marketing (229)

Laziness of an online store

So as some of you know I have an online store: www.shopknowboutique.comWhy does it feel like a mission to post new product up with description I have been lagging for two weeks? Is it easier are more motivating to have an online store or brick and board store? Know Boutique is having a really lazy day or week or maybe it was memorial weekend and I'm still feeling like I'm on vacation.Signing out!Jen
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Laziness of an online store

So as some of you know I have an online store: www.shopknowboutique.comWhy does it feel like a mission to post new product up with description I have been lagging for two weeks? Is it easier are more motivating to have an online store or brick and board store? Know Boutique is having a really lazy day or week or maybe it was memorial weekend and I'm still feeling like I'm on vacation.Signing out!Jen
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A Hybrid Model for Garment Production

The traditional model seems so wasteful: make $20,000 worth of samples which you will distribute to your showrooms, ALL of which cost 3X the standard garment production cost, FEW to NONE of which will ever be sold to recoup any of the money.

In launching Pixyworld, we just couldn't do it. Why not do a real production run right off the bat, with reasonable production costs, and sell direct to the retail customer, at a reasonable retail price?

Well, this approach turned out not to be the whole solut
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I'm conducting research and gathering information for an upcoming Style Sample Magazine news editorial. Style Sample Magazine is a new bi-monthly magazine dedicated to promoting and providing opportunities for independent fashion bloggers.The news editorial features news (of course) and information that would be of interest to fashion bloggers: new services, contests, opportunities for advertising or monetization, etc.

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If you have relevant news to share and are interested in making an announcemen
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Consumer buying in America

How much are people wiling to spend on fashion? About 6 years ago an average college student was willing to spend 80 dollars on a shirt from A&F clothing or similar lines as them. Dam they must have been making a pretty good margin, but now that $80 shirt a college student use to buy they want 5 for $80. I wonder what shopping in America will be like once our economy bounces back. Do you think the consumer is going to become more picky on pricing or do you think we are going to go back to normal
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Wholesale for a "Continuous" Line

When Pixyworld hired our first sales rep at Lace and Denim, Terrie asked me whether our line was "seasonal" or "continuous." It was a surprise (and a comfort) to me that a showroom would have a name for what we do. Rather than making $20,000 worth of samples a season ahead, then taking orders, and then manufacturing the product, we just make each collection once. We sell what we have, both retail and wholesale, and when it's gone, it's gone. Meanwhile, we are always working on new collections, t
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An Awesome marketing tool

Ok so of course my online store: www.shopknowboutique.com is under way, well I've been researching better outlets of marketing. check this site out: www.wix.com I was able to create a flash store front for free because I couldn't change my domain name to my store knowboutique.com and it was going to cost me a lot of money. Reason oftrying to change the name is everyone can't remember: www.shopknowboutique.com. Well anyways it's just a super cool site that helps market. I hope my blog makes sense
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Confessions of a Linkoholic

OK, so I may be just a little bit obsessed with Page Rank -- not that I use checkpagerank.net to check my google page rank, link popularity, and those of all the stores around me on every google search. I mean, just some searches -- the important ones!

Pixyworld doesn't exactly have a huge advertising budget these days. It's basically sweat-it-out, knock on zillions of e-doors, and hope somebody puts up my link somewhere.

I do have a very nice reciprocal link directory, by the way, in case you're
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Style Sample Magazine Launches in April!

Style Sample Magazine is the first online magazine for and about fashion bloggers! Each issue features both well known and up-and-coming bloggers in the online style space, and all contributions--from design and editorial to illustrations and advice--is created by and for bloggers like us.Check out the mock-up table of contents to get an idea of the type of features Style Sample Magazine will include, and look out for the first issue, launching in April! More information (including how you can p
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What's Going On with eBay?

So, what's up with eBay??

It's been a disappointment this year as far as Pixyworld sales, compared to Amazon and the Pixyworld website itself.

One thought is that maybe eBay shoppers are just looking for too much of a bargain -- they don't want new boutique kids' clothing, for the most part. Another is that the fixed-price listings eBay has been pushing are not getting the exposure they promised. My husband, who sells discount men's watches in his eBay store, says his traffic is down from last yea
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Three ways to make fashion events pay off

divasquare.jpgNow that the economy is in recession, it's important to find alternate ways to promote your brand and make those sales. Creating partnerships with others from parallel industries to create fashion-related events can be a good situation for your business, as long as you can use the event to your advantage.

1.Make sure the event will attract people in your psychographic/demographic.

In a nutshell, a psychographic analysis of a market goes one step deeper than demographics, by looking at the emotiona
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"The landscape on the web is undergoing a deep and vast transformation because of social media, and it is affecting the way we market what we do, says Web Worker Daily blogger Aliza Sherman. "Public relations will never be the same." (read more...)And we couldn't agree more! For this reason, Buzzflikr has launched a new web friendly agency with a robust online platform and trend hub that is the fashion industry's first "online publicist."We conceived Buzzflikr as an invaluable resource for the m
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Until recently, traditional PR has been out of reach for young, startup brands but is now a reality with Buzzflikr’s affordable “online publicist” concept.The LA-based team of young professionals behind Buzzflikr has launched what is possibly the first “online publicist” in the fashion industry. Their mission is simple: revolutionize the public relations role with web 2.0 technology, up-to-the-minute trend insight and targeted editorial expertise.Just at a time when apparel firms are cutting bud
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Hello Everyone,I'm proud to announce the official launch of my new freelance website, www.tierramwilson.com.WHAT DO I DO?A lot of people wanna know what I do for a living and it’s hard to explain, but I can say I am living my dream. I work from home full time as a Freelance Fashion Blogger and Freelance Stylist Assistant… I focus on fashion, jewelry, style, and luxury items such as jewelry and accessories. I also help clients with blog design, fashion brand building, and social media marketing.
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A new conversation – social shopping and product discoveryAs Ray Davies famously sang in The Kinks classic, Lola, ‘…..it’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world …..’ and we think Ray was probably right.A new site, www.tribesmart.com has been launched which could well change the established dynamics between products, brands, distributors, retailers and the consumer.The weird thing is this new site is essentially an empty shell, a blank page.Sure it looks great, works well and is packed full of cle
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