Day 18 Assignment, Bootcamp #4 - Blog Review & Social Media

[iCraft Admin]

Today's assignment will have 3 parts. Yes, I know...     things will get more intense now, as we only have 3 days left to cover a lot of ground.
 
Part 1 - Review everyone's posts & provide your reviews below (if you haven't done so)

Please focus on Primary Keywords and the Anchor Text used on links. I have comments for some posts, but as usual, I am not going to say anything just yet.    I want to see if you guys can pick up on what needs to be fixed first.

1. http://www.silverworkshop.ca/chain-maille-jewelry - from Silver Workshop

2. https://icraftgifts.com/blog/where-to-find-sea-glass-411.php - from Delightful Suds.    

3. http://www.fairycardmaker.com/2012/10/a-charmed-life-with-jewellery-by-kat.html - from Fairy Cardmaker

4. https://icraftgifts.com/blog/how-to-make-soap-at-home-409.php - from JaJeJems    

5. https://icraftgifts.com/blog/the-joy-of-giving-a-personal-handmade-greeting-card-410.php - from Jewelry by Kat

6.  https://icraftgifts.com/blog/stand-out-with-a-silver-lining-412.php - from Red Rock Designs

Part 2 - Leave Comments on everyone's Blog Posts

Search engines like fresh content. They also like seeing that pages are popular. Comments achieve those 2 things - new copy added to the page after its been published, refreshes the page. Comments on the page also signal that there is probably a good & popular content.

So the task is to leave as many comments, as you can, on all of those blog posts that you guys posted so far.... and if you have extra  time today, on the optimized product pages as well.   

Part 3 - List or Register New Social Media Accounts

We are going to focus on Social Media promotions for the next few days.
So I need you all to have presence on as many social media sites, as possible - Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube (Vimeo is good too), Flickr and Google + (and any others...)

When you are registering new accounts, pls try to use the same usernames, as your store names. Two reasons. People who know you through your craft business, will be able to recognize you in the social media space, when they see the same name. It's also a good idea to reserve those names, even if you are not using those accounts now, so others won't use your identity either.

So the task for today is simply to list all your social media accounts below (URLs or Handles, so we could find you). Plus, register a few new too.

[Jewelry by Kat]

Here are my comments.  I did not find anything wrong in any ones posts.

Silver Workshop- You used all the keywords for Red Rock but two, but I know your post is not finished.  I like how you are getting ready for the day and take us through chain maille design and style.  I am looking forward to your ending.

Delightful Suds- You used all but one keyword fot JaJeJems. You started with seaglass but I'm thinking that at the end you could have had another seaglass item to tie back to the title and the begining.  Otherwise great post.

Fairy Cardmaker- You used all the key words.  Love the title and I like how you tied into your last post. I like how you tied the history on charms into todays age.

Red Rock- You used all the keywords for the Silver Workshop.  I like how you started with trends and talked about Andree's shop, passion and her pieces.

JaJeJems- You used all of Delightful Suds keywords with a variation on two of them.  GREAT opening picture!! I like the history and how you move forward to now.  You are organized with starting with equipment then the steps.  I like the pictures of the soap you can make.


Here are my urls

twitter            http://twitter.com/jewelrybykat.php

facebook     https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewelry-and-More-by-Kat/303193426376296?fref=ts

vimeo-         http://vimeo.com/userjewelrybykat

pinterest          http://pinterest.com/jewelrybykat.php

[iCraft Admin]

Thanks for the feedback, Kat!

I fixed your Twitter URL and followed you. But your Facebook URL is not working and I am not sure how to fix it. Could you pls double check it? Thanks!

Pls register for Pinterest, Google + and as many others as you can!

[Jewelry by Kat]

I have tried google and pinterest but they are so confusing.............Kat

[iCraft Admin]

Well, we'll try to help you with all those sites. They are all useful promotional tools.

[Delightful Suds]

Wow, everyone is such a good writer! Those are all great posts!

I've left comments everywhere.

I am a member of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Flickr, Google +, Bizspleaking, LinkedIn....I think that's it.

[Red Rock Designs]

Part 1:
Hi Kat, your post is written well, very sentimental.  Though the photos don’t have any links attached or titles.

Delightful Suds, the opening paragraph of sea glass is what drew me in. And I liked the way you spoke about their technique and construction of pieces.  But like Kat, your photos don’t have any links to the product pages or titles.

JaJe, great post. I love that you wrote about the process & the DIY of soap making… however it does seem quite tedious and I think I would prefer buying!  Not sure if you meant it to sound that way?!  All your links worked, including your photos…they just need titles added.

Silver Workshop and Fairy C done earlier...under Day 17 I think.

Part 2 - done...left positive comments on each blog.

Part 3 :
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Rock-Designs/213914158654539

Twitter: https://twitter.com/redrockdsgns

I signed up with Flickr, through Facebook...not sure how this works...if I upload pic to FB will it show up on Flickr and vice versa?

I've joined Pinterest, but I have no idea how to use it: http://pinterest.com/redrockdesigns1/

[Silver Workshop]

Here are my comments:

Delightful Suds: Linking the words seaglass jewellery to the store would be good since I think that's a keyword, but am not totally sure. Beautiful topic, I love it!

Fairy Cardmaker, I've mentioned it before but you're really good at this, you have many talents! The post is personal and I'm getting to know Kat even more, and you too. Maybe linking "beaded charm bracelets" to their store would have been good for seo.

Wow JaJeJems, you had a great time putting this together. Lots of great information! Keywords look good to me.

Kat, your post is also really really good! You're all such good writers. The only thing I can think of is linking the pictures to the product pages.

Bibi, thanks for writing such a nice post! I think you covered everything, I couldn't find anything outstanding with your post!



Here is my social media information:

http://pinterest.com/silverworkshop/ (new account today)
https://twitter.com/silverworkshop
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Silver-Workshop/207027969310409
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverworkshop

[JaJeJems]

My thoughts

Silver - very interesting story line but I think  that you have missed two of Bibi's; I like your new ending very much - really wraps it up

Delightful - thank you for presenting all of our products so well - you did a great job;  I don't think that the images have links and something is spelled wrong in the last sentence

Fairy C - you know what I think, one question:  were the spaced out cha cha cha's above the ionk for the cha cha bracelet done on purpose, if so it was very effective!  made me want to cha   cha   cha   !  lol

Kat - I loved the way you treated your subject matter, very well written but I did nto see links on the pictures

Red Rock - I also think you did a great job with the subject, missing link on the quartz bracelet but everything else seems to be there; coudl you do more pictures?

[JaJeJems]

Here are my social media links


www.pinterest.com/jajejems - new
www.vimeo.com/jajejems - new
www.twitter.com/jajejems
http://www.facebook.com/pages/JaJeJems/176831249094460?ref=hl


I hate to say it but I am confused about Google Plus! 

[Fairy Cardmaker]

1. Feedback
Silverworkshop:  I like the personal point of view and the suggestive words: spice, sparkle and sass.  You used the keywords, but I think using "chainmaille" together just once might add to the alternative keywords for alternate spelling?  Not sure.

DelightfulSuds: Not sure, but linking "sea glass jewellery" insteade of "JajeJems" to the shop in your introductory section might be stronger anchor text?  I think you have great use of keywords.  I agree that a tie-back to sea glass would be a stonger ending since your post is titled "where to find sea glass".  Like.. finding it in JajeJems' shop! (your ending is close)  I don't think you *need* to link the picture if you have the full text link nearby.

JaJeJems: Well rereplacemented post!  You have an extra and after the lemongrass soap link: "is a natural stimulant and and astringent."  Not sure, but would it be better to link to her shop or products as early as possible?  It might be good to add caption text to those other photo's from iCraft to disclose the shop names?  I really like how you returned to the teaching part within the recipe part with the essential oils info.

Jewelry by Kat: Lovely post - from a personal point of view.  Since my shop is optimized for "hand made greeting card" (handmade broken in two), it might be better to use that phrase in the first two mentions you have there.  Otherwise, I love the variation: "handmade", "handmade", "hand crafted".  Thanks! Also, the Christmas Angel card link should probably use the actual title, over "xmas" in the anchor text.

You might need a space in "so they know that you arethinking of them?" after the thinking of you card part.

Red Rock: I like the post - it has good keyword use.  I agree, the last product mention needs a link, is all.

[Fairy Cardmaker]

I will have to do #2 and #3 when I return home tomorrow.  I'm keeping my hotel roomate up (not nice on her first pregnancy.)  Logging off.

[iCraft Admin]

Hi Kat,
I don't see any comments from you.

Also, there are no comments at all on some of the posts:
https://icraftgifts.com/blog/reach-out-and-touch-someone-with-a-handmade-greeting-card-406.php
https://icraftgifts.com/blog/more-than-one-colour-parachute-404.php
https://icraftgifts.com/blog/there-is-magic-in-that-silver-405.php
http://www.fairycardmaker.com/2012/10/holiday-style-boost-with-seaglass.html

Bibi, I didn't find a commenting option on your Tumblr blog. Am I missing something? If you don't have commenting on your blog, can you enable it? Comments are essential to any blog. I'd look into that.

As part of this assignment was also to leave a few comments on the optimized product pages.

Just wondering if you guys are finding this Bootcamp to be too fast paced for you.
We have only 3 days left. Any wishes of what you'd like to focus on? Thanks!

[Jewelry by Kat]

It is hard so I work harder but I don't understand some of the terms or wordage   Now I understand and I made my comments........Kat

[iCraft Admin]

Hi Kat,

Sorry, if I am not explaining things well. If you don't understand something, just ask. I assume everyone's fine and working on their assignments, when I don't see any questions. Feel free to suggest things too! I want to make sure everyone's getting something useful out of this Bootcamp. Thanks for adding your comments!