The Collectable, The Unusual, The Memorable

Nodes Notions
  Nodes Notions sells stuff that is collectable, or unusual, or memorable to people who collect items which are sometimes very hard to find.

   The customer base is varied depending upon what I scouted out.  Primarily the people I would target are those who like nick-nacks, sports memoribilia, joke items, or just unusual things.

   I sell them on e-bay, Craigslist, and Amazon.com

People who would would not be interested in say my tea service, would possibly be interested in say the Joh Rigging's signed mini helmet from the year we was inducted into the Hall of Fame (however, I don't think I could part with that, after all, if it weren't for John Riggins I wouldn't even like football).  Because of this, my marketing would have to be equally appealing to the very dainty woman, and the very burly man. I would therefore not use themes that were specific to a gender or interest, instead I would focus on clean lines, marketing colors that induce buying such as green and red, and my writing style would have to be such that both of the above readers would enjoy it.

   In order to effectively market my"Notions" I will have to create a whole new web identity, including email, so that my personal blogging activity doesn't alienate any prospective customers.  This can only be accomplished by ensuring a real "split" between personal musings, and sales and marketing.

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2 Sites with some issues

http://spotmetering.com
3 problems:
1) too much text
2) Color choice is Very hard on my eyes
3) Some statements are simply wrong, because they are stated as fact when they are opinion.

www.riversideartcenter.org
1) the width is too great
2) There is no title in the header it just says "home" so if you have multiple tabs open you have to guess which is riversides'
3) fonts are inconsistent, colors are harsh, not appealing.  This is an art site?

Blog Post : Have you ever experienced difficulty communicating with a business? Would social media have made it easier to get noticed or get your problem solved? If not, have you ever had a positive experience communicating with a business through social media?
Write 150 words or more describing what made your experience negative or positive.

A) I have had difficulty communicating with El Torito's in Oceanside, at first they responded to a tweet I wrote regarding poor service, but then they never followed up.

I haven't been back because I felt that in addition to poor service the initial response was just for "appearance" and not meant for anything meaningful by way of resolution.

B) On the other hand we were at a seafood restaurant in Mission Bay at Dana landing and I took a great photo and tagged the business name in it (Hyatt).  I immediately got a mention and thanks and compliment on the photo from the Concierge desk, that was great!

5 sites with great marketing using social media

5 Sites By Leah Talley
1 Microsoft Bing
Join Rewards earn Free Stuff for searching

you can connect all your sites: Facebook, Twitter and on and on to your MSN account for Skype, Chat, games, sharing etc..

You can share to all major services.

I earn stuff like free canvas photos and Starbucks gift cards just for searching with Bing.  Click above to join.
(no blog)

2 Earn Money with Shopify

A great site to help you start an online store, or expand an existing store.

fully integrated social media
Last blog post 2/12/15

3 Amazon.com Deals

Various blogs
daily entries
fully socially integrated

4 wandajune.bandcamp.com
free music
linked to most popular social media
facebook

5 King 
I'm addicted
last blog friday

By Sunday Night 2.16.15:

Comment on your group's blogs: Respond to others postings. Do you agree with their view? Can you see another point of view?  

Blog Post: List : Find examples of 5 business websites and the social media they are using.
Post a list with:

- the business name

- the url

- the social media they are visibly using [links on their website]

Check the links and see if they look like they are well used or hardly used at all.

- Add the date of the last post on each of their their social media 

1)pasco club

Alex hasnt shared a business post since aug 14.

The posts are private

2) jasonmraz.com

3) http://www.divorcemarketinggroup.com/


4) http://www.divorcemag.com/

5) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/celebrating-ilovefs-why-eff-loves-free-software