Etsy Shop Title

My friend Megan sent me some great advice today about Etsy that I wanted to share with you all:

"I wanted to mention something I recently learned on one of those newsletters Etsy sends out. A girl wrote an article about several things she did that really increased traffic on her shop page. One of them I had no idea about. When you go to Shop Appearance, the first field there says "Shop Title" and it defaults to your shop name if you don't put anything there. Anyway, she said to change it to something that describes your shop and also uses great search engine keywords. Apparently, Google uses that field to find you because it's technically the first text on your page and that's what it searches."

This is great info... thanks for sharing Megan!  I already changed my title.

Hey Band of Boutiquers...I'm so excited to tell everyone that I'm about to embark on a new business idea. It's still just an idea at the moment, but I intend on making it a reality very soon!!! Emmy, I may be calling you for some help =) As soon as I have a few pieces done I'll post some pictures.

Wish me luck!

Stephanie

New Location for the Meeting on the 17th!

Great news!  We were approved as a "club" on Ladera Life, which means that we can now use the clubhouses at no charge.  In light of that... our next meeting (on Monday, May 17th) will be at the Avendale Clubhouse, still at 8pm.

See you there!

Meeting Rescheduled!

We have rescheduled this quarter's meeting for Monday, May 17th at 8 o'clock.  It will still be at my home.  Please let me know if you will be able to attend.

Meeting - Tomorrow Night!

Tomorrow night, May 3rd, is our next meeting.  Same time, same place as the last one... 8:00pm at 81 Wildflower Place in Ladera Ranch.  I hope you can make it!

2nd Quarter Meeting

I'm so sorry that I haven't sent out a roster yet.  I promise that I will have that done before our next meeting.

Speaking of which... our second meeting will be held on
Monday, May 3rd at 8 o'clock in the evening.

I am planning on having the meeting at my house again, unless we will have too many people to fit in my little place.  So please let me know if you are planning on attending by commenting on this post or emailing me at emmy@muchadoaboutyou.com.

Looking forward to another great night!

Welcome to BOB!

Thank you for visiting the Band of Boutiquers brand new blog!  I am so excited to form this group, and am really looking forward to what I think will be an awesome collaboration!  

To give you a little background... I started my business, Much Ado About You, in November of 2007 after four successful years with a Direct Sales company.  In those six+ years I have learned, mostly by trial and error, some really important lessons about running a home-based business.  

This year I decided to really hit the Holiday Boutique circut, and realized that my favorite thing about doing boutiques, and probably the most valuable part, is networking with other business owners.  I love to encourage other women, share ideas, and hopefully spare someone else from making some of the same mistakes I have over the years.  

Thus the idea for this Band of Boutiquers was born!  I would love for us to meet quarterly in order to share business tips, plan events and workshops, and encourage one another.  I also thought it would be great for all of us to get together and talk about which boutiques we found to be very successful, which ones to maybe avoid next year, and perhaps plan a few of our own! 

Please join us for our inaugural meeting, Monday, February 1st at 8:00pm at 81 Wildflower Place in Ladera Ranch.

Any owner or employee of a home-grown business which is not associated with a Direct Sales Company and that produces a tangible, handmade product is invited to attend.  Please bring a dessert to share and samples or pictures of your products.  

I look forward to seeing you all on the 1st!

Emmy Blakely

Owner, Much Ado About You