Image SEO Tool
I’ve posted before on SEO for Images and I think it’s an important topic–especially since many online business owners seem to overlook it. Please read my previous article on SEO for Images to see my general tips on optimizing your photos for the search engines. But I also wanted to share with a a neat [...]
Beginner’s Guide to SEO
SEO, Search Engine Optimization, seems to be a constant challenge for many website and online business owners. I’ve offered some basic SEO 101 information here on OBJ, but with Google always making changes and the other search engines to consider, it’s really a consistently confusing area for most of us. So when I came across [...]
Craft Pricing Worksheet Download
One of the most difficult challenges for a craft business owner is figuring out what prices to put on their handmade products. There are many ways and formulas to do this, though I don’t claim to know them all. But I wanted to help provide a simple way to calculate these costs, so I created [...]
Copyright Law for Artists
If you’re an artist or crafter, and if you post photos online, then chances are that you have already (or will at some point) had your copyrights infringed upon by someone “borrowing” your photos. If you’ve had this happen, what the heck do you do? I’ve posted before about Copyright Theft and I’ve tried to [...]
Inventory and COGS for Crafters
I came across a very informative article today on a blog called Creative Bizology. The blog seems to no longer be active, but the article is very helpful so I wanted to share the link to it. It provides some very good information for craft business owners, Etsy shoppe owners, etc, and it’s written by [...]
Craft Manager Business Software
Do you have a home-based art or craft business? Are you looking for some software to help you manage inventory, costs, supplies, and the like? If so, then the Craft Manager software I stumbled on this morning might be the perfect solution for you. This software’s features enable you to organize all of your inventory, [...]
OBJ on Facebook
If you have a Facebook account, please be sure to come and like us on Facebook. I post lots of helpful business links there that I find when I’m on Facebook–things that you won’t find here on the blog. So you are missing out on some potentially great business resources by not following us on [...]
The Copyright Symbol
Ever wonder how to create the copyright symbol when you are typing? I have known how to use an Alt code to do it for quite awhile (Alt+0169), but apparently that’s not the correct way to do it. Using the Alt code can make weird © characters appear on your website. So I was glad [...]
Freenetlaw Free Legal Notices
I came across a legal website this morning that offers free legal notices that you can use on your website. The website is called Freenetlaw, and they offer free basic legal notices/templates of various kinds that you might find helpful. Here are just a few examples of what they have available. Privacy Statement Website Terms [...]
Online Marketing for Small Business Simplified eBook
I just found a great free eBook that I wanted to share with you. It’s called Online Marketing for Small Business…Simplified. After downloading it and doing a quick skim of it, it’s definitely worth sharing. And hey, it’s FREE! Website marketing can be such a challenge for many small business owners, so you may [...]
