Crafty Connections- August 10th

Hi! Happy Tuesday! Welcome to my weekly Crafty Connections! Every week I scour the interwebs and gather tutorials, tips, other helpful links in order to help with your handmade craft business. In addition, I’ll post links to cool crafts I’ve seen, and blogs I think are worth following.

• Beat a boring blog
  
  
  
  http://handmademarketing.org/what-makes-a-good-blog/
  
  Ideas to spice up your blog

• Brag better about your art, about you
  http://www.artbizblog.com/2010/08/bragbetter.html
  
  Really, brag is NOT a four-letter word...

• How to create skull plateshttp://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/08/how-to_skull_plates.html
  Perfect! Just in time for halloween...

• 8 Ways to build your brand on Twitterhttp://meylah.com/meylah/7-ways-to-build-your-brand-on-twitter
  Twitter is one of the most common social media tools and can be incredibly powerful in helping you build your brand and catapult it to the next level.

• 84 Places To Sell Your Crafts Online
  http://www.craftazaar.com/84-places-sell-crafts-online/
  
  This should keep you busy for a while...

• A new blog you should check out and follow
  How about Orange
  http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/
  This fabulous blog features craft project how-tos, decorating ideas, printable downloads, useful design resources, and lots of inspiration for people who like to create things.

Do you know of any good handmade craft marketing resources I should include in the next Crafty Connections post? Please don’t hesitate to email me, or leave the link(s) in the comments section! I would love to be able to share these great resources with everyone! Thanks!
-cheers!