Comments on: 4 Ways to Merchandise for the Holidays http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/ Marketing and business development for indie business Fri, 11 May 2012 16:50:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Smaller Box :: Blog :: Etsy Shops and What they Mean For Your SEO http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Smaller Box :: Blog :: Etsy Shops and What they Mean For Your SEO Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:38:30 +0000 http://smallerbox.net/blog/?p=1183#comment-981 [...] His site has a ton of pages, and they’re nicely optimized pages that make use of proper keyword placement and SEO’d title tags and URLs. He’s got bolding, he’s got links. His site is full of content for search bots to crawl through and all those pages give him more tickets to the search engine lottery. He’s got a blog, he’s got a press page, he’s got his products merchandised in a variety of ways. [...] [...] His site has a ton of pages, and they’re nicely optimized pages that make use of proper keyword placement and SEO’d title tags and URLs. He’s got bolding, he’s got links. His site is full of content for search bots to crawl through and all those pages give him more tickets to the search engine lottery. He’s got a blog, he’s got a press page, he’s got his products merchandised in a variety of ways. [...]

]]> By: Favorite Links : The Selling Sisters: http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Favorite Links : The Selling Sisters: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:57:33 +0000 http://smallerbox.net/blog/?p=1183#comment-977 [...] 4 Ways to Merchandise for the Holidays–great thoughts! [...] [...] 4 Ways to Merchandise for the Holidays–great thoughts! [...]

]]> By: Sheryl http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Sheryl Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:55:26 +0000 http://smallerbox.net/blog/?p=1183#comment-966 Excellent post -- great info on holiday merchandising ideas; some of these I did, some I forgot and some are new -- I needed all these ideas! I started my shop on Etsy last Nov, toward the end of the online holiday shopping season.. I'm now gearing up for this season and already feeling unprepared! Thanks for giving me some get 'er done motivation! Sheryl Excellent post — great info on holiday merchandising ideas; some of these I did, some I forgot and some are new — I needed all these ideas!

I started my shop on Etsy last Nov, toward the end of the online holiday shopping season.. I’m now gearing up for this season and already feeling unprepared!

Thanks for giving me some get ‘er done motivation!

Sheryl

]]> By: Smaller Box :: Blog :: My Site Re-Design Part 1: Doing More With Less (Space) http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Smaller Box :: Blog :: My Site Re-Design Part 1: Doing More With Less (Space) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:03:33 +0000 http://smallerbox.net/blog/?p=1183#comment-961 [...] new navigation scheme made space for me to merchandise products in more ways. Customers can now browse by collection, color, gift guides and popular [...] [...] new navigation scheme made space for me to merchandise products in more ways. Customers can now browse by collection, color, gift guides and popular [...]

]]> By: Mallory - Miss Malaprop http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Mallory - Miss Malaprop Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:02:31 +0000 http://smallerbox.net/blog/?p=1183#comment-936 Awesome, thank you so much! I just saw your post - very helpful! Awesome, thank you so much! I just saw your post – very helpful!

]]> By: Meredith http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Meredith Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:46:30 +0000 http://smallerbox.net/blog/?p=1183#comment-934 Mallory, I wrote about some of this in today's post. I post a page with my order cut off dates and link that page on EVERY page of my site. I do not just go by USPS because I need to allow myself extra time to get orders packed. USPS is also slower than normal at holidays because they're so busy. International is especially unreliable so it's important to be aware of that. I give pretty conservative cut off dates for my ecomm site because I know the kind of hell we'll get from customers if they order late and do not get their packages in time. Mallory, I wrote about some of this in today’s post. I post a page with my order cut off dates and link that page on EVERY page of my site.

I do not just go by USPS because I need to allow myself extra time to get orders packed. USPS is also slower than normal at holidays because they’re so busy. International is especially unreliable so it’s important to be aware of that.

I give pretty conservative cut off dates for my ecomm site because I know the kind of hell we’ll get from customers if they order late and do not get their packages in time.

]]> By: Mallory - Miss Malaprop http://smallerbox.net/blog/uncategorized/4-ways-to-merchandise-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Mallory - Miss Malaprop Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:12:09 +0000 http://smallerbox.net/blog/?p=1183#comment-933 I've been meaning to ask you, as someone going into their first major holiday season doing online sales, how do you figure out holiday shipping deadlines, etc, and how do you best communicate those to your customers? Do you base it solely off of whatever USPS or your shipping company says or is there another method that works for you? I’ve been meaning to ask you, as someone going into their first major holiday season doing online sales, how do you figure out holiday shipping deadlines, etc, and how do you best communicate those to your customers? Do you base it solely off of whatever USPS or your shipping company says or is there another method that works for you?

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