I have another site "up"
Been working on the Dog Potentials site today. Starting to get it into shape, but there are several pages yet to be written and put up. Have the main page up and the Conformation page, the Articles page and the articles to go with it. Still lots to do, though. Rally, Agility, Obedience and all.
I'm not very speedy at putting up pages. I forget from one session to the next how to do it all. lol One of these days, I might even learn to do the cascading style sheets (css), where, as I understand it, you change the main page and all the changes follow through all the other pages. Not sure I really comprehend how that happens, but it sounds cool, eh? I would assume that the main page holds all the "styles" and the other pages just "call the styles" from there. Sorta like the rss feed readers "calling" the feed to display??
Anyway, I have to build them, put them up, look at them, tweak them, look at them, tweak again (and, of course, have to do the SAME tweak to ALL of them at this stage--phew!), and get them right that way. Check the links, make sure they actually GO somewhere, and verify they go the right place.... One one hand, it's very wearing, yet, when you see them up there on the internet, it's a proud moment for me, still. lol Those folks that do this for a living probably think, "yeah, right, wait till you've done a 1,000 of them." (or more) Well, to you I say, no doubt you're right. The 1,000th page won't be nearly as exciting, I'm sure.
Put lots of links on the pages--mainly to the other pages, but also to the AKC, show entry sites and a couple other sites of interest, like the Freestyle people. Now, there's a sight to behold. Folks dancing with their dogs. That's obedience taken beyond the basics in a big way.
When Mother and I went to Crufts in England a couple of years back, there was a woman that was dancing with her Border Collie. I think it was to a Glenn Miller song, but can't recall for sure. Anyway, they were marvelous to watch. The dog would back between her legs and do all sorts of amazing behaviors (or, behaviours, as the English would put it). Then, toward the end of the routine, another Border Collie joined them. She took first place, needless to say. It was awe inspiring to watch them. If you ever get a chance to see such a thing, take advantage of the opportunity. You'll enjoy it immensely.
I've sold a couple more items in Keeping to the Borders, which I really appreciate. I'm thinking that it's nearly time to expand that one to a paid subscription shop and then I'll be able to put more than one version of any item in there. That's one of the goals for this year, I think. To develop a business plan for it and go all out in promoting it. Fortunately, I'll be able to import some of the items from the free version, so that will let me get things in there quickly.
Learning a lot more about doing graphics on the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. Had to totally revamp the Dog Potentials logo, so it can now be used as a shirt design in the Borders shop, since my Border Terrier, RX, is on it. Might want to add the email addy to the bottom, so folks can get in touch if they want to know where to get more of them. lol
I've made a friend in the Affiliate Classroom that is helping me learn more about monetizing the websites. His name is Brian (hi, Brian) and he does websites for a living. He's also well versed in spas, so you might check out his "baby" at www.sparesources.com. I think that's the one. Not only has he been a help to me, but he has put up some really good posts on the forums at AC and they're quite insightful. You might want to join for the trial of 14 days for $1, and check 'em out.
Well, this is getting to book length. Gotta go clear out the email inbox again. Had it under 100 and it's way up again. lol
Ta,
Chris
I'm not very speedy at putting up pages. I forget from one session to the next how to do it all. lol One of these days, I might even learn to do the cascading style sheets (css), where, as I understand it, you change the main page and all the changes follow through all the other pages. Not sure I really comprehend how that happens, but it sounds cool, eh? I would assume that the main page holds all the "styles" and the other pages just "call the styles" from there. Sorta like the rss feed readers "calling" the feed to display??
Anyway, I have to build them, put them up, look at them, tweak them, look at them, tweak again (and, of course, have to do the SAME tweak to ALL of them at this stage--phew!), and get them right that way. Check the links, make sure they actually GO somewhere, and verify they go the right place.... One one hand, it's very wearing, yet, when you see them up there on the internet, it's a proud moment for me, still. lol Those folks that do this for a living probably think, "yeah, right, wait till you've done a 1,000 of them." (or more) Well, to you I say, no doubt you're right. The 1,000th page won't be nearly as exciting, I'm sure.
Put lots of links on the pages--mainly to the other pages, but also to the AKC, show entry sites and a couple other sites of interest, like the Freestyle people. Now, there's a sight to behold. Folks dancing with their dogs. That's obedience taken beyond the basics in a big way.
When Mother and I went to Crufts in England a couple of years back, there was a woman that was dancing with her Border Collie. I think it was to a Glenn Miller song, but can't recall for sure. Anyway, they were marvelous to watch. The dog would back between her legs and do all sorts of amazing behaviors (or, behaviours, as the English would put it). Then, toward the end of the routine, another Border Collie joined them. She took first place, needless to say. It was awe inspiring to watch them. If you ever get a chance to see such a thing, take advantage of the opportunity. You'll enjoy it immensely.
I've sold a couple more items in Keeping to the Borders, which I really appreciate. I'm thinking that it's nearly time to expand that one to a paid subscription shop and then I'll be able to put more than one version of any item in there. That's one of the goals for this year, I think. To develop a business plan for it and go all out in promoting it. Fortunately, I'll be able to import some of the items from the free version, so that will let me get things in there quickly.
Learning a lot more about doing graphics on the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. Had to totally revamp the Dog Potentials logo, so it can now be used as a shirt design in the Borders shop, since my Border Terrier, RX, is on it. Might want to add the email addy to the bottom, so folks can get in touch if they want to know where to get more of them. lol
I've made a friend in the Affiliate Classroom that is helping me learn more about monetizing the websites. His name is Brian (hi, Brian) and he does websites for a living. He's also well versed in spas, so you might check out his "baby" at www.sparesources.com. I think that's the one. Not only has he been a help to me, but he has put up some really good posts on the forums at AC and they're quite insightful. You might want to join for the trial of 14 days for $1, and check 'em out.
Well, this is getting to book length. Gotta go clear out the email inbox again. Had it under 100 and it's way up again. lol
Ta,
Chris
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