Sunday, February 7, 2010

Monday, January 4, 2010

Using Facebook and Twitter

Sometimes I really feel like I'm a fool. I don't know much about computers, the internet, or social media. A short few years ago I would have said "Huh?". It's been a slow process to beat some things into my thick head, but I think I'm slowly learning the importance of a few things that I need to be doing to get sales on the internet. I like to talk, boy do I like to talk, but writing it down is something entirely different. Selling in person at vendor shows is a completely different game than selling on the web. I have to take better care in writing my descriptions. Learn to choose better keywords to get better SEO results. Take better pictures. Uuugghh!! The old saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" has a whole new meaning, now that I'm an old dog.
Oh well, enough complaining. It's time to get to work on new promotion techniques that include Facebook and Twitter in a higher capacity. It's time to get noticed on the www.