Linda's How-Do-I Series? Now Comes In E-Book Sets

Boy, it seems like I just keep announcing more and more with regards to my "Linda's How-Do-I Series? of e-books. I must have inhaled "the energizer bunny" or something! LOL LOL Maybe I'm subconsciously telling myself to slow down. Whatever it is - I seem to be getting a LOT off my "to do" list and I couldn't be happier.

The latest item off my "to do" list is creating e-book sets for my "Linda Walsh Originals - Linda's How-Do-I Series? of e-books. I've grouped them into sets that I think you will like. And, of course, because they're a set they are at a discounted price from buying them separately.

I was going to try and combine my e-book sets into one big .PDF file so you could "instantly download" them from my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website, but changed my mind because the file size for some of the sets would have been way too big for some of you to instantly download easily. So, my e-book sets will be sent as attachments to an email back to you once I've been notified by Paypal of payment. That way all of you can easily download each of the e-books individually.

Here's my new e-book sets:

Linda Walsh Originals E-Book Sets- Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Pattern Two E-Book Set

Learn all about E-Products and E-Patterns and learn how to design a print pattern and e-pattern in this two e-book set. You'll receive Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Design a Print Pattern and E-Pattern?" e-book and Linda's complete "What Are E... Series E-Book #9" e-book. If you are an artist or crafter who wants to sell e-patterns our new e-book set can help.

Linda Walsh Originals E-Book Sets- Linda's How-Do-I Series? Going Online Two E-Book Set

Learn all about what to consider when setting up an online crafts business and learn all about social networking, forums, and groups in this two e-book set. You'll receive Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? What To Consider When Setting Up A Small Business Website" e-book #5 and Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? All Social Networking, Forums, and Groups" e-book #8.

Linda Walsh Originals E-Book Sets- Linda's How-Do-I Series? All About Blogs Part 1 and Part 2 E-Book Set

Learn all about blogs and blogging in this two e-book set. You'll receive Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? All About Blogs - Part 1" e-book #6 and Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? - All About Blogs - Part 2" e-book #7. If you're an artist or crafter with an online business and have been thinking about creating a blog to support your online business our new e-book set can help.


Linda Walsh Originals E-Book Sets- Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips For Crafters With Websites and Blogs - Book #1, #2, #3, and #4" Four E-Book Set

Learn all of Linda's helpful tips for crafters with websites and blogs from her Linda's How-Do-I Series. You'll receive Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #1", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #2", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #3", and Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #4" e-books. You'll learn basic html and CSS coding for your websites and blogs from the simplest of signatures up to building simple tables. You'll also learn a ton of other tips and tricks from widening your blog to adding wallpaper, learn about plugboards, building clickable advertising links, and so much more.

Linda Walsh Originals E-Book Sets- Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips For Crafters With Websites and Blogs - Book #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8" Eight E-Book Set

Learn all of Linda's helpful tips for crafters with websites and blogs from her "Linda's How-Do-I Series" revised Books #1- #4 to her new Books #5, #6, #7, and #8. You'll receive Linda's complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #1", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #2", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #3", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #4", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #5", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #6", "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #7", and her complete "Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #8" e-books. You'll learn basic html and CSS coding for your websites and blogs from the simplest of signatures up to building simple tables. You'll also learn a ton of other tips and tricks from widening your blog to adding wallpaper, learn about plugboards, building clickable advertising links, and so much more. You'll learn all about what to consider when setting up an online crafts business and learn all about social networking, forums, and groups. Plus, you'll learn learn all about blogs and blogging.

I hope you enjoy my e-books sets and the savings that come from buying a set.


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Linda Walsh Originals E-Books

Well, we now have a grand total of ten e-books for Linda Walsh Originals. They cover a wide variety of subjects all intent on helping small business crafters on the net.

After we revised out original 4 Linda's How-Do-I Series? of e-books I decided to add to the collection. So, e-books # 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 were created. I hope you enjoy our series of e-books and hope they help you with your small business.

If you'd like more information on our e-books please click on the article links below:

NEW E-Book #9 - Linda’s What Are E… Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs E-Book #9 All About E-Patterns and E-Products

Learn about our “What Are E…?” series, learn what e-products are, learn what e-patterns are, learn what e-articles, e-projects, and e how-to’s are, learn what e-books and e-pamphlets are, learn what e-tutorials and e-pictorials are, and learn what podcasts are. You’ll also learn a little bit about using Microsoft Publisher to create e-products learn about our e-patterns, learn why a small business designer would want to sell e-patterns, and learn about our e-pattern website and instant e-patterns. Plus, you’ll learn about how and where to sell e-patterns, learn how to create a clickable e-product ad for the sidebar of your blog or website, learn how to add an e-pattern ad and PayPal BUY NOW button to the sidebar of your blog, learn how to reduce the file size of your e-patterns, learn about creating an e-catalog, learn how to set-up a free .PDF file, and read about “Designing An E-Pattern and The Price of Gas!” Plus, you’ll learn about the “Everything E-Directory – The One Source For Everything E For Crafters Needs.”

NEW E-Book #8 - Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs - E-Book #8 All About Social Networking, Forums, and Group

Learn about forums and online communities, learn about some of the NING communities and Etsy groups we joined, find out if you are a blog hopper, learn about the various blogging communities, learn about some of the different blogging directories, find out whether blogrolls are important, learn about Google alerts, and learn about out “Top Blogs By Crafters” toplist. You’ll also find out about the writing websites that are available, find out about all the free craft articles and projects websites, find out about all the free online newsletter, magazine, e-zine & traditional paid magazine content driven websites out there, and find out about all the free crafting content that is available and how you can contribute. You’ll also discover whether a team blog is for you, learn about Facebook.com and some of the fun things to do with Facebook.com, find out if you’ll get dooced, learn about Twitter.com and Twitter widgets, and learn about YouTube.com and whether you should become a vlogger.

NEW E-Book #7 - Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs – E-Book #7 All About Blogs – Part 2

In Part 2 you'll learn all the blogging terms and definitions, learn how to take a screenshot of your website or blog, learn why your sidebar is at the bottom of your blog, learn how to widen your blog, learn how to add wallpaper to your blog, learn how to create drop down menus for your blogs sidebar, and see if you need a blogiday. You’ll also find out if you’re a multi-blogger, learn about podcasting and whether you should jump on the podcasting bandwagon, find out about all the free crafting podcasts online, and determine is you are a blog hopper. Plus, you’ll learn why a blog is not your Grandfather’s newsletter, learn about web blog blidgets, learn whether you should become a vlogger, whether you've become blistless, and why blogrolls are important. You’ll learn whether you’ll get dooced, and whether you should join a team blog. Plus, you’ll learn why videos are a great addition to a blogs sidebar, learn how the Twitter widget is the coolest thing for your blog, and learn how following on Facebook’s networked blogs helps all of us.

NEW E-Book #6 - Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs – E-Book #6 All About Blogs – Part 1

In Part 1 you'll learn why you should have a blog for your craft business, learn what to write in a blog, how many blogs there are now, learn about eliminating your newsletter in favor of your blog, learn how to provide subscribers for your blog, learn what the #1 mistake is of crafters with blogs, learn whether blogs are really helpful, and learn about blogs and their features. You’ll also learn about some of the old and new features of the “Cadillac” of blog service providers, learn how commenting on blogs can be helpful to your small business website, learn who your audience is and what you should tell them, and learn why you might want to create generic posts. Plus, you’ll learn why you would want to bleg your readers, learn how to incorporate “keywords” into your blog, learn why labels are important, learn all about pinging, and find out about all those blogging communities. Plus, you’ll learn about a million different blogging directories, learn about using Google reader, learn about Google alerts, learn about Google blog search, learn about backing up your blogs, learn whether you should add blogvert and blogvertsing to your blog, and learn if you’re blogstipated. Finally, you’ll learn if you have blogophobia, learn about Twitter widgets, learn about the Feedblitz multiple blog subscription widget, learn about having some fun with your blog, learn about blogs as heirlooms and family fun, and read about our Top Blogs By Crafters toplist and why you should join.

NEW E-Book #5 - Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs E-Book #5

Learn many of the things you should consider when setting up a small business crafts website, such as what to name a website and how to define your niche. You’ll also learn about getting started and where to begin, learn about using Microsoft Publisher, learn about creating an e-catalog, learn about the browser distortion between Internet Explorer and Firefox, learn about splash pages and why they are bad for business, learn about topsite gateway pages and why they are bad for customers, learn about graphics and graphic websites, learn what blinkies are, learn about using an online photo album as a portfolio, and learn about setting up an internet morning routine.

Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs - Revised E-Book #4

Learn how to add a banner rotation to your website or blog, learn how to build a simple table, learn how to add images to a simple table, learn how to center those images within a table and make those images clickable, learn how to add padding, spacing, and borders to images within a table, learn how to add clickable text links to a table, learn how to all wallpaper or images to the background of a table, and learn how to handle different size banners within a table.

Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs - Revised E-Book #3

Learn about coding for promotion, copyright, and bio signatures, coding for clickable links to another section of a page, how to take a screenshot of your website or blog, what a plugboard is, learn how to make your plugboard bigger, learn why plugboards red x’s are bad for business, how to add wallpaper to your blog, how to widen your blog, why you would want to create generic blog posts, how to create clickable e-product links, learn how to create drop down menus for your website or blog sidebar, learn what to do about the size of your e-patterns, learn how to set-up a free .PDF file, and learn about some of the best photo hosting websites out there for crafters.

Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs - Revised E-Book #2

Learn some of the common HTML and CSS tags and attributes, learn how to center banners, button, text or pictures, learn how to add scrolling banners, learn how to add vertical advertising banners, learn how to add horizontal advertising banners, learn how to add colored borders to your banners, learn how to change the background colors between the borders of your banners, learn how to space banners of different sizes, learn how to make your banners clickable back to your website or blog, learn how to build rows of clickable banners, and learn how to add color to the borders and background of rows of clickable banners.

Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs - Revised E-Book #1

Learn how to set up an email and forum signature, add text links and clickable link lists, change your font type, change your font size, change your font color, learn how to create an email link, learn how to use margins, learn how to use padding, learn how to create borders, draw a line, underline, skip a line, create a paragraph, add color to your border and text, change the background area within your borders, and create a simple banner out of html code. You’ll also learn what the names and #’s are for the 16 CSS colors, what the various size standard advertising banners are, what the difference is between the different picture file types, what the standard video formats are, and what the standard shortcut computer keys are.

Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Create A Print Pattern and E-Pattern Revised E-Book

Learn how to create a print pattern and an e-pattern.


We hope you are enjoying our Linda's How-Do=I Series? of e-books.

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Our Tips From The Blogging Queen Columns Are A Big Plus In Two Of Our NEW E-Books

We have terrific news to tell you. We've created two new e-books in our "Linda’s How-Do-I Series?" and they are all about blogs and blogging. And, we have to thank our "Tips from the Blogging Queen" column for providing a lot of the articles for our two NEW e-books.

Our NEW E-Books are entitled "Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs – E-Book #6 All About Blogs – Part 1" and "Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs – E-Book #7 All About Blogs – Part 2."

In Part 1 you'll learn why you should have a blog for your craft business, learn what to write in a blog, how many blogs there are now, learn about eliminating your newsletter in favor of your blog, learn how to provide subscribers for your blog, learn what the #1 mistake is of crafters with blogs, learn whether blogs are really helpful, and learn about blogs and their features.

You’ll also learn about some of the old and new features of the “Cadillac” of blog service providers, learn how commenting on blogs can be helpful to your small business website, learn who your audience is and what you should tell them, and learn why you might want to create generic posts.

Plus, you’ll learn why you would want to bleg your readers, learn how to incorporate “keywords” into your blog, learn why labels are important, learn all about pinging, and find out about all those blogging communities.

Plus, you’ll learn about a million different blogging directories, learn about using Google reader, learn about Google alerts, learn about Google blog search, learn about backing up your blogs, learn whether you should add blogvert and blogvertsing to your blog, and learn if you’re blogstipated.

Finally, you’ll learn if you have blogophobia, learn about Twitter widgets, learn about the Feedblitz multiple blog subscription widget, learn about having some fun with your blog, learn about blogs as heirlooms and family fun, and read about our Top Blogs By Crafters toplist and why you should join.

Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs – E-Book #6 All About Blogs – Part 1

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Here's what you'll find in e-book #6:

Table of Contents – E-Book #6

Introduction – Page 4
Should You Have A Blog For Your Craft Business? - Page 8
I Wouldn't Know What To Write In A Blog? – Page 9
Has Anyone Noticed All The Blogs? - Page 11
Taking A Big Bold Progressive Step and Eliminating My Newsletter In Favor Of My Blog - Page 13
Providing For Subscribers To Your Blog – Page 15
The #1 Mistake Of Crafters With Blogs Page 18
Tips From The Blogging Queen – Are Blogs Really Helpful? – Column #1– Page 20
Testing The Blogs Series – Part 1 – Blogs and Their Features – Page 22
Testing The Blogs Series – Part 3 – The “Cadillac” of Blog Service Providers – Page 28
Testing The Blogs Series – Part 8 – The New Blogger.com – Page 34
Tips From The Blogging Queen – Commenting On Blogs And How That Can Be Helpful To Your Small Business Website Column #2 - Page 39
Tips From The Blogging Queen – Who Is Your Audience And What Should You Tell Them? – Page 41
Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Why Would I Want To Create Generic Posts? – Page 44
Tips From The Blogging Queen – Why Would You Want To Bleg Your Readers? – Column 4 – Page 45
Tips From The Blogging Queen - How To Incorporate "Keywords" Into Your Blog - Column 5 – Page 47
That’s Too Much Work! It’s Not Worth It! Why Labels Are Important – Page 49
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Are You Pinging? - Column 6 – Page 51
All Those "Blogging Communities" – Page 53
A Million Different Blogging Directories! For Crafters - Which To Choose? – Page 57
Do You Use Google Reader? – Page 62
Have You Tried Google Alerts Yet? – Page 63
Google Blog Search – Page 64
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Don't Forget To Back-Up Your Blogs - Column 7 – Page 65
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Should You Add Blogvert and Blogvertising to Your Blog? - Column 8 – Page 67
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Are You Blogstipated? - Column 9 – Page 69
"Tips From The Blogging Queen" Column 10 - Do You Have Blogophobia? – Page 71
Gotta LOVE Twitter Widgets! – Page73
Cool New Widget From Feedblitz.com – Page 75
Oh, What Fun I’m Having! Having A Little Fun With Your Blog! – Page 77
Blogs As Heirlooms And Family Fun! - Page 79
We've Got A “Top Blogs By Crafters” Toplist and Why You Should Join – Page 81
About Us – Page 84

In Part 2 you'll learn all the blogging terms and definitions, learn how to take a screenshot of your website or blog, learn why your sidebar is at the bottom of your blog, learn how to widen your blog, learn how to add wallpaper to your blog, learn how to create drop down menus for your blogs sidebar, and see if you need a blogiday.

You’ll also find out if you’re a multi-blogger, learn about podcasting and whether you should jump on the podcasting bandwagon, find out about all the free crafting podcasts online, and determine is you are a blog hopper.

Plus, you’ll learn why a blog is not your Grandfather’s newsletter, learn about web blog blidgets, learn whether you should become a vlogger, whether you've become blistless, and why blogrolls are important. You’ll learn whether you’ll get dooced, and whether you should join a team blog.

Plus, you’ll learn why videos are a great addition to a blogs sidebar, learn how the Twitter widget is the coolest thing for your blog, and learn how following on Facebook’s networked blogs helps all of us.

Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs – E-Book #7 All About Blogs – Part 2

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Here's what you'll find in e-book #7:

Table of Contents – E-Book #7

Introduction – Page 4
Blogging Terms and Definitions – Page 8
The Fun Is In The Learning - How To Take A Screenshot Of Your Website or Blog – Page 23
Why Is My Sidebar At The Bottom Of My Blog? – Page 24
Linda’s How-Do-I Series? How Do I Widen My Blog? – Page27
Linda’s How-Do-I-Series? How Do I Add Wallpaper To My Blog? – Page 29
Linda’s How-Do-I Series? Drop Down Menu’s For Your Blog Sidebar – Page 31
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 11 - Do You Need A Blogiday – Page 33
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 12 - Are You A Multi-Blogger? – Page 35
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 13 - What Is Podcasting and Should You Jump On The Podcasting Bandwagon? – Page 37
What Are Podcasts? – Page 39
Do You Like Free Crafting Podcasts? If So, Check Out Our List! – Page 41
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 14 - Are You A Blog Hopper? – Page 43
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 15 - A Blog Is Not Your Grandfather's Newsletter – Page 45 My Tips For Crafters On The Web Blog Blidget – Page 47
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 16 - Should You Become A Vlogger? – Page 4
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 17 - Have You Become Blistless – Page 51
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 18 - Are Blogrolls Important? – Page 53
Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 19 - Will You Get Dooced? – Page 55
Tips From the Blogging Queen - Column 20 - Should You Join A Team Blog? – Page 58
Video's Are A Great Addition To A Blog's Sidebar! – Page 60
Twitter! The Coolest Thing For Your Blog! – Page 62
Facebook.com Networked Blogs - Following Helps All of Us! – Page 64
About Us! – Page 66

If you've thought about starting a blog there's no better time than now and our new 2-part e-book series can help.


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Linda's How-Do-I Series? of E-Books Has Been Revised

We have great NEWS. We not only revised Our Linda-How-Do-I Series? E-Books #1, #2, #3, and #4, but we've added a few new articles as a surprise that we think will also be helpful to you.

Several years ago our blog readers asked if we would be converting our Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips For Crafters With Websites and Blogs to .PDF versions and we decided to not only convert them into .PDF format for you, but to make them available as "Instant Download E-Books" as well and did so in February of 2007.

Well, over the past few years some of the HTML coding has become more standardized and some of the original HTML coding wasn't appearing in some of the browsers as it should have. So, we decided it was time to revise our e-books. In doing this we also went back and corrected all of our original blogs posts that may have been having a browser distortion problem as well. Not only have we corrected for the browser distortion, but we've added to the e-books as well.

Just like before, some of the articles contained within the e-books are the exact contents of some of the articles in our blog except they do not contain the 3 ***'s that were necessary for the HTML code to be displayed on our blog. That's a wonderful advantage and incentive for buying the .PDF "Instant Download E-Book" version.

So, you can copy/paste the code from the e-books and just add your own information. There are no 3 ***'s in the HTML coding that you need to remove here. So, you can save the .PDF instant download e-books to your computer and when you need them you just open them up in Adobe Acrobat and copy/paste the code you want and change whatever information you need to change for your website or blog.

How GREAT is that?

So, what's in each of the revised e-books? Well, here's what's contained in each of the revised e-books #1, #2, #3, and #4:

Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #1 (LINDASHDISEP1) - Revised 8/16/09

Learn how to set up an email and forum signature, add text links and clickable link lists, change your font type, change your font size, change your font color, learn how to create an email link, learn how to use margins, learn how to use padding, learn how to create borders, draw a line, underline, skip a line, create a paragraph, add color to your border and text, change the background area within your borders, and create a simple banner out of html code. You’ll also learn what the names and #’s are for the 16 CSS colors, what the various size standard advertising banners are, what the difference is between the different picture file types, what the standard video formats are, and what the standard shortcut computer keys are.


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Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #2 (LINDASHDISEP2) - Revised 8/16/09

Learn some of the common HTML and CSS tags and attributes, learn how to center banners, button, text or pictures, learn how to add scrolling banners, learn how to add vertical advertising banners, learn how to add horizontal advertising banners, learn how to add colored borders to your banners, learn how to change the background colors between the borders of your banners, learn how to space banners of different sizes, learn how to make your banners clickable back to your website or blog, learn how to build rows of clickable banners, and learn how to add color to the borders and background of rows of clickable banners.



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Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #3 (LINDASHDISEP3) - Revised August 16, 2009

Learn about coding for promotion, copyright, and bio signatures, coding for clickable links to another section of a page, how to take a screenshot of your website or blog, what a plugboard is, learn how to make your plugboard bigger, learn why plugboards red x’s are bad for business, how to add wallpaper to your blog, how to widen your blog, why you would want to create generic blog posts, how to create clickable e-product links, learn how to create drop down menus for your website or blog sidebar, learn what to do about the size of your e-patterns, learn how to set-up a free .PDF file, and learn about some of the best photo hosting websites out there for crafters.


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Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #3 - Revised August 16, 2009
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Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #4 (LINDASHDISEP4) - Revised August 16, 2009

Learn how to add a banner rotation to your website or blog, learn how to build a simple table, learn how to add images to a simple table, learn how to center those images within a table and make those images clickable, learn how to add padding, spacing, and borders to images within a table, learn how to add clickable text links to a table, learn how to all wallpaper or images to the background of a table, and learn how to handle different size banners within a table.


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Linda's How-Do-I Series? E-Book #4 - Revised August 16, 2009
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We hope you enjoy our revised Linda's How-Do-I Series? Helpful Tips for Crafters With Websites and Blogs E-Books #1, #2, #3, and #4 and our new articles.



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Our NEW Everything E-Directory Is A GREAT Place For Listing and Advertising YOur Website, Blog, and Product

If you've known me for awhile you know that I have a LOT of websites and blogs so starting another website and blog might sound a little crazy to you.

Well, it is and it isn't.

You see I've been mulling something over in my head for close to a year now. It has to do with being a small business crafter online and has to do with my experiences with that and with my experiences trying to find everything I need in one place.

There's just SO MUCH that you need for your websites and blogs and just SO MANY places to look. I wanted to make that a little easier, especially when it concerns e-products.

So, I thought that an EVERYTHING E-DIRECTORY to be "YOUR ONE SOURCE FOR EVERYTHING E FOR CRAFTS" would be a perfect solution for small business artists and crafters and e-hobbyists alike. Everything in one place.

Whether you’re looking for E-Patterns, E-Books, E-Tutorials, E-Pictorials, E-Classes, E-Printables, Graphics, Video’s, Podcasts, Blogs, E-Zines, E-Tailers, E-Stores, E-Directories, E-Communities, Handmade Crafts Websites, Crafts Suppliers, Crafting Plugboards, Website Hosting, Picture Hosting, Crafting Topsites, Crafting Twitters and FACEBOOK Crafters, E-Products Classifieds, E-Products Specials, Free Craft E-Products and more we are your one source for EVERYTHING E for your crafting needs.

One place to list all your websites and blogs - even your products. Something suitable and affordable for the newest of small business crafters to the more experienced artist and crafter.

You can list your websites, blogs, and even single products, and you can have your website, blog, even single products as featured advertising. We've got lots of options and lots of possibilities. And, of course, plenty of "freebies."

And, like I do with everything, I have an EVERYTHING E FOR CRAFTS E-DIRECTORY BLOG to support the Everything E-Directory. All our listings members and 12 month featured advertisers will have links back to their websites, blogs, and/or products on the sidebar of the blog. And, we'll have monthly posting for our listing members and 12 month featured advertisers "Latest News", "Contest" and "Specials." And, whenever anyone lists their website. blog, or product or advertises their website, blog, or product we'll post about it during that month. It's a win-win for small business crafters and more experienced crafters alike.

Listing in the Everything E-Directory is FREE and easy to do. Your listing contains a clickable 125x125 button banner for your website and/or blog, or clickable 125x125 product picture on the applicable e-directory category page. It also contains a clickable text link back to your website, blog, or product page as well as a short website, blog, or product description on the applicable e-directory category page.

Advertising in the Everything E-Directory and/or Everything E For Crafts E-Directory Blog is also easy to do and is very affordable. For the featured advertising we offer you a choice of either a button banner or product picture on the applicable section of the HOME page of the Everything E-Directory, top of the applicable Everything E-Directory category page, top of the Everything E For Crafts E-Directory Blog, or sidebar of the Everything E-Directory for product advertising.

For the button banner advertising or product picture you can choose 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, or one year of sequential advertising. The prices for months 3 through 12 reflect a discount for placing sequential ads. The longer sequential period of time you advertise the less you pay per advertisement. Featured advertising button banners and/or product pictures run for the length of your sequential advertising period and needs to be 150x150 in size.

We are a family-friendly website and do not allow websites, blogs, banners, or product pictures that are not family-friendly.

I hope you'll agree that this was a great idea. If you'd like to visit our Everything E-Directory please CLICK HERE.

If you'd like more information on listing in our Everything E-Directory please CLICK HERE.

If you'd like more information on featured advertising in our Everything E-Directory and Everything E For Crafts E-Directory Blog please CLICK HERE.

I hope you decide to join us.

Video's Are A Great Small Business Tool!

YouTube Finally Got Me! I finally took the plunge and set up a LWOrig channel on YouTube.com and added two slideshow video's to it.

I'd been resisting doing this for quite some time. I'm not exactly sure what my rationale was, but maybe it had to do with the very nature of YouTube.com and the video's that were first placed there. Maybe I didn't see the small business and advertising potential for my online business at first.

Well, YouTube has become so mainstream that I decided I'd give it a try. Besides they didn't just have video's - you could also have slideshows, etc. And, in thinking about promoting all my websites and blogs I decided that video slideshows would be just the thing.

So, I created two of them without music to promote my Linda Walsh Originals business and my "faceless" doll creations. I decided not to add music as these were being used for my small business purposes not being created for personal use. I respect copyrights and didn't want to have a copyright or royalty issue by using music.

I created my video slideshows using Microsoft Movie Maker software (MSMovieMaker) and found that it was very easy to do. It actually took less time to create than it did to upload it to YouTube.com. Uploading was time consuming due to the size of the video's, but very easy to do from the YouTube.com website.

In fact, it was so easy to do that I decided I should add more video's to my LWOrig YouTube Channel. If you'd like to visit my LWOrig YouTube Channel please CLICK HERE.

I don't know why I didn't create video's before as I can now see what a GREAT way they are to promote your business and what a wonderful small business tool they are. I have added either the video's or links to the video's on the sidebars of all my blogs and links to them on some of my websites.

The first video is all about Linda Walsh Originals and how much there is to do on our websites and blogs. It's entitled "So Much To See And Do At Linda Walsh Originals" and is shown on our left hand sidebar.

The second video, which is also shown on our left hand sidebar, is about my "faceless" beauties and is entitled "Faceless Beauties By Linda Walsh Originals" .

I hope you like the videos.


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Tips From the Blogging Queen - Column 20 - Should You Join A Team Blog?

Last September in my TFTBQ Column 19 our definition was "Group or Team Blog." This is a blog maintained by two or more bloggers. Also known as a team blog. Our question was -"Should You Join A Team Blog?"

If you are a small business crafter on the web you probably know that networking is very, very important to getting your website and/or blog seen. Not only has networking blossomed from communicating and mingling with friends with the same interests, but has mushroomed into multiple ways in which to promote your websites and/or blogs.

You can join any of the thousands of social communities out there, become an active member of any of the thousands of online forums, or participate in groups with your interests. You can write FREE articles and gain a following on any of the FREE articles content websites. You can even create your own channel and video's on YouTube.com that other viewers can add to their favorite video's play lists.

You can gain followers on Twitter.com and update them minute to minute with what's going on. Or, become a member of Facebook.com and provide updates to your network of friends. Plus, if you set up a business page for your website and set up a networked blog page on Facebook.com you can update your fans with what's going on with you and your business. You can join any of the hundreds of blogging networks and communities and add "friends" or "admirers" of your blog.

And, you can even become a member of a "team blog" which is nothing more than several people writing posts for the same blog.

Team blogs are usually centered around a common theme or idea. They might contain content about any number of different crafts or interests for the members of the team. They might even be formed by any one of the various clubs you might belong to and used for updating the other members on the various activities of the club and its' members. Team blogs are even being used to create monthly e-zines.

They can be very helpful and versatile for promoting your interests, products, website, and blog and may be maintained by one or several of the team members. Posts may be contributed individually by each of the team members and published by each or they might all be filtered through a team leader who publishes the posts and maintains the blog.

The advantages are that they are being maintained by more than one person and therefore updated more frequently. Less pressure for you to constantly be coming up with a post for your blog. Plus, with more members of the team promoting the blog the wider the spectrum of readers.

The disadvantages are that they may be being maintained by more than one person or persons who may or may not have your posting style and posting demeanor. You might like your blog posts and blog to be maintained in a certain way and style and might not like the style of any one of the team members. Plus, with a wider spectrum of readers comes a wider circle of connections that you may or may not like for your small business image.

It may seem confusing that the advantages of team blogs and disadvantages of team blogs are, well, basically the same. Team blogs can be very beneficial to helping you to promote your website and/or blog, but like everything else on the web it's important to know who the other team members are, what their style is, and who their audience is before deciding to become a member yourself.

Are team blogs beneficial? Yes!

Do they help promote your small business and/or interests? Yes!

Should you join a team blog? If the team blog is conducive to your small business and will help promote your small business to a wider audience then after a careful review of the other team members - yes!

"Tips From the Blogging Queen" Column 21 Definition - "Labeling and Categories"

This is a method of organizing blog entries by assigning each entry to a predetermined label. Each label will link to a list of entries, all with related content. See also "categories." Be sure to tune in to my TFTBQ Column 21 "Should You Label Or Categorize Your Blog Posts?"

Copyright © 2009 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals, Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer. http://lindawalshoriginals.com/

Contributing FREE Content Is A Great Way To Gain Exposure For Your Website or Blog!

There are so many ways for you to gain exposure for your website and/or blog on the Internet. One of the ways to do so is to provide FREE content on your website and/or blog.

The FREE content can be in the way of a post, pattern or e-pattern, tutorial, project, graphic, printable, podcast, e-book, e-class, video, etc. It can even be a how-to or a tip. Just about anything you think your customers or readers would be interested in.

You can also allow other websites and blog owners to either add links to or your actual free content to their websites and blogs thereby providing links back to your website and/or blog. Case in point would be my The Best FREE Craft Articles blog.

I have had so many wonderfully talented artists and crafters contribute FREE articles, tutorials, e-books, e-patterns, graphics, e-printables, how-to's, craft projects, tips, crafting podcasts, etc. to my "The Best FREE Crafts Articles" blog over the last three years that even I have lost count of the numbers.

Thank goodness for computers. They never lose count and at last count over 500 FREE articles, tutorials, e-books, e-patterns, graphics, e-printables, how-to's, craft projects, tips, crafting podcasts, etc. have been contributed.

If you'd like to see all the FREE content by category please just CLICK on the CATEGORY below:

• FREE Articles (499)
• FREE Craft Projects (339)
• FREE E-Book (5)
• FREE E-Patterns (86)
• FREE E-Printables (19)
• FREE Patterns (92)
• FREE Podcasts (4)
• FREE Tutorials (216)

If you'd like to see the contributions by artist or crafter please just CLICK on their NAME in the drop down menu below:

Articles By Our Contributors Alice Seidel of The Knit StitchAndrea PrattAngela Green from Angela's Gift NookAngela Tyler of Home Organization HelpAngie Wenke from Heartland GraphicsArlee Barr of Albedo DesignsAudrey Okaneko of Scrapping-Made-Simple.comBarbara Ireland of Make A Diaper Cake BizBetter Homes & Gardens FREE Craft ProjectsBlondie Spence of Vintage PrimitivesBloom of Bloom BlogBrenda Addison of Hattie's WorkshopBrenda of PrimRaggs.comBrenda Greenwalt of Lillie Mae's CraftsCarina Envoldsen-Harris of Carina's CraftblogCarmen Gonzales of Shweet Potato DesignsCatherine of "Calidore's Garden Ramblings" BlogCathy of Hazelruthes BlogChastity Gordon of Belle and Burger BlogCheryl Bosarge of Bayou BagsCheryl Seslar of Raggedy ScrappinChris Daly of Shady Grove StudiosCindy Boyenga of The Gathering Room BlogCindy Markovcy from Homespun From The HeartCindy Trombley of Painting On JarsColleen Babcock of The Magic BeanConnie McBride Johnson of Cloth Matters BlogCorry of Dutch Blue BlogDawn Stegall of ThatScrapBookSite.comDebbi Bain of Sweetpeas Prims n RaggediesDebbie Goodrich of Faithful Friends OnlineDebbie Hainline of Two Old CrowsDeena Davis of EweNmePrintables.comDenise Bailey of KKL PrimitivesDottie Hoeschen of Stonebrash Creative ArtsElse Tennessen of Else's Bellas Artes BlogEydie Liebelt of She Brews BlogEmma Snow - Contributor at Craft-KitsEva Bethel of PrimliciousHenrietta of Henrietta's Handbags & Purse PatternsIlana (Helen) Pengelly of Deeplyfelt StudiosJane Lindsey of SnapdragonJo Newsham of No Matter Where I Go...!JoAnne Westcott of EasyFacePainting.comJudi Cox of Momma Muse and Mom's Little GardenJulia Sprague of Stoneview BlogJulia Camilleri of Julia's Place BlogKaren Watson of The Graphics Fairy BlogKatherine Ann Johnson Lees of Designs By KatKay Susan Warner of S'mockery BlogKelle Arvay of Pattern MartKerry Seymour of Attic Rose CreationsKim Banks of Craftisan Designs GraphicsKim Newberg from Art & Images By KimKimberly Sherrod of Calamity KimLesa of Maddie Can Fly BlogLinda Ann Powell of Bowls-N-AnniesLinda Walsh of Linda Walsh OriginalsLinda Ronne of All Stitched Up BlogLisa Akers of Be Still & KnitLisa Bunting Thoms of Q.D. PatootiesLisa Lam of U-HandbagLisa of Primsy Doodle DesignsLucia Liljegren of The Knitting FiendMaggie Robinson of Magpie's CollectablesMandie Lancaster of Holly Berry CornerMarie Spaulding of Living FeltMarnie MacLean of MarnieMacLean.comMary-Louise Quick of MLQKnits.comMay Britt of AbyQuiltMegan Tucker of American PrimMelissa of Haworth HandmadeMelissa Ustik of Honey Girl StudioMichelle Verbeeck of Studio-259Missy Ballance of Crafty CarnivalMonica Magness of Girl Gone Thread WildN. Rene West of Dawntreader DesignsNatasha Burns Of Natasha Burns Artistic CreationsNicole Dean of ILoveHalloweenCostumes.comNiki Jackson of The Vintage ArtistNiki McNamara from Niki's Sew CountryPat Sloan of QuiltersHome.comPat Winter of GatheringsPaula Carter of All Bear by Paula CarterPaula Oakes of Rusty Pins and Old LaceRachael Paxton of Creative HomemakingRachael of Rachael RabbitRegina Rioux Gonzalez of Monster Crochet BlogRivkah Rosenfeld of Doll Makers MuseRobin Bartoletti of Urban DebrisRobin Glatfelter of Country Primitive &SuchRochelle Beach of Cinna-MinniesRomona King of Northbrook DesignsRuth Paisley of Woolly WormheadSarah of Craftfetish BlogSerena Smith of Embroidery TreasuresShashi Nayagam of MoonbeamWorld.comShelley of Abundant BlessingsSherri Gool of Meme's QuiltsSherry Marrero of AnniesCupboards.comSonia Brock of A Storied LifeStephanie Davies of Mystickal Incense & MoreSusan Frace of Sew Many PrimsSue Bleiweiss of Two Creative StudiosSuZ of SuZ Stuff BlogSuzanne Myers of ILoveHalloweenCostumes.comSylvia of Pieces From My Scrapbag BlogTammy Gilley of Tammy Gilley StudiosTerri Stegmiller of StegArtTina Columbus of TC Fragrance CraftsTina Wishart of Teeweewonders BlogTonya Hopkins of Olde Country CreationsValerie HearderVera Raposo of Scrappers Talk Radio

I'm sure that any of the above would tell you that adding free content to their websites and blogs has brought them more traffic. I know that it has certainly brought a ton of traffic to my "The Best FREE Craft Articles" blog which I hope has translated into more traffic for my contributors.

If you're looking for a way to gain exposure on the web consider what you can offer for free.

Copyright © 2009 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals, Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer. http://lindawalshoriginals.com

So How Do You Like The Changes To My Blog?

Well, it's been awhile since I've updated my Tips From The Blogging Queen blog. So, I decided it was time for a fresh coat of paint.

I've updated it, reformatted it, and added a few tweaks here and there.

I'm hoping that with all my patterns being completed that I'll be able to start my monthly "Tips From The Blogging Queen" column for small business crafters on the web once again. I've got my fingers crossed.

I hope you like my Tips From The Blogging Queen blog's new paint job!


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I've Revised My Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Create A Print Pattern and E-Pattern FREE E-Book

It seems amazing to me that the original free version of my Linda's How-Do-I Series? How to Design a Print Pattern and E-Pattern E-Book has been downloaded 7,441 times. That's right - 7,441 times. That's A LOT of pattern designers out there.

Now you might think that this would be bad news and that as a pattern designer I would be threatened by this as I gave away trade secrets to the competition. Actually, I'm thrilled.

Thrilled because there are so many individuals out there who want to design their own patterns and thrilled because this means the interest in sewing, creating, and selling of e-products on the Internet is growing. More growth means more business for all of us. Especially if it means more growth for e-patterns, which are still in their infancy on the Internet.

So, I decided that I should REVISE and UPDATE my original e-book and I'm happy to report that it is finished and has been added to my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website under How-To E-Books and is now bigger and better than ever.

So, did I give away even more trade secrets? Guilty as charged.

Is more competition bad news? Absolutely not! I couldn't be happier, especially if it translates into more business for e-patterns on the Internet.

You know my crafting community motto - what helps one of us helps all of us.

If you'd like to buy the REVISED VERSION of my Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Create A Print Pattern and E-Pattern please just CLICK HERE or click on the picture above.

I hope you enjoy the REVISED VERSION of my Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Create A Print Pattern and E-Pattern E-Book and hope it motivates you to create your own e-patterns.


Copyright © 2008 All Rights Reserved—Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns (www.lindawalshoriginalsepatterns.com) and Linda’s Blog (www.lindawalshoriginals.blogspot.com). Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

Tips From The Blogging Queen - Column 19 - Will You Get Dooced?

Last June in my TFTBQ Column 18 our definition was "Dooced." This is having lost a job because of entries posted to a blog. Our question was -"Will You Get Dooced?"

I read somewhere that at last count there were over 185 million blogs out there and that hundreds of thousands are being created every day. In fact, if you key the word blog into Google you get 949,000,000 results. That doesn't mean there are that many blogs out there. It just means that there are that many results on the Internet for the keyword word "blog."

Blogging has become so mainstream that Human Resource departments of companies are now creating "blogging" policies for their companies and employees. With blogs becoming so mainstream and with that many blogs out there you have to be saying to yourself, "That's a lot of blogs. Mine will never get noticed."

You might also be thinking that with so many blogs out there the chances of your being fired because of entries posted to a blog has to be minuscule. Besides you have a right to post whatever you want to your personal blog or your small business blog. Right?

Well, you have the right to post what you want to your blog, but if you're a small business blogger who is trying to attract business and customers doing so might just hurt your business. If you have a small business blog where you're trying to personalize yourself to your readers and attract business then hot button issues and controversial images and/or opinions would not make good business sense. So, you stay clear of that for your small business blog. Right?

Well, what about your personal blog. Certainly your have the right to say and post what you want there. Right? Besides the likelihood of something being seen has to be minuscule. Right?

Well, the chances aren't as minuscule as you might think and the reason for that is due to the search engines. You see, the search engines have a funny way of uncovering exactly what you don't want uncovered. Even things you think you've deleted.

If you are like many small business crafters on the web you probably have a full-time job. With Human Resource departments creating "blogging" policies you have to know that employers are very aware of the power of the Internet to disseminate information rapidly and are therefore watching what is said about their company.

Does this mean they're "googling" their employees? Probably. As a small business owner - wouldn't you? In fact, how many of you "Google" your own name, your small business name, your product names, etc. to see what is being said about you and your business. Most of you I would bet. It only makes good business sense to do so. After all, it's your small business reputation that is at stake. So, you have to "Google" things about you and your business as a prudent business measure. Right?

Well, employers are no different. It is their job to maintain the reputation, integrity, confidentiality, security of copyrights and trademarks, and good standing of the businesses they work for. Right? And, in doing so they are going to go to the Internet to see what is being said.

Which brings us all back to the likelihood of your blog posts being seen. Will they be seen? Absolutely. There are just so many variables for how you could be uncovered by a search engine that I'd be here all night just listing them. Suffice it to say that despite your best efforts to remain anonymous you will be seen.

What about your Facebook page, your MySpace page, or any number of social networking websites? Will employers be looking here? Well, the idea of these websites is to create a profile containing your real name. Right? That's because they are set-up for all your friends to find you. And, old school chums aren't going to be able to find you if you use a pseudo name. Right? Does that mean your employer can find you, too? Absolutely.

Does that mean you shouldn't post the pictures you want and say whatever it is you want? Right again. You shouldn't and here's why. If you use your blog or your social networking pages to post objectionable material or post about your frustrations with the company you work full-time for or your boss then you are going to have an issue with your employer.

And, if your full-time employer can find you, well so can your small business customers. Whether or not it has anything to do with the small business products you are selling or not you can bet that a customer will think twice about doing business with you if you are posting objectionable material or venting your frustrations on the Internet.

That's here and now. What about the future? Well, if you're looking for a prospective employer to hire you then in this day and age you'd better check yourself out on Goggle to make sure their isn't anything objectionable about you anywhere on the web. Will prospective employers Google you? Absolutely. A comment you might have made about your employer in a forum is fair game for the search engines, too. In fact, anything and everything on the Internet is fair game for the search engines and for prospective employers to find.

Are employers Googling existing employees and prospective employees? Absolutely. They'd be foolish not to. If you do anything that might reflect badly on your employers good name, reputation, business standing, etc. with anything you may have said or posted in your personal blog, social networking website, forum, etc. then they are not going to be happy with you and you may or may not get "dooced." That all depends on your employer and their respective "blogging" policies.

A good rule of thumb to follow is this. Do not post anything that you wouldn't want anyone else seeing or reading. This includes blog posts, images, social networking pages, emails, chat rooms, instant messages, video's, groups, forums, etc.

For those of you with small business websites a good rule of thumb is this. Do not post anything that any of your small business customers might find objectionable. With worldwide customers this encompasses a huge area of objectionable material.

My grandson and I were having lunch and I happened to mention that I had seen his MySpace page. He then asked "Did you read my wall, Nana?" I, of course, said, "Well, ya!" His response was, "Don't read my wall, Nana. That's private!" Well, in this day and Internet age the only thing that is private is something you keep to yourself.

So, will you get dooced? Maybe, maybe not! But, do you really want to test that?

"Tips From the Blogging Queen" Column 20 Definition - "Group or Team Blog"

This is a blog maintained by two or more bloggers. Also known as a team blog. Be sure to tune in to my TFTBQ Column 20 "Should You Join A Team Blog?"

© 2008 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals, Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer. http://lindawalshoriginals.com/