It’s Hot.

Brooke Long — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:38 +0000

We have run an experiment on Etsy for the last 14 days. We tried relisting and listing new items 3 times per day. All in the hopes that we would run higher and ultimately get more sales.

Well, it worked in a sense. We got a lot more views and conversations were up. But we did not get a lot more sales.

We understand that we need to be more involved – but the web can be a very difficult place to sell. People really like to see and touch our pieces – try them on. Sales are just not as good when they cannot see them in person.

So right now it things are cold.

But we have Whiz Bang Days coming up. We will have a booth for a few days and we are hoping that things will be hot! Just like they were when we had a booth at my daughter’s dance recital. Things were crazy that day. That is what we want again.

It seems like we will be on a roll and then things just stop.

When it’s cold it’s cold. Hopefully it’s hot soon!

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. Her newest business venture is Cataluña Designs – unique beaded hair accessories and jewelry for girls.

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Is It Time to Kickstart the Featured Home Business Page? [poll]

Joe Hauckes — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:52:15 +0000

Let’s take a little trip in the Way Back Machine to January 2007.

That’s when we started the Featured Home Business Page on WAHI. There were quite a few small business owners that took advantage of the (limited) exposure to their endeavours to highlight their business and let people know what they were all about.

That was a little over three years ago and although it never really ended, there has not been anyone else added since September 2008. I think it may be time to remedy that, but I’ll leave it up to you.

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You can see the original introduction post here or just take a gander at the Featured Home Business page to get an idea of what it’s all about.

Let me know what you think because I am really thinking about kickstarting this at the beginning of April.

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Special Affiliate Offer to WAHI Readers

Joe Hauckes — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:43:33 +0000

Just a little update about what I’ve been doing for the past little while.

Working on the Advertising Campaign. I have decided to offer anyone who reads WAHI an opportunity to join in and get 15% Commission of whatever Payment I recieve from a client referred by them.

If you are interested, just use the Contact Form to let me know. There are a few Square & Banner Ads you can use on your own site (more have been added since that post).

If you would rather just use WOM (word of mouth) just make sure the potential client uses Referred by “YOU” in the subject of their e-mail.

As I mentioned a few times, I am new to all this so any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

This offer has no time limit at present, but may change depending on circumstances encountered in the administration and cost of the campaign, so sign up soon to lock into the 15% Commission rate.

If you’re wondering where Brooke is this week, she is pretty busy with the lauch of Cataluna Designs and should be back next week.

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Which MCBS Ad is Your Favorite?

Joe Hauckes — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:05:44 +0000

As promised yesterday, I want to show you the new Ad designs, both Square and Banners. I would also appreciate your opinion on what you like and what you think may work in my upcoming Advertising campaign.

Here are the Ads:

This is the Medium Square 207x171px (also in Small 166×137 and Large 249×205)

This is the Standard Banner Ad 468x89px

This is the Before and After Ad 468x89px (my favorite)

So, now, what do YOU think?

Which do you like? (Ok, I know the square ads aren’t really square, but you get the idea)

Time for the Poll…

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You can choose more than one answer in the poll if you like more than one of the Ads. As always, you can voice your opinion or expound on your choice in the comments.

Just in case you wanted to know, there will also be Text Ads if they are more to your liking.

Thanks

Joe

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Expanding MCBS Consulting in Baby Steps

Joe Hauckes — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:03:49 +0000

The recession has hit us all to some extent in our personal lives and in our business lives as well. Some have decided to just give up. Some have decided to work for someone else if they can find a job. Still others have gone off the deep end and expanded their horizons by expanding their businesses.

I have opted to take the latter step although with a little spice (for me) by taking a leap of faith…

I’m going to start Advertising!

I have always depended on WOM (word of mouth) and recommendations for all of my Computer Consulting business and have (for the most part) done fairly well. Now it is time to expand, albeit in a very measured and baby step kinda way.

The plan is to start off small:

Ask some of my regular clients if they would be interested in participating in my campaign
Design a few square (in the sidebar) and banner ads for display
Find a way to track individual affiliate statistics
Get opinions on the design of ads before actual deployment
Offer you, the community, an opportunity to participate
If successful, possibly use an Ad Agency for future campaigns

Steps one, two and three have already been accomplished. Step four is tomorrow, by asking YOU for your opinion on the Ads I have designed. Step five will be offered to YOU in the next few days, after the poll closes. Six will all depend on how things pan out in the next month or two with the first five.

There ya have it. Hopefully, a step in the right direction for expanding my Computer Consulting business in small, baby steps.

Thoughts?

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