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I'm Going to Miss Picnik
My, how we’ve changed. I used to devour actual magazines with gusto. Not so much now I’m afraid. Well, apart from tattoo magazines but that’s not what this blog is about. No, I’ve been working on my marketing e-course and purchasing the first mags I’ve got in, I don’t remember how long. Sadly, I’ve changed.
To market a product one must know their audience. One should also know a little something about possible promotional options. Thusly, magazines were purchased to that effect. Little hint, I’m not sure what my market is so I decided to purchase only NZ and Australian magazines. I figure if and when I have to send samples out the postage won’t cost the earth. So I went out and purchased:
NOT the magazine for me. Full of very expensive glossy clothes and high-end hair styling products. Weird, I thought it was a fashion mag. Purchased because it’s cover told me it held a “what to wear guide”. Didn’t really gel with this little reader.
The cover of this tome told me it had “summer’s hit list” and it also had a couple of articles on stylists which I’ll probably read later. Much later. Sorry, another no go from me.
(embarrassingly) Cosmopolitan
Cry, sniff, I used to love this magazine. The cover told me it had “fierce fashion, super glam looks….” ‘fraid not. I knew it was full of relationship BS but it used to have great editorials and fashion spreads. I used to find great pics that I would cut out and keep in little scrap books. And I’ve got plenty of these little style books - that’s what I call them. Sadly, this mag had nothing to write home about. Ciao.
See above. Cover had “look lush for less”. Very unlush to me.
My point is that I couldn’t see myself pitching an editorial storyline for any of these magazines to feature my jewelry – well, I mean for them to just look at my jewelry – and I was beginning to despair until I remembered one last magazine that I had forked out for:
At last. Exclamation points abound! Love this magazine. I’ve folded the corners on so may pages and articles that I may even be back next month for my magazine fill. Hurrah!
White Skull - Voodoo Earrings by Glamour Twinkles - available soon
I’m now back at my Girl Friday job in the big city and this past week has been rather distracting with new Twitter followers beeping my phone, blogs to read and pesky office work interrupting my dreams of featuring in print. But then, my job keeps me in the lifestyle I am accustomed to so I’m getting my head back in the work game. And as such I’ll really need to come up with a work plan if I want to keep up with all the Glamour Twinkly things I need to do to get my “bling” out there. Quite unlikely if I ever again refer to my jewelry line as “bling” argh!
This weekend has seen me in full photo shoot mode with the new items I’ve made these last two weeks (too many sunny days do not a good photo shoot make). Oh, and last night I got the shocking email from Picnik telling me they were closing. You know that moment when you read something so unbelievable that you must read it a couple of time before it sinks in? That was me last night as I prepped my dindins. I read the email and (being the habitual paranormal/hoax footage skeptic I am) I was waiting for the punch line. No, Picnik will be gone and Google+ will “take over many of their awesome features”. It all happens on 19 April 2012. As you can probably tell I really love using Picnik. It is an awesome photo editing system. But the show must go on. Thank goodness I always saved my edits to my PC and not on their servers. There must be some frantic saving going on in cyber space right now. So that’s been my past week.
Orange Bear French Fries - Cutie Pie Milkshake bracelet - photoshoot results
Feather Stars Eighties Earrings - Out with the Old
Oh what a freaken surprise, another New Years Resolution List. Yadda yadda yadda, am I right? But this list will be the most magical, incredible list I have ever listed because this list I will actually be completing throughout the month. And I hate making New Year’s resolutions. In fact I slept through the wonderment of the midnight bells a tolling the death of the old raggedy year’s final minutes. Now, I haven’t made a resolution in absolute years but I’ve had these little gems on my mind since November. Thusly, I present to you my New Year’s Resolutions for the month of January:
Image via CrunchBase
1. Create a video advertising my Glamour Twinkles Jewelry
I am going to create a clever little YouTube ditty that shows off my jewelry pieces in an arty-farty manner. I have an idea of what I want to do, and I’m not setting high hopes, we’re in talks with some pretty big names (Spielberg, Lucas, Geffen – shhhhh tho). I think it will be a fun little venture for me during my Xmas/New Years’ Vacay. I’ll be posting progress updates on my Facebook page to keep you all informed of my “proactivity”.
Coinage - Chunky Charm Bracelet by Glamour Twinkles
2. Spend actual money on some online advertising.
Yeah, yeah, I’ve talked about this before. But I’ve continued doing secret research and I have decided to try my luck with a couple of places. Etsy have advertising now. I haven’t actually looked into this properly but Etsians have acknowledged my jewelry presence so I’m going to run with the idea. There are a couple of other Etsy related blogs that I’m looking at. I’m talking to you Handmadeology…
3. Jazz up this blog
I love checking out successful blogger’s blogs. They’ve created a brilliant little empire that cries out for return visits. It’s not just about the posts with these gals, its the whole ensemble. Current favorites are:
4. Set up an Etsy shop for my sister’s supercalifragelisic (insider joke, right Sis?)portraiture
5. Regular posts on my Sparkling Candy Tumblr blog
I have certainly neglected my Tumblrinos. I want to create 365 posts in my Tumblr que so I have something posted every day. Now that I know how to actually blog pictures from other websites I have the world as my very own oyster. And everyone wants the world to be their oyster – for some weird reason…
Gothic Pagoda Earrings - The Making of...
6. Blog responsibly.
Create “pillar posts” Search engines love pillar posts and I want them to love me right back. A pillar post is something like a “how to” post. I’ll need to find pieces that can be recreated by you, my audience of billions. It may even become a monthly activity. Oh, imagine the fun we could have. You could make something using my how to instructions and then send me a picture. Wow, now I see why the search engines like ‘em. Thanks Google! I also want to include more Before and After posts, and have more photos of my new tidy workstation.
