Learn How to Crochet a Pentagon

Are you a beginning crocheter looking for step by step tutorials?  Have you ever tried to crochet a pentagon but couldn't get your proportions even?  Never fear, it has all been done for you in:  Learn How to Crochet A Pentagon. This free crochet pattern will help you create your own five sided pentagon shapes and motifs for use in your own crochet projects!  With quick and easy to follow instructions, you can crochet along with simple steps and clear, detailed photographs.  Go on over to HandmadeNews and check it out!

How to prepare for a television appearance

If you have never appeared on television before, the article "Ready for Your Closeup?" gives you some tips and tricks for men and women on how to prepare your makeup and dress for a television appearance.

How to Guerrilla Marketing with Sales & Samples

The first part of this article, Guerrilla Marketing & You #2 - Give It Away Now covers how to use samples and sales to market your business.





Part two, Guerrilla Marketing & You #2 - Give It Away Now (2 of 2) covers contests and gives you tips on how to have a successful giveaway.

Spread the Word! Buy Handmade!

Never in my experience in handmade society have I read a more touching personal account of going into the handmade life as I found in Libby's article on Handmade News about spreading the word to buy handmade. Libby did a wonderful job, you folks should check it out.

Wists 101 article on Handmade News

My article, "Wists101: Building a Social Shopping Network" is now live over at Handmade News. It covers the Wists phenomena and how handmade business owners can utilize it to their marketing advantage within the web 2.0 social shopping network. Check it out.

Movin' On Up

As some of you who know me on a personal level, I have hum-hawed for years with my writing, dabbling with getting something small published here and there, but I never really did try to take off with it, mostly because I always felt I wasn't good enough to compete with the "big dogs".

However, after being coaxed (a lot) by a friend (You know who you are Miss Goddess), I applied for a really awesome opportunity to write for one of the largest crafting/handmade communities on the net. I didn't REALLY think I'd get it or else I wouldn't have applied. Weeks and weeks went by and being the pessimist I am, I knew I had been right in thinking I wouldn't get it.

Imagine my surprise when I get hired on as the newest writer in the Marketing Department at www.HandmadeNews.org. I have my own column!

I am a "real" writer now...for real. LOL
Wow, the validation really DOES feel awesome.
I should have jumped on something like this years ago.

And to make things even more awesome, KentuckyHandmade.com was kind enough to post on their blog and share the news and make me blush a lot.

My first article, Guerrilla Marketing and You - Part 1: Traditional vs. Non-traditional Marketing went live on the site this past Sunday.

I'll be publishing two articles a week (maybe more if the marketing muses prove cooperative), and I will be having one feature article per month on the site. If you are a handmade artisan or own a small business, there are a literal TON of articles already on there to help you enhance and attract buyers to your business.

Here's a link to my columnist bio page, I have my default Kellibeans pic up until I can get a more "professional" looking one done. From there you will have a link to every article I will write/have written.

Using Custom Stickers to Enhance Your Brand

Have you ever wondered about using stickers in your promotional efforts for your website? This article, "Say it With Stickers" covers the basics about how to go about acquiring your own custom stickers for your handmade business. Check it out.