Posted by Nicolette Tallmadge on April 9th, 2008

Quick! What’s THE most important thing that your website must do?
Showcase your best art? Nope….
Get ranked on Google? Nope….
Sell your work? Definitely important…but nope.
What can possibly be more important than getting people to buy your work?
In this week’s newsletter, I’ll talk about what THE most important thing that your website must do…and how to make sure that your website does 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 a free audio download on “Effective Ways to Market Your Website Offline“.
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Posted by Nicolette Tallmadge on April 2nd, 2008
So now you’ve set up an account on Facebook, or Indiepublic, or maybe you’ve submitted some photos of your work to Flickr. Now how do you use these channels to get more visitors to your website?
In this week’s newsletter, is the second article in a two-part series on “How to Use Social Networks to Market Yourself“, where I’ll explain how to convert Facebook and Etsy friends into customers. 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 a free audio download on “Effective Ways to Market Your Website Offline“.
Posted by Nicolette Tallmadge on March 24th, 2008
MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr…they’re all part of the phenomenon called “social networking”. You’ve probably heard of these sites and you’ve probably have heard of social networking. But what does it mean for you? Isn’t this just one more thing that you have to keep up with that may or may not make you any money? Believe it or not, social networking can be a powerful way to get the word out about your work and to get new customers…if you know what you’re doing.
In this week’s newsletter, is the first article in a two-part series on “How to Use Social Networks to Market Yourself“, where I’ll explain what social networking is and how to get started. 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 a free audio download on “Effective Ways to Market Your Website Offline“.
Posted by Nicolette Tallmadge on March 18th, 2008
In the previous newsletter, I wrote about the eight places where you can start your search for a web designer. So now that you’ve began your search and started finding some likely candidates, how do you know which one to choose?
In this week’s newsletter article, I’m including the third and final excerpt from my upcoming ebook, “How to Hire the World’s Greatest Web Designer“, where I’ll outline some key characteristics that you should be looking for when you are researching web designers. To read the article sign up for the Crafted Webmaster Newsletter for free here: http://www.craftedweb.com/subscribe.html
Posted by Nicolette Tallmadge on February 20th, 2008
In the previous newsletter, I wrote about how to figure out whether you really need to hire a web designer to help you build your website. Assuming that you’ve decided that hiring a web designer is a good idea…where should you start looking? In actuality there are lots of places where you can start your search…if you know where to look.
In this week’s newsletter article, I’m including the second excerpt from my upcoming ebook, “How to Hire the World’s Greatest Web Designer“, where I discuss the eight places you can find a great web designer. To read the article sign up for the Crafted Webmaster Newsletter for free here: http://www.craftedweb.com/subscribe.html