Free Online Website Grader!

Website Grader is a neat tool to use to improve your rating, and see how well you are doing....lol or NOT doing!

Access My Blog Did a neat write up about it!

You can't beat FREE, and you dont have to sign up for a service to get your results!

It will show you all kinds of information!

Rating, Meta Tags, Description, incoming Links, etc.




Disney Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore Collectable Ceramic Toothbrush Holder

This Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore Collectable Ceramic toothbrush Holder is about 6.5 Inches Wide by 4.25 Inches tall.

It has a part number of AJ9303, and UPC Code of 076657298374. The label states it is hand painted, and has the Disney named molded on the bottom.

SPRINGS made in China is also present. The manufacturer of this item is "C.S. BROOKS". This would be very pretty for your bath or collectable shelve! Children and adults alike would enjoy it!

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Google Suggest Tool - Use to Help Your Traffic!

Google has a tool that could very help for both your store, and your blog in giving you words and phrases that people are searching for!

'Google Suggest Tool' helps you with keywords or key phrases that people USE to find information!

Here is an item in my store: Spring/Fall Zero Posur girls Jacket with 4 Velcro Pockets 6X

I used the brand name, and nothing really came up! So I went for the type of jacket I'm selling.




Do you see how the 'google suggest url' is giving me ideas on phrases to use for my store ad? Use this to have 'google suggest keyword' for you, or of course 'google suggest keywords' for you!

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Google Analytics: How the heck to you use it?

I have Google analytics on this site, but it took some doing to understand some of the reports. I'm sure I still have something to learn. I just wanted to start with the basics here today.

Lets look at a couple of sections today.

Search Engine Keywords - are the words that drew them to your site. They are clicking on those to read you content.

Referring Sites - those are other sites that have links to your site, and content within your site.

Visitor type - What number of your visitors are NEW, and what number are returning to read your content!

These are important starting points to understanding analytics. One thing that is nice is you don't have to have that counter on the bottom of your page any longer! There is not need for it anymore.

Visits: Number of times somebody came to your site in the week.

Pages/Visit: Measures number of pages read on average to show you how "engaged" your readers are with your content.

Avg. Time on Site: Measures the length of the typical visit to your site. In general, the higher quality your content is, the longer the average visit.

% New Visits: This one is a little confusing. Basically, measures what percent of visits are made by visitors who have never been to your site before. In general, you want to see this number drop as more and more visitors return to your site because they are enjoying your thoughts, concepts and information you provide.

Bounce Rate: NOT what I thought it was! Bounce Rate is the percentage of visits to your site that result in only one page being visited. For most types of sites the lower bounce rates are better.

Here are some basics for you for Google Analytics! Use those reports to realize what content is getting you traffic, what keywords are important for one! Then continue to find ways of writing content that people will enjoy reading, and content that sells YOU and your product!

What has anyone else learned about this program that you use for your site?

GooglePages are FUN! You have one yet?

Here is the "about" page for Google Pages

Google page basically allows you to make a couple of webpages for yourself. You do have some access to the html, so you can dress them up a bit! One requirement is to get the gmail (basically google's email program) in order to do this. I personally didn't think it was all that big of deal! You can still use your own email and passcode to sign into your google account. My sign in name is the one I choose for gmail so don't let it take you back when you see it after you sign in! It wont' show your email name that you opened your google account with anymore.

The more items you use OFF this program the more webspace you can use! For example, I still use photobucket for my images. My account as of now still has tons of space left! The help section seems to be pretty active, and if you do a search for what you are looking for chances are you will find it!

I was reading the help section, and I came upon a poster that had his own googlepage with tips! I went there and did some fast reading. I learned that you can use templates from other places, and NOT use the ones avaiable! That is all fine and great except you have to break the template UP and place in the separate sections of their TEMPLATE! I found that out the hard way! When you start playing around with it you see the button to edit the html, and so of course I did! I erased all the html that was there, and then copied my template html that I worked on instead. What I didn't realize is that I placed my entire template within the header portion of the page, and it looked AWFUL! You have to break up your template into the separate sections.

The preview section isn't all that helpful! I found you must view it live in order to get a good feel for what it will look like live! YES you can play around with it without it being LIVE on the internet, and if you decide to take it down off the internet it gives you that option also!

My page is still a work in progress! Here is is!

Engraver For You

Now you can't add meta tags or keywords into your html from what I have read. You must make sure your page is keyword rich, and do this naturally! Then make sure you get some of those one way links to drive up the page rank of your site!

Helpful tip page from another google page member

What I would LIKE to do is use this page for an entrance into my ecrater store! I placed a note on my google page noting that if they click the 'baseball' button for example it will take them to the baseball trophy section of my store! I will be adding additional sports trophies, and pages with time. Remember to use your anchor text along with other items!

Car Magnet Full Color Design up to 72 Square inches



The Full Color Car Magnet images above are samples with approximate sizes. You may request the design or layout of any of these samples or describe what you would like and we will lay it out for you. Team sport magnets will be customized to your school colors (and mascots or logo if available).

Click on images above for larger view. 4" x 18" or 6" x 12" or 8" x 9" are popular sizes! Basically up to 72 square inches in a rectangle shape

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How to Get Your Blog Noticed Quickly and Widely

Below is an article I found that I felt was VERY useful!

How to Get Your Blog Noticed Quickly and Widely
By Gregory White

1. Submit your blog to all of the directories listed on http://pingomatic.com/. Pingomatic will ping 15 services all at once.

2. Ping your blog after every post at http://pingomatic.com/

3. Here's a real gem: Submit your blog to http://www.pingoat.com/ Pingoat will ping over fifty blog ping services all at once. So you don't have to hunt for ping services and manually ping them. Pingoat pings over fifty blog ping servers (growing) with just one click.

4. Ping your blog after every post at Pingoat at http://www.pingoat.com/

5. Sign up for a free account at BlogExplosion.com and register your blog there: http://www.blogexplosion.com/

6. Submit your blog to all of the directores listed at http://www.rss-feeds-directory.com/blog_lists.html

7. Sign up for a "My Yahoo" at http://my.yahoo.com/ and attach your blog to your own "My Yahoo" account. This will get your blog included in Yahoo very quickly. This is worth the effort to stop what you're doing right and do it, since Yahoo has a PR 9.

8. Use this code: "http://add.my.yahoo.com/content?url= http://www.yourblog.com/urblog.xml" in your blog to allow others to put your feed on their own "My Yahoo" account.

9. Sign up for a "My MSN" at http://www.my.msn.com/, and attach your blog to your own "My MSN" account. This will get your blog included in MSN very quickly. This is also invaluable because MSN has a PR 8.

10. Use this code: "http://my.msn.com/addtomymsn.armx?id= rss&ut=http://www.urblogfeedaddress.com/urblog.xml" in your blog to allow others to put your feed on their own "My MSN" account.

11. Place the link and description of your blog in your signature, so that any posts to Forums, Outgoing Emails, Autoresponder Courses, etc, will promote your blog.

12. Post a link and description of your blog on each of your sites.

13. Place your blog on all the major search engines. AddMe.com will submit your blog free to the top 14 Search engines here:
http://www.addme.com/submission.htm

SubmitExpress.com will submit your blog free to the top 20 Search engines here:
http://www.submitexpress.com/

14. Use Article Directories as a resource for articles to post on your blog. Here are a few:
http://ezinearticles.com/
http://goarticles.com/
http://www.knowledge-finder.com/
http://www.informit.com/articles/

15. Locate blogs with a lot of traffic and place useful comments in their comment box. Be sure the blog and your comments are relavent to both your blog and theirs. Senseless posts won't help you, they'll hurt you.

16. Once you get around 5 to 10 posts on your blog, start a PR campaign and announce it to all relevant channels.

17. Make a blog post as often as possible. More than once a day is not really necessary. Remember, if you can't write that much, go to step # 14.

Greg White, Internet Marketer, Author, Consultant and Project Manager has been running successful web projects since 2001. His sites and blogs cover Blog Marketing Tactics, Internet Marketing Tactics and a variety of 'Niche' topics, in addition to starting and marketing profitable web project. http://www.blogmarketingtactics.blogspot.com/ http://internetmarketingtactics.blogspot.com/ Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gregory_White

Soccer ball Lighted Resin with High Gloss Wooden Base

Soccer ball Lighted Sports Lamp. This trophy or gift will be well received by your recipient! They come in specially designed boxes!With this charming design that includes "AA" battery. It has an on/off switch on the bottom of the wooden base. The base is a high gloss finish. Use it as a trophy or a gift for that someone special!They are overall 4.5" in height, and the engraved plate is 1" x 3 3/8" in size.
Part Number LTR102
We will send your engraved plates separately!

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Placing your own images on Squidoo

There is an option to upload on squidoo, but you have more control over your images when you use a little html.



Above the code for today!

Anyway, the first thing you need is a place to host your pictures for you to use on squidoo! I personally have been using www.photobucket.com for years! Once you place your images on your photobucket account (or whom every you use to host your images) we can go on to the next step!



these are your options with photobucket, and for this example we are going to use the top choice or URL link! Replace the website information that is given in the code I showed on top with this code that you grabbed from your photobucket account. Right now you are READY! You have now written for your html coded picture ready to use on squidoo!



The code above allows you to hyperlink your picture directly to the site it refers to!



If you click on the above picture it will take you directly to my squidoo page for the hat shaped name badges! The above code will allow you to do the same things with your items! As you may have figured out already, the top set of quotes is for the website you want them to go to, and the second set of quotes is the photobucket URL link for your picture! Pretty cool huh?

I'm going to show another picture with directions this time. Just I just grabbed a screen shot with directions! This is how you wrap text around your picture in squidoo!



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Squidoo and the email link!

If you wish to include a link so your vistors in squidoo can email you that is very simple! YES we are talking basic HTML again! The last example was pretty simple, and this one will be also!



Again try to use some anchor text instead of EMAIL ME!
Take out your notepad program again, and don't use the word processor! In the first section between the quotes ("") you have some text that states mailto: leave that part alone, and delete the rest of it! Place your own email address in that blank!



Again between the >< place the text you wish to see highlighted in your module over at squidoo!

My Email Contact is what it will look like! AND YOUR DONE!

Basic html on squidoo is a really neat idea to personalize your modules, and make them something people will want to return to!

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Squidoo and the hyperlink!

I have been extremely busy lately, but I finally had the time to do two Squidoo lens for the store online! Within 5 minutes of posting the first one I had 7 visits and a rating of 5.

Now it would seem to me that the more relevant tags you use (and if you think about its really KEYWORDS) the more success you might have for traffic! Its really strange to start so low, and watch the numbers grow day by day! Don't forget to use the keyword tools I placed on the sidebar to make sure you use something that the search engines like!
What is NICE about squidoo is that you are able to use html. Now don't get excited because basic html really isn't all that hard to learn! When you find little pieces of code save them in the notepad program and not your word processor.

You can use HTML in the modules that they supply. From what I have figured out - all of them! The first module has the html editor in there, and that did confused me because the rest of them didn't! For visual purposes make sure you click 'wrap text' for that module that offers the html editor. I added the code directly into the other modules. Here are some basic html codes for you.

We are going to start by making a hyperlink. That means you click on some words and it ZOOMS you to that website! Below is the code:



When making a hyperlink to a website don't forget to use that ANCHOR text! Don't use 'click here' for my site! Remember your tagline for your website, blog, store etc and use that! For this example I will use the title of my lens. Above is a snippet of code to paste into your note pad program! Then I will explain it!

Now you see the website in the first part between the quotes (“ “)? That is your first section! The easiest way at first is to actually GO to the website you want to hyperlink, and look to the address bar! Highlight that address (the whole thing) with your mouse and copy it. You can do that a couple of ways.

1. Right click and hit copy
2. Look to the very TOP of the screen and click Edit and click the copy command
3. Click your control button or CTRL button and then hit the C button.

Next go into that code above and delete the domain dot com part (the whole thing), and just leave the quotes. With then paste your website address in there!

1. Right click and hit paste
2. Edit again and then click paste
3. Control (CTRL) and V

Now wasn’t that easy? YEP and you are halfway there!
The second part isn’t that hard either! In between the >< where is says my website – delete that and USE your anchor text! Below is a hyperlink right to the page I mentioned before! I will get you another basic lesson tomorrow!

Below is an example that I used with the squidoo link to my page that I am talking about the badge in the description below!

Name Tag or Name Badge Full Color and Tooth Shaped Dentist



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Do you Squidoo? Could help your Traffic!

For the last couple of days I have been helping a partner from another site Emotional Abuse and Your Faith put up some Squidoo pages. It seems to be fairly simple, and easy to do! Its nice because they do have a blog going into more detail, and also a forum you can go to and ask questions! Use your keywords, and you also need (at times) some basic HTML.

When you read the squidoo site they speak about 'lens', and basically all that means is a web page! We took a couple of her pages, and a couple of new articles that she wrote and placed them on squidoo. As we searched around a bit we found new ways of doing this to gain some income. YES squidoo will pay you for being there! They have adsense articles on your page, and you also can choose some advertisers as well. You have a choice of either pocketing the cash, donating it to a charity, and part of it to a charity.

You can use up to 40 keywords, and like most other places you use visit some other pages to get an idea of HOW they format, and what keywords they use. We used her articles to promote BOTH her blog (Emotional Abuse and Your Faith), this blog (Nice Used Clothes For Charity), and the store (Ecrater - Nice Used Clothes For Charity) we write about here. I haven't checked with her, but I have noticed that I got some hits from it already here! Our ranking when we placed the articles on there at the beginning was +100,000, and it has risen to +20,000 in a couple of days.

We both figured out HOW to do the pages, and this morning I submitted them to search engines and blog engines as well! I sent out a couple of emails to friends about it, and she is going to place her pages on her blog. This week I plan on placing some advertising for the store on there.

Here are a couple of her pages:

Emotional Abuse and Your Faith - Introduction Page

When Everything I do is not right!

Is this the Proper Form of Communication?

The Abusive Person

Jesus Heals Abuse Board - Domestic, Verbal and Emotional Abuse

Head over to Squidoo, and gets your ranking to grow and traffic to your site! We will write about this more later! Let us know what you can learned!

Jaclyn Smith Womens Sweater Gorgeous White w/ pearls crochet



White to Light Ivory Jaclyn Smith Sweater with Pearls, Extra Embellishments in Stitching, and some silver metallic thread – Please see smaller portion in picture to see some of the detail!

It has a crocheted neckline with a pearled hoop closure in the back.

Tags states: RN 79286, Style NO 9373

73% Acrylic, 24% Nylon

Size Large

Hand wash with mild soap – do not twist or wring – reshape dry flat

Garment laying down flat

Armpit-to-Armpit 23”

Shoulder-to-Shoulder 23”

Inseam armpit to hem of sleeve 20

Shoulder to Hem at bottom 25.5”

This Jaclyn Smith sweater is in perfect shape – not a mark on it! I would be surprised if it was worn ONCE! The detail on the top of the sweater is JUST very detailed and very feminine! It’s hard to get all the detail in this beautiful Jaclyn Smith sweater!

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Make Money Online By Taking someone's PAYCHECK! (legally of course!)

Courtney Tuttle has a very user friendly, and VERY entertaining website! Have you checked it out yet? I mentioned earlier online about his article: Making Money Online is this business for you?

He started this blog fairly recently, and mentioned the amount of money he brought in last month in a post. He is now running a contest! Make Money Online $350 is a link to the rules of the contest! Basically you have to take a gamble as to how much money he will make this month within $1.00 and comply with the rules of Make Money Online $375. You must place a dollar amount as I have for Make Money Online $400. Rules of the contest are here MAKE MONEY ONLINE!

Go have some fun, join the contest and make sure you read the blog of course! You will enjoy it!

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Need Some Keyword Tools? WE GOT THEM!

Keyword tools are very helpful, and at times comparing the difference between a couple of them can really open your eyes!

Keep in mind you don't just have to use these tools for the programing of your meta tags, but you can also use them to find good words to use for articles, advertising, etc. There are a number of ways you can use them! Technorati is another good way one if you are going to their site, and using words to drag traffic to your site!

There are pay versions of these tools of course, but I found some that are free. I'm sure in time I will be upgrading to the paid versions, but for right now these are excellent items to add to your tool section for online!

Make sure you use them for ANYTHING you would wish to use keywords with!

Wordtracker Free Tool

Overture Keyword Tool

SEO books Keyword Tool

Volleyball Female Oval Award Resin Trophy Gift Resin with Gold Accents



Volleyball Female Oval Award Resin Trophy Gift Resin with Gold Accents
54519GS Part Number, 56519GS Smaller Version

Female Volleyball Oval Legend can hang on wall, or use the desk stand – see picture. This trophy, award or gift will be well received by your recipient! They come in specially designed boxes!

THESE COME IN TWO SIZES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These are approx 8.5” x 8”, and we will send you engraved plate
Smaller version is 6.5” x 6.0”, and we will send you an engraved plate. The smaller version is $7.00 each. Just request the smaller version when ordering!

The highly detailed sports figures are handsomely framed in an oval shaped resin and gold plaque. Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM...we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.

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Items you learn from blogging!

• I'm going to pass on a good article I found on this subject, but I have learned better writing skills for one!


• I also learned that I don't always agree with very STRONG opinionated people on subjects, and I can back myself up (he he most of the of time!).


• I have learned alot about website traffic, how the internet works, and how to play with items to see what draws in the traffic!


• I also learned that the internet can be a very fun and educational place!

I really liked this article! 10 things I learnt from Blogging

The content item at the end of her article I didn't know! I guess we learn from other's blogging also!

Charlotte Russe Beads Women Juniors Hippie Floral Tank



Charlotte Russe Beads Women Juniors Hippie Floral Tank

Type: Casual Size Type: Misses
Sleeve Length: Tank, Sleeveless Size: S
Condition: Gently Used
Charlotte Russe Beaded Floral Hippie Summer Top Size Small
Details and Condition:
73% Polyester, 20% Nylon, 4% Metallic, 3% Spandex - Dry Clean

This Charlotte Russe Summer Top is very PRETTY, and would be an awesome addition for your summer wardrobe! Please see the pictures for closeup of the material design - its classic! You will be the envy of all your friends wearing this one! There are bead strings hanging from the back of this top. Most are in great shape, but a couple are loose. They can be repaired with ease!

Garment Laying down flat - Measurements are approx.

Armpit seam to hem 12"

Bust 26- 27 with some stretch

Bottom 26 with some stretch

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Tons of hits in 30 days!

You get 5 tips to try, and watch the traffic flow!

5 tips to 600000 hits in three weeks

One of his tips I use for my offline business, and that is keep a pen and paper handy at ALL TIMES! You just never know when that next brain storm is coming, and while it is fresh in your mind......WRITE IT DOWN! I have learned you don't even have to be all that detailed to get those creative juices flowing once you have some breathing space to think! I guess I have been using my OWN keywords for years! LOL! The article suggests to do this for your own content for blog or site - which is VERY good advice! I have found even new business ideas that seem so simple, but yet go right out of your head.....unless you write it down! GOOD practice!

From what you have read here, and I'm sure other places is NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK!

One important comment because my kids need this Nintendo DS Lite, and MOM (more importantly) needs her sanity at times! YES I have to add the post dripping with sarcasm and pure manipulation! LOL! Seriously visit the blog and give it a some link love! You will LOVE the content!

Why? (see below)

Bob over at BobmeetsWorld.com is giving away a free Nintendo DS Lite with a few games because it's his birthday in May. While you're there, check out some great posts about generating traffic and getting more rss subscribers. And don't forget to wish him a happy birthday! He is turning 30! What an awesome age! We will have to see what he offers up for the next landmark......40!

He is also offering you some great opportunities to become active in his forum about blogging! Not only can you gain some knowledge, have fun, but you also following what the offline world calls NETWORKING! LOL the online word...I might need the geek squad to help me that networking part! Follow the fun and education at Bob Meets World Forums!

Now for some HUMOR! We all need that! ATTACK OF THE TURTLE!



Cheerleader Cheerleading Shield Award Resin Trophy Gift Pewter with Gold Accents



Cheerleader Cheerleading Shield Legend can hang on wall, or use the desk stand – see picture
These are approx 8.5” x 8”, and we will send you engraved plate

The highly detailed sports figures are handsomely framed in a shield shaped pewter and gold plaque with a colored sport icon at the top of the shield. Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM...we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.

Product is normally shipped out within 2 business days if not sooner AFTER payment has cleared!

We will do combined shipping, and you can order different items as well. For orders of 2+ please contact us for a shipping quote!

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How to get Technorati to WORK for YOU!

I'm only going to go over a couple of ways to get Technorati to work for you, and later we will go over some additional tips! Technorati is a site that get people to you, and have that traffic work for you in a couple of ways!

First what is Technorati? Its a bit different than search engine like you use everyday. The difference is BLOGS! Yep! Its a blog search engine! Blogs are getting more and more popular, and those nice little tags that you can add will help to increase your flow of traffic! That is what everyone is after RIGHT! I will show you how to add the tags later! They are similar to the categories section here in wordpress.

First off go to technorati, and look for the search bar. Next to it is pull down menu, and today we want to work with TAGS!



Type in the subject matter or tag you might think could be an awesome choice for your blog. As you can see I typed in keywords. Once I hit enter I saw interesting results to narrow down things a bit!



See that cool line that says: RELATED TAGS? I pointed to them with an arrow. GREAT tool to use for your additional tags, keywords, and maybe even your KILLER title line! Why is that? People are searching for those terms that why! Unless you pick some tags that people are interested in don't count on many visits from Technorati!

Technorati also gives you a list of the most popular tags! Go to the home page, and swing over to the right.



Go can go a bit further when you hit MORE at the bottom! This will give you some ideas of what to use.

Once you find those tags that fit your article, subject matter you need to insert those into your posts! On wordpress you must go to the top of your screen and hit the CODE tab! In blogger you need to use the "Edit html" section.



Now check this cool tool out! Technorati Tag Generator

According to Technorati you must place HTML code the way they want it in order for your tags to come up on their site to benefit you the most. Now that can be a bit cumbersome if you have bunch of them! With this tool you type out all your tags, and separate them with commas. If you look to the right of the screen it does the code for YOU! Just copy that code, and paste towards the bottom of your post.



I'm sure there are different styles to do this, but this is what I'm currently doing! Oh YES - you must be register and follow their directions in order to get indexed in their system. Here is the page for Technorati Blog Directory As we spoke of before remember to PING them which that shortcut is in my sidebar with you add something, or change something!

If you use flickr or youtube those also can be tags for technorati indexing! If you do that type of thing - make sure you take advantage of it! In business we always say you never know where your next lead with come from! I have to admit some of my leads came from the strangest places!

Blogging helps you build a community of readers, and that will increase your traffic AND hopefully your bottom line! Being part of a community means you must be PART of it, and learning to use tags is only one part! You must get involved with reading others materials, and getting involved with their communities as well! I have to say that can be the fun part in all of this! You never know where that will lead!

To be continued.......

Diane Von Furstenberg Crop Vintage 1980 top Size Large - CUTE



Diane Von Furstenberg Crop Vintage 1980 top Size Large - CUTE

Type: Casual Size Type: Misses
Sleeve Length: Short Sleeve Size: L
Condition: Gently Used
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG Crop Button Front Summer Top
Details and Condition:
65% Polyester, 35% Cotton, Size L

This Diane Von Furstenburg Summer Top is very PRETTY, and would be an awesome addition for your summer wardrobe! Please see the pictures for closeup of the material design - its classic! I took pictures of the front where the buttons are, and the shoulders so you could see the extra stitching. It also has a front pocket.

Garment Laying down flat - Measurements are approx.

Armpit seam to hem 9.5"

Bust 28 with some stretch left

Bottom 20

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9 Ways to WRITE those "KILLER" Headlines!

Blogging seems to be growing more competitive everyday, and one way you can truly help yourself is with KILLER HEADLINES!

I have to admit some people have this gift, and another thing I have to admit is I have my days when I do VERY well and others .... LOL...BOMB! I have to say in the past one of the items I seem to come up with for my clients is a tag line for some of the products they seem to really LIKE! I have to admit at times I do get carried away with the graphics! I did a custom fly swatter once for a real estate agent. I placed their logo, and contact information on there of course! I also added the tag line, "Don't let buying and selling your home BUG you!" and then placed little FLIES (graphics) all over the handle! LOL It was cute, and was very successful for the client! That helps with repeat orders doesn't it?

I guess for me I have to TURN those taglines into HEADLINES! I'm talking the title you use for your blog entries in case your lost here! I don't know about you, but at times some of the those dramatic headlines never got me to their sites! MAKE 10,000 Dollars IN ONE WEEK! LOL Yeah right! You do need to dress it up a bit! It kind of reminds of when you are standing in line at the grocery store, and see those headlines on those gossips rags! I have to be honest I have never bought any of them, but they sure to entertain me when waiting in line! At times I have picked them up and read on - LOL Only to put them back! They are GREAT examples of KILLER headlines, but content?? Sorry but they pretty lost me there! I'm sure they get the buyers JUST from the headlines at time!

I have been doing some reading online, and some things seem to keep popping up with speaking about this. I will reference a very quick read at the end!

1) "How To" insert your goal for the reader! Don't forget to mention a reason as to WHY the reader would wish to "HOW TO" is the catch! Remember 'self interest' here okay! Most people are searching for something to make their lifes more enjoyable! Think about it! Ever see an ad: How to FEEL great while you LOSE weight!" Lose Weight...bleck....icky yucky part but necessary! I can still feel great about that huh? THEY get them, because you see that ad all the time!

2) HOW I ads are good catches also! Think about it - how many times have you see headlines that talk about RAGS to RICHES in one way or another right? "How I made 10,000 in one week!" ...LOL now I wouldn't go to that ad, but you get the point!

3) THE SECRET OF......everyone loves a good secret! Everyone has experienced this at one time or another in their lifes! Little shortcuts if you will to make things go along just a bit smoother than most people! Why wouldn't you want that right?

4) QUICK WAY to do something! Again those shortcuts could be it, or if you have something bigger AWESOME! Your readers will LOVE IT!

5) LIST POSTS are good as well! Every seen those ads about 11 steps you can take towards success? You have seen that or something similiar!

6) FUNNY headlines or sayings that you just heard that may not be so popular all over the world but they SPEAK for themselves! Your article doesn't have to be FUNNY, but your sarcasm or wit could draw them in!

7) Remember your SEO in your headlines! Get our your keyword tool and USE those terms in your headlines! Those search engines will LOVE every minute of it!

8) Remember your font styles! At times when you right your headline with proper sentence structure you may not get the response you are looking for! Remember CAPS at times, Itatics, COLOR...Remember you are looking for STANDING OUT here right?!

9) Make sure the headline RELATES to the article! Nothing is MORE annoying than clicking on that title, and the article has next to NOTHING to offer when it comes to content! I mean we are looking for regular readers here right? OF COURSE! Kind of reminds me of this SERIOUS 'Garage Sale" sign my son BEGGED me to follow today, and we did but the person I guess 'assumed' we knew the neighborhood! It must have been a couple of blocks over from their 'entrance' sign, because we never FOUND IT! Pet peave of mine in both articles AND garage sales! LOL!

Remember the reader is thinking about "What do you have to benefit ME!" For myself, I have to learn to turn those taglines into something GOOD!

Successful Advertising: Using Headlines To Capture Attention

Heart Moon Star Sheer Hippie Top with silk Tie Size S or Small



Heart Moon Star Sheer Hippie Top with silk Tie Size S

Type: Casual Size Type: Misses
Sleeve Length: 3/4 Sleeve Size: S
Condition: Gently Used

Heart Moon Star Hippie Top Size Small
Details and Condition:
100% Silk - Dry Clean

This Heart Moon Star Summer Top is very PRETTY, and would be an awesome addition for your summer wardrobe! It has the satin front and ties in back to extra fit. You will be the envy of all your friends wearing this one!

Garment Laying down flat - Measurements are approx.

Armpit seam to hem 14"

Bust 28 with extra some stretch

Bottom 36+ its FLARED
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Meta Tag Analyzer Tools

When you start your store, site, blog the robots are looking for certain words, terms, phases to bring you some traffic! At times you really have to play with these to get some decent works areas! The Meta Tag Analyzer Tool can help you with this process.

You play with the meta tags SO often at times you forget what combinations you used first, second, third and so on! What I do is take out my notepad on the computer. Cut and paste what I started with. Then cut and paste every combination I come up with after that, until I get to the point you like what you see as far as the meta analyzer score goes! If you get really stuck look for a competitors site that is successful, and place their site in the Meta tag Analyzer tool I will link to today! It will give you some clues as to what things you may wish to change a little, and what you need to add or delete! For myself I can use another site that sells clothes, but remember I sell mostly gently used clothes so "New with Tags" for example wouldn't be something I would use for a meta tag! "Gently Used" might be a better word for me! They may sell more of a different brand than I do! I need to pay attention to WHAT brands I have on the site as well!

Remember how you word your products within the site as well! It will not do any good for me to place "Womens Dress" in a keyword if my descriptions all say just "Dress" for example! I found the little details like this can really help bring up your numbers! I changed two items to a phrase like this, and I JUMPED in my percentage of acceptance!

Don't get to frustrated at first when you first use this tool, and find out WOW I thought I did GOOD! We are using our HUMAN brains, and are NOT a machine like the internet! Anyway, I found it as a COOL Meta Tag Analyzer Tool to help make sure we have the right terms that the search engines like! At first you will spend TONS of time it seems just to get it right! Just remember to make sure you use the same terms over and over again within your description also ! For example lets take LEVI, or LEVIS, LEVI'S, LEVI STRAUSS as a combination! Try to use ONE and not all! Trying to find a good keyword tool to find what 'levi' combination is best is also a good place to start with some of these! I even found that adding just the word - levi "JEANS" instead of just LEVI made a different! Play with it and have FUN! Look for the overture keyword tool I have linked to on my sidebar!

Meta Tag Analyzer Tool Is something you will use again and again!


Cheerleading Cheerleader Gold Silver Resin figure Status Trophy Award



All Figures have antique silver with gold highlights, and are individually packaged.

Size is appox 6"

With this charming design you have the weight of resin material, and you can see the details of the figures. Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

They are Individually boxed and we will send you an engraved plate for it.

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM.....we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.



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Meta Description Tags

I am going to start on the basics that I have found for Meta Descriptions tags first. I will go into more detail later. You have to understand the basics (at least for me!) first, before you learn how to use them! I have to say this was MORE than confusing for me at first, but I have enjoyed learning about them in time!

Here is a video that speaks about META Description tags in a very general form. It will help you understand some of the basics, and we will go on from there!

One thing I learned about posting youtube videos on wordpress is - what a pain in the BUTT first of all! Then I found the help file - at least for me wasn't all that helpful! What I gathered from reading alot from others having the same issue is:

• Look for your "CODE" section of your posting. If you look up top where you are writing in your blog they have "visual" and "code" tabs. See the code part to include your video!


• Another thing that wasn't all that clearly mentioned was adding "youtube=" and then your link. Of course the use of the [] also.


• You see this portion over to the right hand side of youtube video, OR next to all the videos that allow you to link to them. You are concerned with the "URL" code. Copy that first!


• Go into the "CODE" section and type "[" then type "youtube=" then paste the link you copied. Then end it with the opposite bracket "]" You are basically closing it in!


• For me I have figured out DON'T look at the window you are typing in for the preview - look at the preview section below to make sure it worked! LOL That is AFTER you 'save and continue editing".


• I have also heard to clear your temp files to help it load.

Anyway - ON WITH THE SHOW! Learn more about Meta Description tags...and we will drive more deeply later!


Lot 12 VHS Tapes Barney, Spot, Clifford and others!



Barney, Clifford, Berenstain Bears, Spot, Richard Scarry, Baby Songs (12)

For Clifford:
Fun with Numbers - no Original Jacket
Fun with Letters with Jacket

For Barney:
Barney in Concert
Barney Best Manners (With Jacket)
Rock with Barney
A Splash Party, Please!

Baby Songs with Hap Palmer
Volume One
More Baby Songs (with Jacket)
Even More Baby Songs (with Jacket)

Spot Goes to School

The Berestain Bears and the TRUTH plus Save the Bees

Richard Scarry’s Best Busy People Plus Silly Stories and songs Video EVER!

The Jacket that came with it states: Best Learning Songs Ever!

My children enjoyed this tapes for years, but they have now informed me they are to “old” for them! I placed all the videos in our VCR, and they all do work. Some of the jackets are missed - noted above. If you have Preschool children they aren’t going to care about the covers just the stories!
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Google Base Attributes

When I started to read about attributes I had NO idea what the heck they were talking about! As I dug digger I found they are basically facts about the product you are selling! Size, Color, Model Number, Measurements, etc. are part of the list! Its actually a pretty cool idea I would think! If you are hard to fit, and you KNOW what sleeve length you need for example you can search for shirts that FIT instead of going into all these ads that don't apply!

I found two articles that go into more detail!

Google Base Attributes Redefine Online Shopping and Google's Froogle (Google Base Uploads) To Require Specific Fields

Here is google page of requirements worth noting! GOOGLE

Golf Trophy Resin Statue Full Color Award



Midnight Wreath Resin Trophy Award or Gift

Size is appox 6"
Plate area is approx. 1-3/8 x 3-1/4"
Second picture is the packaging it comes shipped in.

With this charming design you have the weight of resin material, and full color and almost a 3-day effect for this very inexpensive award! Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

They are Individually boxed and we will send you an engraved plate for it.

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM.....we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.
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Quick Tip for Product Title Description

Some people now use UPC codes, ISBN Numbers, RN numbers, etc in their searching. If you have products that those are available make sure you include those! It was also mentioned that in google base type as much as you can with 54 characters as you can in the title. The Codes, numbers above is critcal! For example if you are selling a Fax Machine, Printer, telephone - whatever ... Make sure you include the model number, etc in your title! In the description portion you can go into MORE detail, but the title needs to have some in it to grab your readers attention!

Interest Video online about this!

Expanding On Keywords

The more I search about keywords the more deep you get! One thing you want to keep in mind is just because a keyword is popular, and you include it (which you should) doesn't mean your ranking on the search engine is going to sky rocket! Keywords that relate to your main ones can help you within a niche. The keywords that everyone is using like customers and search engines will 'expect' to be there is a base. They will help with time for your rating for the search engines later on! Its the next step in this overwhelming (at times) process for beginners like myself!

What other words do I use along with those keywords, or secondary keywords? I guess the best term for this would be 'qualifers'. I found an interesting article about this called: Keyword Stategy. You are searching for terms they are going to use, along with your base of regular keywords. The author of the article suggests at times your location. Sometimes you may wish to use a short phrases, and it also suggests to find out the most popular misspelled terms.

It mentions keyword placed on each page, and I have to assume they are talking within the html itself. Ecrater is limited in that aspect. I will have to keep that in mind as I search for more knowledge to make sure that is indeed the case. We only have one place within ecrater that we can place the keyword for meta tags.

Another trick I keep hearing about is using keywords that RELATE to what you are using. What words would people USE that relate to the subject. For example, if you write about knitting maybe you could use yarn types. I don't know if that would WORK for knitting okay? I just threw it out there as an example! Others could be maybe sweaters, hats which are products you MAKE while you are knitting!

When I started this journey, and I knew NOTHING I started with the normal keywords that I could think of. Then I thought about how people would term looking for an store with Nice Used Clothes! Other terms they might use for the clothes themselves! One item that I changed when I started to use Ebay (novice there also) is when I found some nice men's pants. I found that people don't always use the word PANTS for the search. I found they either use PANTS, TROUSERS, SLANKS for their searches. I was reading this post on ebay in the community section, and people from all over the place were fighting about what term to use. I had enough room, and I ran with IT....I used all of them! I guess I expanded on my keywords that way huh?

One thing I seem to keep running into is mentions that you need to keep up on your keywords. Make sure you check the words, the secondary words, the phrases, etc that you place there because they may change with time. Again you are looking for fresh content for the spiders to crawl aren't we? It has been suggested that you keep adding on to the keywords, and as my journey continues that really does confuse me! Some places tell you to keep it short and sweet while others tell you the opposite! I guess we will have to see what works for us!

Here is an example of pants, slanks, trousers......

Louis Raphael 38 x 32 Mens Pants Slacks Trousers NICE!



Louis Raphael Mens Polyester Pants 38 x 32

Details:

Up for sale is an authentic pair of 100% Mircofiber Polyester pants by Louis Raphael in men's size 38 x 32.
The Louis Raphael Pants are front pleated and they feel very soft.

Condition:

Louis Raphael 38x 32 Pants are gently worn, but do have one button missing on the rear pocket.

They have been washed, and are ready to go right out of the box!
Very Nice pair of Louis Raphael pants, but check the measurements below!

Waist - Top of Pants 38
Hips - Around Bottom of Zipper 48
Rise - Crotch Seam to Top of Pants 12.5
Zipper to Top Of Pants 9.5
Inseam - Crotch Seam to Hem of Pants 31
Bottom of Pants - Length folded in half 9.5