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Hello there! I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?   
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 I’ve got several things to share with you today. Bits and bobs, as they say… First, my November column is live on CRAFT today. It’s a downloadable PDF worksheet that’s designed to help you analyze 30 days of your blog posts. What kinds of content are you really putting out there? What are your readers … Read On! There’s More!  Just a quick post to start off the new week – I wanted to share a couple recent how-to’s I’ve done for CRAFT. First up, I did a piece on Cheap & Simple Tools for Better Blog Photography. You know, it doesn’t matter so much what kind of digital camera you have. If you just … Read On! There’s More!  In this installment, we look at Entrance Paths – which is a fancy way of saying, “Seeing where people go when they meander around your website.” If you want to see the rest of this video series, here it is. Read On! There’s More!  This video is the first in a little series I’m cooking up. Google Analytics is a great tool for tracking your blog’s stats, but it also has some nifty not-so-obvious features you can use to really learn more about who’s reading what on your blog. In this first installment, we’ll analyze a big traffic spike. … Read On! There’s More!  Rachel has a great Archive-Along post today, which looks at archiving from a digital angle. She shows you a pretty dang cool way to create a one-page online archive of your best stuff. Google Profiles are easy to set up, and make a nice, comprehensive archive you can point people to. Rachel has some awesome … Read On! There’s More!  Evaluating an Opportunity (when you aren’t getting paid) from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo. If you’re a craft blogger (or really, any kind of blogger), chances are good that sooner or later, someone will contact you and ask you to contribute something to their website. Sometimes, it’s a corporate website looking for free content, and sometimes, … Read On! There’s More!  This being the Internet Age, a whole lot of you have projects, businesses, charity efforts, sales, exhibits, and such going on. And naturally, you want to get the word out about them. It’s no secret that one great way to promote your project is to contact a lot of bloggers and ask them to blog … Read On! There’s More!  Google Reader Tricks for Craft Bloggers from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo. So, lately I’ve been talking to a lot of bloggers, and discovering that many of them don’t know about all the cool things Google Reader can do to help you organize all your crafty blog reading. I freaking love this tool, so I made this … Read On! There’s More!  Hunter Coleman (a good friend of mine and a true accounting geek) helps us understand the tax side of a crafty business. Learn about what kinds of records you need to be keeping, what forms you need to fill out, and what to do if record-keeping makes your brain sad. Read On! There’s More!   So, the Twitter thing. It appears that we’re all ending up on there sooner or later. I’m a huge fan, and this post by Tim O’Reilly beautifully expresses why. I’ve been watching more and more people join, and I’ve been getting notices that people are “following” my Twitter stream. And I’ve been noticing that I’ve … Read On! There’s More! |
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