Saturday, January 31, 2004
Friday, January 30, 2004
Dee asked how and why I need help....
Beside doing my business, there is the network updates online, and then there is the Slipcover Press which we try to put out quarterly. Vendors to try to sell ads to to pay for the publication which costs about $250 each time it is published.... Need someone to write vendor spotlight, pro spotlight....
We have a great team putting together the new survey for pricing the new Price list Summary that we are planning to have available in Baltimore April 15th....
So if you like to write, that type of help would be very helpful...
K
Beside doing my business, there is the network updates online, and then there is the Slipcover Press which we try to put out quarterly. Vendors to try to sell ads to to pay for the publication which costs about $250 each time it is published.... Need someone to write vendor spotlight, pro spotlight....
We have a great team putting together the new survey for pricing the new Price list Summary that we are planning to have available in Baltimore April 15th....
So if you like to write, that type of help would be very helpful...
K
Lodging for the Slipcover Summit in Fort Collins....
Folks need to call and reserve their rooms for the event yesterday.
If you are planning on attending, please call in and reserve your room with a credit card for the Summit.
Questions please ask....
If you know someone who is planning on attending the Summit but they aren't on this forum please write them and let them know they need to call a reserve a room. As time gets closer if folks want to share, one can cancel the room.....
I cannot announce this on the CFH forum, so can someone else think of a way to announce this to slipcover people.
thanks
K
Folks need to call and reserve their rooms for the event yesterday.
If you are planning on attending, please call in and reserve your room with a credit card for the Summit.
Questions please ask....
If you know someone who is planning on attending the Summit but they aren't on this forum please write them and let them know they need to call a reserve a room. As time gets closer if folks want to share, one can cancel the room.....
I cannot announce this on the CFH forum, so can someone else think of a way to announce this to slipcover people.
thanks
K
I like a shirt I can swim in, the cost is of less an issue, and the polo style fine. I like XXL .
Update on website. Realizing my inclusive list is geting pretty long ( need to weed ).
I am thinking it's worth the cost to do pages like " how to tuck in a custom made slipcover properly ".
Another, yardage chart with pictures as well as descriptions.
Opinions about slipcovers stated in as polite and objective a way as can be done ( will solicit essays from others like yourselves ) explaining ( in as many nice ways possible ) the differences between custom and surefit types. I will link anyone who contributes.
Page or pages about how to choose a slipcover fabric well.
I will add whatever is useable, to educate in general as well as sell my own. I can use the traffic even if you print material from my website. Make suggestions about teaching aids pages. It's cheapest to add them all now.
Update on website. Realizing my inclusive list is geting pretty long ( need to weed ).
I am thinking it's worth the cost to do pages like " how to tuck in a custom made slipcover properly ".
Another, yardage chart with pictures as well as descriptions.
Opinions about slipcovers stated in as polite and objective a way as can be done ( will solicit essays from others like yourselves ) explaining ( in as many nice ways possible ) the differences between custom and surefit types. I will link anyone who contributes.
Page or pages about how to choose a slipcover fabric well.
I will add whatever is useable, to educate in general as well as sell my own. I can use the traffic even if you print material from my website. Make suggestions about teaching aids pages. It's cheapest to add them all now.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
There are all sorts of crappie websites. We can learn a lot by visiting them. It is good to visit and see what others have done.
It is also like slipcover videos.... good ones, not so good ones, and then why did you buy it???
Talking to Rowley about them possibly selling my videos.... Keep your fingers crossed... It is a good move for me.
K
was looking for the first time for web sites on the search engines. Came up with web sites that suck ( the name of the web site ) offering analysis on what works and what does not. One tidbit, no foreplay. Wham bam thank you ma'am ( I am quoting ). Said mission of said web site is to teach good web design by showing you bad web design. Dr html also sells a book ( of course ).
It is also like slipcover videos.... good ones, not so good ones, and then why did you buy it???
Talking to Rowley about them possibly selling my videos.... Keep your fingers crossed... It is a good move for me.
K
was looking for the first time for web sites on the search engines. Came up with web sites that suck ( the name of the web site ) offering analysis on what works and what does not. One tidbit, no foreplay. Wham bam thank you ma'am ( I am quoting ). Said mission of said web site is to teach good web design by showing you bad web design. Dr html also sells a book ( of course ).
goes back to what your skill set is too, and where you need to be personally. I agree with don't tell them everything, but for me, I want to tell them enough so that they self disqualify if I cannot offer any product that suits their price idea.
Plus, I am deaf and I still stutter to a ceratin degree, and I just need to be somewhere other than the phone anyway. My outgoing message on the phone directs people to my email.
I know who I want to buy from me. Women with their own paychecks. I would even go so far as to say a women who earns her own money is a better catch than one who spends someone elses.
I want women who appreciate and know good sewing, and who consider it an art. Those who think it can and should be done in a foreign country can go find it there.
I have said I want women now twice.........................guys buy, just not that often. I should also insert that I prefer customers who do not seek out second third fourth opinions. An easy customer knows her own taste.
Now, with that group ( and I have seen this ) I may be stuck arguing the price of cloth, as they are independent enough to go to the store and check.
As Denise says, this is a comfort zone, and sometimes you have to go outside a comfort zone to grow.
I have seen I have a tendency to say things in a certain way, deliberate, succinct and maybe a tad negative. I did admire looking last night at 400 listings on the search engine, that there are some very vaguely worded slipcover websites out there. I admire the differenece, and maybe the risk I perceive they tok to do that. Did they ?
Plus, I am deaf and I still stutter to a ceratin degree, and I just need to be somewhere other than the phone anyway. My outgoing message on the phone directs people to my email.
I know who I want to buy from me. Women with their own paychecks. I would even go so far as to say a women who earns her own money is a better catch than one who spends someone elses.
I want women who appreciate and know good sewing, and who consider it an art. Those who think it can and should be done in a foreign country can go find it there.
I have said I want women now twice.........................guys buy, just not that often. I should also insert that I prefer customers who do not seek out second third fourth opinions. An easy customer knows her own taste.
Now, with that group ( and I have seen this ) I may be stuck arguing the price of cloth, as they are independent enough to go to the store and check.
As Denise says, this is a comfort zone, and sometimes you have to go outside a comfort zone to grow.
I have seen I have a tendency to say things in a certain way, deliberate, succinct and maybe a tad negative. I did admire looking last night at 400 listings on the search engine, that there are some very vaguely worded slipcover websites out there. I admire the differenece, and maybe the risk I perceive they tok to do that. Did they ?
Good thoughts Dee
But the website does not have to be too big or have too much. Simple is good....
Folks need to talk to you. The website is a tool, a hook, they need to want to know more. Not get all the info from the website. There still needs to be a question or two.
If you are doing measuring, washable then it needs to be all up front and easy to order. Julie has done that well.
Please do not copy other peoples websites. Use them as guides.
Before and after pics are important.... but we are not Surefit slipcovers. We make custom items...
K
Re: Opinions about websites
I think it may depend on your potential clientele... A customer who knows what she wants and has realistic expectations of a slipcover might appreciate before-and-after photos of individual pieces (decent photos, not necessarily professional, but clear enough to show workmanship, detail, and overall drape). An example: www.seamstobe.com/Slipcovers.htm
Another customer may need to "feel" what a slipcover can do; she might require professional photos of slipcovers in room settings (and some handholding). An example: www.ravidesigncompany.com/home.html
Just my opinion, based on (unprofessional) observation.
But the website does not have to be too big or have too much. Simple is good....
Folks need to talk to you. The website is a tool, a hook, they need to want to know more. Not get all the info from the website. There still needs to be a question or two.
If you are doing measuring, washable then it needs to be all up front and easy to order. Julie has done that well.
Please do not copy other peoples websites. Use them as guides.
Before and after pics are important.... but we are not Surefit slipcovers. We make custom items...
K
Re: Opinions about websites
I think it may depend on your potential clientele... A customer who knows what she wants and has realistic expectations of a slipcover might appreciate before-and-after photos of individual pieces (decent photos, not necessarily professional, but clear enough to show workmanship, detail, and overall drape). An example: www.seamstobe.com/Slipcovers.htm
Another customer may need to "feel" what a slipcover can do; she might require professional photos of slipcovers in room settings (and some handholding). An example: www.ravidesigncompany.com/home.html
Just my opinion, based on (unprofessional) observation.
darn cold here. I haven't left the house in days. Ice dripping off the trees, on top eight inches snow.
Web site cost reasonable, if it turns out to be effective. You have to make it effective, steer people there. I asked Verizon to list my website in the phone book and they said they'd get back to me ( like nobody ever asked this before ? )
I do know that people check the phone book once they see me in the slipcovernetwork directory, maybe out of wish to see more evidence of permanance or history. Not that it's real hard evidence of that either, but it's a habit people tell me about.
Fished around the web last night, found more stuff I hadn't seen before. Lots of repeat things if you get to the 400th listing, only a few new things pop up, but you do see good efforts at making a website for an individual slipcover person get lost back there.
What's people's opinions about websites they hate or love and why ?
After I made up my outline I realized looking at others that mine is as usual very specific about facts. Other people's sites seemed more wistful, less informative. Where would you buy ? Anybody ?
Web site cost reasonable, if it turns out to be effective. You have to make it effective, steer people there. I asked Verizon to list my website in the phone book and they said they'd get back to me ( like nobody ever asked this before ? )
I do know that people check the phone book once they see me in the slipcovernetwork directory, maybe out of wish to see more evidence of permanance or history. Not that it's real hard evidence of that either, but it's a habit people tell me about.
Fished around the web last night, found more stuff I hadn't seen before. Lots of repeat things if you get to the 400th listing, only a few new things pop up, but you do see good efforts at making a website for an individual slipcover person get lost back there.
What's people's opinions about websites they hate or love and why ?
After I made up my outline I realized looking at others that mine is as usual very specific about facts. Other people's sites seemed more wistful, less informative. Where would you buy ? Anybody ?
Monday, January 26, 2004
I am going to go with Bill on this web site, simply because I cannot delegate the sewing I have at this time, this I can. It's not a new business, and the cost is only a small risk. I have money but not time, have to keep the canvas stirred in the washing machine.
I will try to do Front Page which I have and do the self help version for my next website professionalslipcovers.com or slipcoverprofessionals.com . I have lots of time to market the book I ain't written yet for the other website.
Realisticaly, one is business, one is PLAY!
I will try to do Front Page which I have and do the self help version for my next website professionalslipcovers.com or slipcoverprofessionals.com . I have lots of time to market the book I ain't written yet for the other website.
Realisticaly, one is business, one is PLAY!
I was just catching up on the forum and I would suggest Godaddy.com They have great support and the domain fee is just $7.95 and my hosting fee with a merchant account is under $20 a month. I built my beginner website with ms front page but godaddy.com has a click and paste web builder that I'm going to try. I will let you know.
Sunday, January 25, 2004
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