Unravelings

Etsy Twitter Team Shop of the Week: In My Head Studios

34-year-old artist Vickie Porter, owner of InMyHeadStudios, has a passion for paper. "I love everything about paper-the way it feels, the sounds it makes, the colors and textures. It has dimension, and I try to use that in my work."

A self-professed perfectionist with an eye for detail, Vickie's exquisitely crafted pendants create miniature spaces that call to mind old letters, or the box of special treasures you had as a child. Says Vickie, " I have to make art like I have to breathe! I intentionally keep a messy desk so I can be inspired by the play of papers together. I have WAY more ideas for art than time to do it in!" Using scrabble tiles and upcycled vintage dominos as the base for her pendants allows Vickie to "create something new from something old" and the addition of beads, dangles and charms give the beautiful pieces texture and movement.

An avid Twitterite, Vickie uses her three Twitter accounts not only to "connect and form relationships with people. I talk to them, post useful links, and funny stuff" but also to "share my creative process so people get to know my craft as well as me. I strive to have people think of my work when they think of me."

In addition to working fulltime as an artist in her home studio, Vickie is also leader of the 175-member Etsy Twitter Team. "Running the team is truly a joy and a blessing to be part of! The members have created such a close community-I'm really proud of that." Recently, she made the decision to help start up and run the Facebook Fans of Etsy Street Team (FFEST) with several other women. "They are all very talented and I am really excited about this new venture!"

InMyHeadStudios is happy to do custom pendants. "If you dream it, I can do it!" and ships jewelry all over the world. " I guarantee you will love wearing your pendant as much as I enjoyed creating it!"

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/inmyheadstudios
On Etsy: http://inmyheadstudios.etsy.com

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Etsy Twitter Team Store of the Week: Nikky Lee Designs

Nicole Husnik creates stunning handmade jewelry and very professional photographs. I like the juxtaposition of her work styles. The two seem to complement each other nicely in terms of design, color, and composition. Her Etsy shop is NikkyLeeDesigns.etsy.com

She says about her two styles, “They're both a passion that I don't think I could live without. Every jewelry piece and photo I take is made with beauty and pride in mind.”

What inspires Nicole to create? “Mostly nature and its ability to be beautiful with such little effort.” Her work seems to require little effort, too, and that is a hallmark of excellent design and craftsmanship. She chooses many different styles of beads and stones to work with. Some of her work is funky and some of it is more traditional beadwork.

Her favorite thing about her craft: “The pure exhilaration when a piece is finished, or a photo turns out, just as I hoped... amazing feeling of satisfaction!”

What are her Twitter tricks of the trade? “Lots of personal tweets, cross promo tweets with personal promo scattered about. Share the love and it will be returned!” Nicole tweets a lot for the team and is always at the ready to retweet a sale, special, or just good news from other Etsy Twitter Team members.

Follow her on Twitter @nikkyleedesigns Read her blog: Nikky Lee Designs

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Huge payoff for 15 minutes per week

If you want to boost the ranking of your blog or website on Google by getting more authoritative sites to link to you, you only have to spend five minutes a day, three times a week, on social bookmarking.

That's it. Just 15 minutes total. You can even delegate this task to an assistant.

Colin Martin, who was my guest during last week's teleseminar on "How to do Social Bookmarking to Promote Your Expertise, Attract Followers & Pull Massive Amounts of Traffic," said that's how much time he spends to help get many of his sites in the Top 10 positions on Google.

That's practically nothing, compared to all the time you spend tweeting, retweeting, joining the conversation on Facebook and checking your direct mail on all the social networking sites.

By sharing content, including your own, with other bookmarkers, you're making it easy for people to find you and connect.

There's one other way to encourage people to bookmark your blog posts, articles at your website, your videos, photos and other content. (I delegated this to my assistant, and you can, too.)

You'll learn what it is and how to do it when you listen to the recording or read the electronic transcript from last week's call. CDs will be ready in a few days. The transcript will be available this weekend. MP3s can be downloaded right now.

Read more about how to use bookmarking to enhance the power of everything you do online.

Reprinted from "The Publicity Hound's Tips of the Week," an ezine featuring tips, tricks and tools for generating free publicity. Subscribe at The Publicity Hound and receive by email the handy cheat sheet "89 Reasons to Send a Press Release."