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This is Part 2 of a 3 part series about getting started on Instagram. Find the first part here. Now that you’ve gotten started with Instagram, you have to figure out what to post, how to attract followers, and how to drive sales/web traffic. What should you post to Instagram? You should create visually appealing […]
Instagram is a social network that allows users to share photos and videos and apply filters to make content more visually appealing before sharing them. Videos and photos can be shared to Instagram and a handful of other social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, simultaneously. To get started on Instagram, you need a smartphone, […]
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the SNAP! Conference held in Salt Lake City. I had the opportunity to meet bloggers, connect with craft company representatives and even sewed a scarf! One of the classes at SNAP!, Rock Your Mobile Phone Photography, was especially interesting to me. So often, we think […]
This is the fifth post in a 5-part series. If you missed the other four, here’s your chance to get caught up: Getting Started Editing Photos Touching Up Photos Designing a Graphic If you’ve followed the series and experimented on your own, I’m sure you are now in love with PicMonkey! Yes, I can […]
This is the fourth post in a five-part series. If you missed the first three tutorials, here’s your chance to catch-up: Getting Started Editing Photo Touching Up Photos The Design Your Own feature is a relatively new feature from PicMonkey. Users asked and the monkey responded! Before this feature was available, users would have to […]
This is the 3rd post in a five-part series about the basics of working in PicMonkey. If you missed the first two in the series, you can catch up now: Getting Started Edit a Photo Now that you’ve had a chance to review PicMonkey basics and had a opportunity to edit a photo with some […]
As we learned in the first part of this series, PicMonkey is a free online photo editing site with an option to upgrade to Royale for a small monthly fee or even smaller annual fee. Offering a robust array of editing functions, adding special touches to your photos to make them even more amazing couldn’t […]
Have you met the Monkey? He’s fun, friendly and easy to get to know plus a great resource for bloggers of all genres and the perfect companion to craft bloggers! If you are new to PicMonkey, now’s your time to get acquainted with this free photo editing site! Getting Started is the first of a […]
We’ve all heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words.” When it comes to blogging, pictures are probably also worth a thousand followers…and thousands of dollars in sales while we’re at it. One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a blogger or creative business owner is not carving out the time […]
Part of selling your work is your presentation to potential customers, so it’s important that you put some thought into your displays for selling at art and craft shows and have crisp, clean images that you can post for online selling. Keep in mind that no display or photo can overcome poor workmanship. You have to put […]
