Throughout the week, I like to share interesting links for artists on my Twitter profile. Here is a list of the links I tweeted about the past couple of weeks:

• Now Reading: Life On The Twitter Suggested User List http://ow.ly/ea3L

• RT @LiveYourBrand: Social Media Tip: 9 Hidden Benefits of Blogging http://cli.gs/3XAgaY

• RT @getsorted: On the blog: strategies to deal with procrastination http://ping.fm/UE7ek

• Now Reading: Trunkt.org - Connecting Artists with Wholesale Buyers http://ow.ly/eiHU

• RT @spottedsparrow: How to Make a Twitter Background: http://tinyurl.com/n7brew

• RT @ConnieGreen: How to Write Articles That Ask For a Call to Action to Build Your List: http://ezinearticles.com/?id=2476378

• RT @ArtByChrysti: Artists: 8 ways to be more financially savvy http://bit.ly/fayE2 (via @abstanfield)

• RT @shaboom: RT @rockyourday: This post is hitting a nerve - Why You Do What You Do (And Why It Should Scare You) http://tr.im/oEuA

• RT @aflyonthewall: CALL FOR ENTRIES!!! Lark Books is looking for 30 Minute Necklaces! For more info: http://dailyjewel.blogspot.com/

• Now Reading: How Long Should You Wait to Upgrade WordPress? http://ow.ly/eAia

• RT @LuannUdell: “Know Your Paypal” & make sure you when how you are NOT protected (it’s a lot more than you think): http://tr.im/oNnt

• RT @FreeYourLifeVA: “YouTube Just Became the TwitPic of Video” http://mashable.com/2009/06/11/youtube-video-sharing-twitter/

• A short, yet good read: The 411 on Donating Your Art http://ow.ly/eVVg

• RT @GroganJewelers: How to make a jewelry display panel or art mounting board- http://is.gd/15w4M

• Selling Handcrafted Jewelry: 5 Quick Jewelry Selling Tips! http://ow.ly/fvKJ

• RT @ryantaylor: Found this intriguing- Customers given too many choices are 10x less likely to buy: http://bit.ly/smJ3R

• Now Reading: Safety for the Crafter, Part 1- http://bit.ly/sFdUi

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Sigh…I just finished creating a video on how to work with TweetDeck a couple weeks ago and what do you know? Out comes a new version with some really cool features to add to the already impressive list of features. But some of those features are things that I’ve been wanting TweetDeck to do for awhile…so I’m not too upset.

Here’s what’s new in this version of TweetDeck (0.26.2)

• You can now administrate multiple accounts within TweetDeck. I’ve been using HootSuite in order to do this up until now…so it’s really great that I don’t have to leave TweetDeck in order to see what’s going on in my other accounts.
• You can now create a TweetDeck account that will allow you to syncronize and backup your columns between multiple computers. This is really useful if you have TweetDeck on say your laptop and on your desktop and want to make sure that any columns or searches that you created on one machine matches on the other.
• There’s also a handy Twitter spam button that can eliminate spam tweets and reports the miscreant to Twitter.

So, if you’re a Twitter user and you haven’t tried Twitter yet, now’s a great time to do so. You can download Twitter for free by visiting the TweetDeck site.

…and now, I’m going to update my TweetDeck video.

Resources: Links for Artists [Jun 7 -13]

Throughout the week, I like to share interesting links for artists on my Twitter profile. Here is a list of the links I tweeted about the past couple of weeks:

• RT @MarketHandmade: Craft Giveaways - The Ins and Outs: http://tinyurl.com/rcq4fk

• RT @Thyme2dream: I just updated my Squidoo page: Thyme2dream Crafty Guide to Selling Handmade Online / http://tinyurl.com/dkuubz

• Now Reading- Incentives: Giving your customers the biggest bang for their buck- http://ow.ly/dGzE

• Hope I never see mine- RT @DesignObserver: I’m not kidding, Your Logo Makes Me Barf: http://twurl.nl/0d7tzj

• A good resource- 7 Free Twitter Backgrounds to Download and Customize http://ow.ly/dw5l

• Excellent video: Web Design Tips: The Laws of Ecommerce Navigation Design- http://ow.ly/debY

• Aimed at jewelers, but good advice for all artists: How to Avoid a BAD Show! http://ow.ly/dlPH

• RT: @mashable- Are Twitter Users Inactive? Depends on How You Look at It - http://bit.ly/4yNvJA

• Now Reading: When someone googles your name, what do you want to happen? http://ow.ly/ddQM

• RT @MarketHandmade: Check out this article from @Lolabags : Video - Incorporate Video to Boost Handmade Sales: http://tinyurl.com/ltnvxq

• RT @abstanfield: How to come up with the best Twitter name for you–on the Art Biz Blog http://bit.ly/qCqrU

• Interesting Read: To Inject Personality Into Your Twitter Stream Using TwitVid.io http://ow.ly/d6Nb

• A Good Read: Quick and Easy Lists and Tips for Organizing Your Office http://ow.ly/d6LH

• RT @blackstar: New book: 99 Ways To Make Money From Your Photos, by the editors of Photopreneur http://twurl.nl/xzlwgu

• RT @Noadi: Handmade Business - Learning from Failure: Here’s a wonderful video of a talk by Adam Savage .. http://tinyurl.com/luy224

• RT @ArtistMarketing: Marketing Mondays: Defining “Success” http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2009/06/marketing-mondays-defining-success.html

• RT @lorimcneeartist: GALLERY PARTNERSHIP MARKETING artist/gallery relationship http://tinyurl.com/lf8kj9 #art (good read by @loriwords)

• Art Jewelry Collective: Gauging Jewelry Popularity with Most Searched Keywords http://ow.ly/cMHR

• A Great Read: biz ladies 09: starting a business in tough times- http://sn.im/jnaj5

• RT @handmadeology: RT @timothyadam Etsy Top 10: Expose Your Shop: http://budurl.com/top10june8 Retweet> http://bit.ly/1aELsk

• RT @DarlaDixon Article: Grow your art business during recession http://bit.ly/qr5UF

• RT @ancientartist: Ideas for artists who make their own shipping boxes http://ancientartist.typepad.com/ancient_artist_developing/2009/06/make-your-own-shipping-boxes.html

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I had such a great response to my last teleseminar on Twitter, I’ve decided to do another one next week on online video. I’ve caught up with my friend and resident expert Colin Martin. Some of you guys may remember him as my guest expert from my first teleseminar on search engine optimization (SEO). Well, he’s doing some really cool things with online video and he’s agreed to do a teleclass with me and share how he’s using video to get traffic to his website, build up his search engine rank and a bunch of other things!

You can join us on Tuesday, June 16th at 8:00 p.m. (EST) and learn some of Colin’s online video tips and tricks. Even if you think that creating a video is too difficult, you’ll learn that it’s a lot easier than you think and that it will do some great things for your website traffic and sales. So join on us on the phone lines next Tuesday. Click here to learn more.

Unlike website design, website copy is one of those things that often seems to get the short shrift. People may agonize for weeks over the perfect color scheme or the perfect font for their website. But many times when it comes to website copy, many never come up with anything more profound than “Welcome to my website”. Remember, your website is a 24/7 representative of you and your copy must promote your work in your absence and giving it short shrift is a mistake that might cost you in sales.

In this week’s newsletter, I’m continuing a 7-part series on “7 Reasons Why Your Online Sales Stink“. This week’s article is about why your website copy stinks, how it might actually be preventing sales and how you can correct it.

To read the article, sign up for the Crafted Webmaster Newsletter for free here: http://www.craftedweb.com/subscribe.html. If you subscribe now, you can get my free audio download, “10 Steps to Getting More Traffic on Your Website” and get 10 powerful tips on how to increase traffic to your art website.